The Roman Catholic Church is at it again. Now they are trying to stop American nuns from speaking out against injustices. “It’s not unlike the days of yore when they singled out people in the days of the Inquisition” said Kenneth Briggs, author of “Double Crossed: Uncovering the Catholic Church’s Betrayal of American Nuns.” It’s long been a policy of the church hierarchy to downgrade women. Now they are more offended at America’s nuns efforts to help the poor than they were at pedophiles molesting children in the church. Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York recently told Wall Street journal that only “a tiny minority” of priests were tainted by sex abuse. Such little display of sorrow and regret at the molestation of children, yet they are ready to strike out at nuns who’s only sin is trying to help poor women.
Monsignor William Lynn of Philadelphia is the first church supervisor to go on trial for child endangerment. He’s fighting charges that he covered up for 20 priests accused of sexual abuse of children. Most of those priests were transferred to other Churches that were not told of their child molesting past. The Philadelphia church leaders decided that Rev. Thomas Smith wasn’t sexually motivated when he made boys strip to be whipped in a Passion play. The same Philadelphia church also decided that a fifth grade altar boy who was raped by two priest and his teacher was not in need of protection. Where are the priorities of the church? It’s easy to see it isn’t children or nuns.
The American nuns in questions had the audacity to speak out to the Leadership Conference of Women of Religion, the main association of American Catholic nuns. They had the gall to speak out in support of President Obama’s health care plan, including his compromise on contraception for religious hospitals. The Vatican accused the nuns of pushing “radical feminist themes” and not upholding the churches policy, (of keeping women on the lowest rung of he ladder.) Archbishop J. Peter Sartain was awarded the task of cracking down on “corporate dissent” among the outspoken nuns.
Instead of looking into the Vatican hierarchy and the sins of pedophile priests which should be dealt with and corrected, they are going after nuns whose only wish is to help women live healthy lifestyles with the number of children they can afford to care for. The sisters are trying to figure the best way to respond to this last slap down from the Vatican. Meanwhile the older nuns are aging and dying out. Few young women today are willing to give their lives to a church who’s determined to keep women subservient and on their knees. If the Vatican doesn’t wake up nuns may soon be a dream from the past.
http://socyberty.com/issues/pedophiles-and-molested-children-in-the-roman-catholic-church/
It’s astounding how the Catholic church just never seems to learn the lessons that it has been through time and time again…
I am not going to give an opinion because I live my life by what the Vatican says. Also, the nun at the helm comes from an order of nuns that live around me. One nun humiliated me in school by telling me I read too much and she would not let me sit down till I agreed to ask my parents my parents to take me to a psychiatrist for my so called problem. So I am happy that order is in trouble.
The world is so corrupted now. Its just so sad to hear about these kinds of stories everyday.
Yeah its true that our world is corrupted! Whoever is the powerful, make things happen even if its wrong.
This only shows the hypocrisy of this church system. These nuns should simply leave this organization to serve God as He called them to serve, and all truly believing christians with them. It is time to stop supporting all church organizations, which do not teach and act in accordance with the teaching as well as example of Jesus Himself.
Another good share here Ruby cheers
Good article Ruby, awful that there is so much hypocrisy, helping people is what its all about.
Ruby, nothing the Roman Catholic Church does surprises me, it may discuss me or even upset me, but nothing surprises me.
It is shameful for the Vatican not to do the right things. Roman Catholic Church is supposed to protect the poor, and obviously they fail by covering up the sins of the guilty priests.
I as a catholic see the RC Catholic church as a business, hurting its “customers” and then some.
Scary
A very interesting article Ruby,
Thank you Ruby for posting this, it really needed to be said. Religion isn’t good, especially for children and women have always been kept down. I hope you will write more.
This is against the human rights and nuns must be protected.
Ruby, I love your name–that was my mother’s name too. And hawks are noted for keen eyes. You are pointing a sharp spotlight on real problems in the church. Too bad many priests mess things up instead of living the words of Jesus. I stay a Catholic because of the sacraments which I deeply need and know are valid despite the flawed vessels that deliver them. The clergy who are flawed overshadow the many who are good priests and live their vows. There was even a Judas in the followers of Jesus.