Children are the main component of the nuclear family and the seed of hope and future, not only for a family, but for a whole nation. They are the foundation on which a strong and vibrant nation is built on. Children, thus, are the most valued resource that should be wisely invested for a brighter future. Parents usually look for the best school, teacher, and environment that play a key role in inculcating a sense of values, confidence, and knowledge in their children’s young minds. Whenever this main component is abused, an immediate action is needed to put them back on the track. Action means effective and practical measures to be taken in due course for healing their wounds at least psychologically. However, the child abuse within the Roman
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The most serious offense, aside from the acts of child sexual abuse themselves, was the active institutional concealment by Church leaders for failing to report these felonies to law enforcement. It appeared that the prevailing idea of the time was to hide the information in order to prevent scandal and damage to the credibility of the Vatican. In a related context, Amy Burg wrote and directed a documentary, Deliver Us From Evil, in 2006. The documentary is a rich piece of evidence that focuses on the story of chronic sexual abuse by a Catholic pedophile priest named Oliver O’Grady. “Father O’Grady” shuttled from place to place, church to church around the United States for more than two decades, while molesting, harassing and raping children, both boys and girls, including a 9-month-old baby. O’Grady’s intent is to create an ethos of recognition in the face of the Catholic Church’s sexual scandals, while inciting the audience to follow his blatant confession. According to the documentary, much of the blame lies on O’Grady’s supervising bishops, including Cardinal Mahony. In taped court depositions, Cardinal Mahony and another Church leader appear mumbling, squirming and lying very …show more content…
Ironically, nowhere in the letter the word “crime” is associated with civil authorities, but rather “canon law.” Nor the pope uses the word “crime” to describe the actions of the bishops. Instead, he mentions “this grievous wound,” and goes on to “acknowledge before the Lord and before others the serious sins committed against defenseless children,” he does not acknowledge them as the crimes against the humanity of children, which they truly are. Much to victims’ dismay, the Pope offers forgiveness and goes on to tell them that they can be healed by returning to the communion of the church; the same church that has been previously used by bishops and church leaders to launch their heinous crimes of sexual abuse and
The most serious offense, aside from the acts of child sexual abuse themselves, was the active institutional concealment by Church leaders for failing to report these felonies to law enforcement. It appeared that the prevailing idea of the time was to hide the information in order to prevent scandal and damage to the credibility of the Vatican. In a related context, Amy Burg wrote and directed a documentary, Deliver Us From Evil, in 2006. The documentary is a rich piece of evidence that focuses on the story of chronic sexual abuse by a Catholic pedophile priest named Oliver O’Grady. “Father O’Grady” shuttled from place to place, church to church around the United States for more than two decades, while molesting, harassing and raping children, both boys and girls, including a 9-month-old baby. O’Grady’s intent is to create an ethos of recognition in the face of the Catholic Church’s sexual scandals, while inciting the audience to follow his blatant confession. According to the documentary, much of the blame lies on O’Grady’s supervising bishops, including Cardinal Mahony. In taped court depositions, Cardinal Mahony and another Church leader appear mumbling, squirming and lying very …show more content…
Ironically, nowhere in the letter the word “crime” is associated with civil authorities, but rather “canon law.” Nor the pope uses the word “crime” to describe the actions of the bishops. Instead, he mentions “this grievous wound,” and goes on to “acknowledge before the Lord and before others the serious sins committed against defenseless children,” he does not acknowledge them as the crimes against the humanity of children, which they truly are. Much to victims’ dismay, the Pope offers forgiveness and goes on to tell them that they can be healed by returning to the communion of the church; the same church that has been previously used by bishops and church leaders to launch their heinous crimes of sexual abuse and