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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010...urch-sex-abuse
"By 2002 the then cardinal had signed what critics claim was an incitement to the obstruction of justice. A letter he circulated to bishops the previous year reminded them that internal church inquiries into certain serious offences were covered by what is known as papal secrecy, for which the penalty is excommunication."
Read this decree
http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/fi...pdf/Decree.pdf
it states that the church will comply with civil cases but not that it will give up it's priests to be tried. They will be handled INTERNALLY.
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The decree is from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati; it's likely Papal sanctioned, but not official Catholic doctrine. It's signed by Pilarcyzk, and he's definitely one of the big guns. The Vatican are often cunts; the Holy See is often restrictive and protective. The Church, in what I've recently read of Vatican II, is pretty unequivocal on its stance on paedophiliac priests. The problem is that the practise often hasn't married up. They advocate excommunication of any offending priest, as recently re-capitulated in the letter to the Irish. If you can find me a Papal document contradicting that, rather than a letter of advice to a local diocese, I'd be appreciative.
Edit: meh, I'm kind of talking shit here.