Will the Vatican's Hypocrisy Ever End?

The former Hitler Youth who occupies the throne of St. Peter has lobbed another attack at same sex marriage claiming that such marriages would "prejudice" heterosexual marriage and "pervert" the meaning of marriage - an institution originally created by men to keep control and manage family wealth in a polygamous context. Benedict XVI, as usually, is full of disingenuousness and bullshit. EWTN News - a Catholic propaganda outlet - has coverage of Benedict's latest verbal diarrhea. Meanwhile, a new lawsuit against the Diocese of New Ulm, Minnesota reveals the true values of the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy: lies, cover ups and the enabling of sexual predators. And once again, the pattern is revealed where NO ONE in the Church hierarchy has been punished. I'd venture that if there's anything perverted in the world, the Church's aiding, abetting and cover ups for child molesters - all the while pretending to be pious and holy - is at the top of the list. First these highlights on Benedict XVI's latest batshitery:
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As efforts to legalize same-sex “marriage” proceed in the United States and countries around the world, Pope Benedict issued strong remarks on Jan. 14, saying that gay “marriage” perverts the “essence and goal of the family.”
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Addressing officials from the city of Rome and the Italian region of Lazio, Pope Benedict said that legislation and policies that promote same-sex unions end up “penalizing” heterosexual couples, “who, not without effort, seek to maintain stable emotional ties which are juridically guaranteed and publicly recognized.”
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Excuse me, but I would maintain the the rape and sexual molestation of children and youths does far more to pervert the family than the boyfriend (who has taken my children fully into his heart) and I being able to have civil marriage rights, But in Benedict's world, the sexual abuse of minors somehow still isn't on his radar other than in the context of providing bad press for the morally bankrupt Church. The allegations of a new lawsuit against the Diocese of New Ulm demonstrates the real "family values" within the Church's leadership. Here are highlights from the Chicago Tribune:
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A Nevada man who claims he was sexually abused by an Irish priest sued a diocese in southwestern Minnesota on Monday, saying it knew of past abuse allegations against the Rev. Francis Markey, and failed to warn parents or children. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Minnesota accuses the Diocese of New Ulm of fraud and conspiracy for failing to disclose what it knew about Markey when the priest was assigned there in 1982.
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The lawsuit also names as defendants the Diocese of Clogher in Ireland, as well as facilities in the U.S. and Europe where Markey received treatment. The lawsuit claims all the defendants conspired to conceal Markey's activity from the public, even though it was likely he would reoffend. "Defendants knew that upon transfer to the Diocese of New Ulm, it was almost predetermined that Fr. Markey, a predator always hunting for children to abuse, would continue to sexually abuse minors," the lawsuit states.
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Last year, the diocese said Markey had been stripped of his duties in 1982 after parents complained he was overly affectionate with boys, and was sent to treatment.
Markey moved to South Bend, Ind., in 1990 and counseled drug and alcohol abusers. He was arrested there in 2009 on charges that he twice raped a 15-year-old boy in Ireland in 1968. He was extradited to Ireland last year to face those charges.
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Between 1964 and 1974 he was suspended three times amid allegations of child sexual abuse. Each time he was sent to treatment, which the lawsuit claims officials knew was ineffective, and each time he was reinstated as a priest.
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I've been attacked for leaving the Roman Catholic Church because of the sexual abuse scandal (the Church's anti-gay jihad was just icing on the cake). But I have to ask again: how can any morally responsible person remain a Catholic while all of the members of the Church hierarchy who allowed such evils continue to go unpunished? And those responsible include from the current Pope on down the lines of cardinals and bishops?