Theos-Talk Archives (May 2009 Message tt00709)

I don't think the Church of England has anything floating around it its  
closet that can even come close.
 
Chuck the Heretic
 
 
In a message dated 5/22/2009 3:38:50 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
global-theosophy@stofanet.dk writes:

 
 


Dear friends

My views are:

Some of you are probably throughly  aware of the following serious issue.
Yet I would like to notify you about  it, so that you are made aware of the 
issue just in case.
Please take due  note of the Catholic Orders investigated at the bottom 
article.

I dare  ask: Is it just the tip of the Iceberg? Is Church of England next?

My  heart goes out to the victims...and the insane people  involved.

*******BBC: Irish church knew abuse 'endemic' *******
An  inquiry into child abuse at Catholic institutions in Ireland has found 
church  leaders knew that sexual abuse was "endemic" in boys'  institutions.
---

"The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland,  Cardinal Sean Brady, said 
he was "profoundly sorry and deeply ashamed that  children suffered in such 
awful ways in these institutions""

It  has devastated me and will devastate most victims because there are no  
criminal proceedings and no accountability whatsoever.

"This report  makes it clear that great wrong and hurt were caused to some 
of the most  vulnerable children in our society," he said.

"It documents a shameful  catalogue of cruelty: neglect, physical, sexual 
and emotional abuse,  perpetrated against children."

The five-volume study concluded that  church officials encouraged ritual 
beatings and consistently shielded their  orders' paedophiles from arrest amid 
a "culture of self-serving  secrecy".

It also found that government inspectors failed to stop the  chronic 
beatings, rapes and humiliation.

The findings will not be used  for criminal prosecutions - in part because 
the Christian Brothers  successfully sued the commission in 2004 to keep the 
identities of all of its  members, dead or alive, unnamed in the report. 

No real names, whether  of victims or perpetrators, appear in the final 
document. "
_http://news.http://newhttp://news.http://news_ 
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8059826.stm)   (Try the video.)

Also....
'Endemic' rape and abuse of Irish children  in Catholic care, inquiry finds
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tp://www.g_ 
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/20/irish-catholic-schools-child-abuse-claims) 

Ireland  Rocked as Report on Child Abuse in Catholic Institutions Released
"The  latest reports indicate that the Christian Brothers in Ireland have 
issued a  statement. They have publicly apologized "openly and 
unreservedly."The  latest reports indicate that the Christian Brothers in Ireland have 
issued a  statement. They have publicly apologized "openly and 
unreservedly.<WBR>" The  Oblates of Mary Immaculate issued a similar apology. Other Orders 
investigated  include the Sis
_http://www.catholichttp://www.cathohttp://www.cathohttp://www.http://w_ 
(http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=33607) 

M.  Sufilight

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