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Originally Posted by Lamplighter
What punishment would the "teams and students" incur ?
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Players and students who had no knowledge of one pedophile must pick up and move somewhere else? Start all over again. Go from a school that also educates their football players to some other school that doesn't?
No problem. Catholics, who knew their church was condoning and protecting pedophiles, can be forced to pick up and move to some other church. No more services in any Catholic Church for two years. That's fair. You said that is not punishment? After all, it is all about the money? We (and news pundits) are only discussing who should be punished.
Everyone in the Church (including parishioners) knew of pedophile activity for over a decade. And did nothing (except a minority such as Voices of the Faithful who were punished for being honest). At least people who were guilty by association (or after the fact) would be punished by being forced to worship in some other venue. According to your Penn State example, parishioners force to worship elsewhere is also fair.
Pedophilia at Penn State is near zero. One person. Pedophilia in the Catholic Church is akin to racketeering - felonies by the thousands - maybe more. So we punish the innocent at Penn State for one pedophile? And protect an entire institution that condoned tens of thousands of felony counts? That is justice?
No matter how you spin it, it is a double standard if the Church does not incur massively more punishment. If any institution is punished for pedophilia, the worst offender - the Catholic Church - should be #1 on your list.
Name any other institution that so blatantly and offensively protected and encouraged pedophiles? Not a rhetorical question. To have an informed opinion means that question must be answered.
The church is protecting 35 accused pedophiles from American justice. Is Penn State?
If players and students in Penn State are punished, then so should every practicing Catholic. After all, all Catholics KNEW of the pedophilia for over a decade. Players and students at Penn State did not.
When do we bring the Pope to Geneva for his crimes against humanity? After all he knew about it and did nothing - both as a Pope and before as the Cardinal in charge of such problems. That makes him a kingpin. Or, like at Penn State, we should punish the parishioners because their church is a felonious racketeer? Parishioners knew about it - and did nothing. Practicing Catholics are more guilty than Penn State players and students. When was a double standard for justice acceptable? Show us an institution more guilty than the Catholic Church. Good luck.