This is just horrific.
I grew up in a non-religious home but like most kids of my generation, was sent to Sunday School.
My priest (Anglican) was a bearded tall thin man, who had a lovely family of his own and always seemed very God-like and gentle to me, if somewhat detached and intellectual who was completely uninterested in children. He never spoke to me, for instance, or attended the Sunday School.
I later went to Catholic school and was baffled by the fervent worship they had for priests and nuns. The priests treated the nuns like hand servants and the nuns seemed delighted by it.
Now, my bff's youngest brother is a priest, and we are quite sure he is also a pedophile.
His views are so extreme he was rejected from the Catholic church downunder, and sent to Rome where he spends his time in a robe and sandals, teaching...you guessed it...children.
We all know of the coverups within the Catholic church, it almost seemed at time if it was literally a safe haven for child molesters. Catholic priests' child abuse victims are coming out of the woodwork in their thousands and getting $$$ in compensation and apologies, yet poor little Carol Ann can't even get a decent investigation or anyone to even give a damn, except her loved ones and the wonderful folks on WS and a handful of other websites.
It seems glaringly obvious that this priest was a serial pedophile of the worst type, a murdering one. I would love to see locals of PA start to demand that police reopen this case, and the Catholic Church to cooperate and be voluntarily open and transparent for once.
This needs to be reinvestigated. Properly, this time. Carol Ann deserves no less, nor do any of the other little victims. The Catholic Church needs to also be a bit more proactive in dealing with their dirty laundry. Shoving it into a corner and hoping it goes away is not being accountable in my opinion. :furious:
Public pressure is needed here. Pressure on the government and LE to give Carol Ann a thorough cold case investigation.
This is just horrific.
I grew up in a non-religious home but like most kids of my generation, was sent to Sunday School.
My priest (Anglican) was a bearded tall thin man, who had a lovely family of his own and always seemed very God-like and gentle to me, if somewhat detached and intellectual who was completely uninterested in children. He never spoke to me, for instance, or attended the Sunday School.
I later went to Catholic school and was baffled by the fervent worship they had for priests and nuns. The priests treated the nuns like hand servants and the nuns seemed delighted by it.
Now, my bff's youngest brother is a priest, and we are quite sure he is also a pedophile.
His views are so extreme he was rejected from the Catholic church downunder, and sent to Rome where he spends his time in a robe and sandals, teaching...you guessed it...children.
We all know of the coverups within the Catholic church, it almost seemed at time if it was literally a safe haven for child molesters. Catholic priests' child abuse victims are coming out of the woodwork in their thousands and getting $$$ in compensation and apologies, yet poor little Carol Ann can't even get a decent investigation or anyone to even give a damn, except her loved ones and the wonderful folks on WS and a handful of other websites.
It seems glaringly obvious that this priest was a serial pedophile of the worst type, a murdering one. I would love to see locals of PA start to demand that police reopen this case, and the Catholic Church to cooperate and be voluntarily open and transparent for once.
This needs to be reinvestigated. Properly, this time. Carol Ann deserves no less, nor do any of the other little victims. The Catholic Church needs to also be a bit more proactive in dealing with their dirty laundry. Shoving it into a corner and hoping it goes away is not being accountable in my opinion. :furious:
Public pressure is needed here. Pressure on the government and LE to give Carol Ann a thorough cold case investigation.
