A famous Roman Catholic priest in New York told a news reporter for a
Catholic publication that many of the child victims of pedophile
priests are often to blame for their rapes. Fr. Benedict Groeschel, who is 79 and hosts a weekly TV show on Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), a Catholic television network, told the National Catholic Register that in a “lot of the cases, the youngster — 14, 16, 18 — is the seducer.” After much outcry, the National Catholic Register removed the story from the site and offered an apology.
What follows is nothing short of incredible. For decades the Catholic Church has not only had a raging pedophile priests problem that has directly touched thousands upon thousands of children around the world. And now we learn that for decades, the attitude of the Church’s leaders and gatekeepers has been to say “poor guy” — to the rapists, not their victims.
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/roman-catholic-priest-blames-children-for-their-rapes/news/2012/08/31/47826
What follows is nothing short of incredible. For decades the Catholic Church has not only had a raging pedophile priests problem that has directly touched thousands upon thousands of children around the world. And now we learn that for decades, the attitude of the Church’s leaders and gatekeepers has been to say “poor guy” — to the rapists, not their victims.
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/roman-catholic-priest-blames-children-for-their-rapes/news/2012/08/31/47826