Disclosure: I left the Catholic Church long ago. Your comment about erecting flags for the victims of Catholic priest pedophilia resonates with me because there's a Catholic Church a few blocks from our house which has a faux tombstone on its front lawn that says, "In Memory of the Unborn." Everytime I pass it, I feel like spray painting on it, "And the thousands of victims of Catholic priest pedophilia, including many who committed suicide." Unfortunately, there's not enough room for that. Plus, I'd probably get arrested. The Catholic Church is a criminal organization that shielded pedophiles from justice for decades. And now many dioceses are declaring bankruptcy because of the financial strain of paying pedophile settlemens, yet that claim, with a straight face, that, "None of your donations to the Church go towards litigation settlements." Yeah, right. Screw the Catholic Church!
I understand the reluctance to use spray paint. It’s considered vandalism because it’s permanent, unlike say a Post-It note, which I mention for no real reason at all (walks away whistling).
I agree 100%. The Catholic Church is the greatest criminal enterprise ever perpetrated on society. If, and when, their Jesus makes a second coming his first stop will be the Vatican where he will clear out all the horded wealth and give it to the poor as intended.
I like that old quotes OzzyOsbourne 1970,” would you like to see the pope on the end of a rope do you think it's a fool?”(I'm not saying I was going inside it's just funny to me and having credibility people give people who want to get up and talk rhetoric all day and convincing stuff you know follow Jesus no following people paranoid I don't want any followers personally I'm not going anywhere I'm not a rider and that was musician who has some opinions but that's all I really don't know damn thingwell trying to sums it up screw all in people they just about either money or some excuse to do something immoral or side of my children I guess in other things too I grew up here in about that when a little boy they fired the president and I heard the clergy was doing at the kids and I thought where am I where is this God or is this guy supposed to be good why I ain't got helping well I shouldn't learned yesterday to God he's far away and this is a Mr Jesus he's far away too busy
George Carlin has a great number on the religion scam. The best line is - God is all powerful, all knowing but he just can’t handle money. He always needs more money.
Carlin had a great ability to cut through the deceit.
Thank you for your rage and this post. My cousin was a priest - he married my parents, baptized me, regularly said a private mass at my grandparents’ dining room table when he visited, etc. He went to prison for raping countless little boys over 50 years. The archdiocese had always just moved him to a new parish when people complained.
I just want to ask Catholics, “What’s the number for you? How many children would it take before you stopped being a part of this disgusting, evil organization?”
This is not Christianity you are referring to; it is Catholicism you deplore. Do not refer to Christianity in general in this way. Catholicism is not true Christianity.
It actually is. Just look at how the Southern Baptist Convention covered up the sexual abuse committed by hundreds of its members that we know of. It did the same thing as the Catholics-moving these men and women to different churches when they were reported. It’s disgusting and exhausting playing the my Christianity/religion is better than yours.
I’m a former Southern Baptist, now atheist. I was never devout, because I could never fully manage to force myself to reconcile the all-encompassing hypocrisy swirling around my childhood religion. I hold nothing against believers, but you people need to open your eyes and clean up the mess you have made of our country. Are we really going to repeat history by instigating a holy war in America?
Stephanie, Walter is focused on one school, which happens to be Catholic. But make no mistake about it, evangelical congregations of ALL faiths - especially Muslims, Protestants, Catholics, and Mormons - are in the business of advertising, marketing, lobbying, invading, manipulating, and politicizing their faith anywhere they are allowed on the planet. In fact, like any other "business" evangelical faiths are engaged in a fierce, violent. and ugly competition for control of the entire human population.
Anyone who believes in Revelations, is engaged in the evangelical war against all "others"
The Catholic Church with its plundered wealth, continues its grift both from the government as you say, as well as its congregants. I had my kids in the local Catholic school, one of my regrets in life, and all they did was beg for money. Not only were we paying to send our kids there, they still wanted more.
I am from the Philadelphia area originally, and we had a ton of priests caught up in the pedophilia ring. In my parish, one of the bishops who allowed the pedo-priests unfettered access to young boys FOR DECADES, decided he wanted his privileged ass to live in our newly constructed rectory instead of the retired priest home down the street. So for the time I was a parishioner, my donations supported him. They all knew and they turned away. Fuck them and may they reap what they have sown.
I ceased to attend mass at my local Catholic church when the pedophile scandal broke in the UK. I remain a believer but now worship in my own private way. There are many scandalous examples of the obscene violation of young people by both priests and nuns which needs to be called out. The hypocrisy of the Catholic Church cannot be allowed to go unchecked. God be with you all...Philip.
The Catholic Church used black crosses on the church lawn, maybe still do. I’m baffled the Catholic church never had anything to represent the victims of horrible sex abuse by the priest. Additionally, when questioned, the church would not cooperate with the authorities. If the Catholic Church isn’t handing over pedophiles today, then it’s still happening. Republicans want to suppress women.
In the 60’s I attended a Catholic elementary school. The teachers used to tell us to put away our pencils and materials because the “public schoolers” would steal them when they attended religious instruction on Wednesday afternoons.
The Catholic is notorious for crimes against humanity in the name of God. The Indian boarding schools, the Magdalene Laundries… that church should go broke paying reconciliation to it’s victims.
The so-called "catholic church" is the most CORRUPT and fake organization in history, from collaborating with hitler and the NAZIs, to enabling and promoting pedophiles and sexual predators in their own organization, to fomenting the killing of muslims in the crusades, to laundering money and other financial crimes, and a host of other criminal activities. They don’t care at all about other people and engage in money-grubbing operations for their own benefit. You can’t believe anything they say. They led the way for our epidemic of grifting fake "pastors" who exhibit no compassion or integrity.
They all do it and still do it. Abuse women and children. It’s all about power, they use religion to cover their crimes, they are the real groomers of children. They rape them, the churches all over. I had an aunt that devoted most of her time to serving the church. She was fifty four years old when she died. Many evil rumors came out about her and the bishop, and many young girls came out about him also. Very young girls that were impregnated by him. We need to put flags out for all the women and children abused by churches. I bet there wouldn’t be space in the yard to put them.
The reason they do it and get away with it is because ...THEIR TAX EXEMPT. The richest businesses in the world and tax free .. If they had to pay taxes . ...there wouldn't be church's .
How well I know , I had a neighbor -friend who was a nun at the Vatican for 7 years .. she came home to Calif never going back . I could hear her horrible knowing of nuns births behind rapes within the church . Obviously a major role in their adoption selling of children . It goes so deep it's beyond reality and absolutely appalling . I didn't understand until after she passed away and I'm saw her pictures of marrying into the church .. OMG ..unbelievable brainwAshing of innocent nieve women.
I have not updated the article yet, but I want to add a new development.
In 2019, the Pope admitted that priests and bishops had also sexually abused nuns. The abuse included rape, sexual slavery, and abortions. You can read about it here:
After decades of silence, nuns talk about abuse by priests
Note 1939 Germany as well as most of Europe was Christian / catholic or similar and 6 million people exterminated in front of them along with millions of others who got to fight tyranny
Not just in America, I’m helpless & horrified by the amount of Christian/Baptist/Catholic grifters in New Zealand, they are preying on our youth & vulnerable, slyly under the guise of giving back to the community, opening cafes & festivals, tax free & take luxury holidays & luxury lifestyles. New Zealand’s prime minister being an evangelical Christian also, agree our governments allow if not encourage this, law abiding tax evasion! Keep up the good work 🙏
Yes..... Never forget the murdered women, children and 'heretics, pagans, others', victims of the religious side of the patriarchy for over 5000 years. Teach our children where the real dangers reside... The hearts and minds of the self-righteous a holes of the world.🐌
Disclosure: I left the Catholic Church long ago. Your comment about erecting flags for the victims of Catholic priest pedophilia resonates with me because there's a Catholic Church a few blocks from our house which has a faux tombstone on its front lawn that says, "In Memory of the Unborn." Everytime I pass it, I feel like spray painting on it, "And the thousands of victims of Catholic priest pedophilia, including many who committed suicide." Unfortunately, there's not enough room for that. Plus, I'd probably get arrested. The Catholic Church is a criminal organization that shielded pedophiles from justice for decades. And now many dioceses are declaring bankruptcy because of the financial strain of paying pedophile settlemens, yet that claim, with a straight face, that, "None of your donations to the Church go towards litigation settlements." Yeah, right. Screw the Catholic Church!
I understand the reluctance to use spray paint. It’s considered vandalism because it’s permanent, unlike say a Post-It note, which I mention for no real reason at all (walks away whistling).
I like the tune you're whistling.
I agree 100%. The Catholic Church is the greatest criminal enterprise ever perpetrated on society. If, and when, their Jesus makes a second coming his first stop will be the Vatican where he will clear out all the horded wealth and give it to the poor as intended.
Do you know any of the church’s neighbors? They may be interested in hosting a memorial…
I like that old quotes OzzyOsbourne 1970,” would you like to see the pope on the end of a rope do you think it's a fool?”(I'm not saying I was going inside it's just funny to me and having credibility people give people who want to get up and talk rhetoric all day and convincing stuff you know follow Jesus no following people paranoid I don't want any followers personally I'm not going anywhere I'm not a rider and that was musician who has some opinions but that's all I really don't know damn thingwell trying to sums it up screw all in people they just about either money or some excuse to do something immoral or side of my children I guess in other things too I grew up here in about that when a little boy they fired the president and I heard the clergy was doing at the kids and I thought where am I where is this God or is this guy supposed to be good why I ain't got helping well I shouldn't learned yesterday to God he's far away and this is a Mr Jesus he's far away too busy
George Carlin has a great number on the religion scam. The best line is - God is all powerful, all knowing but he just can’t handle money. He always needs more money.
Carlin had a great ability to cut through the deceit.
Thank you for your rage and this post. My cousin was a priest - he married my parents, baptized me, regularly said a private mass at my grandparents’ dining room table when he visited, etc. He went to prison for raping countless little boys over 50 years. The archdiocese had always just moved him to a new parish when people complained.
I just want to ask Catholics, “What’s the number for you? How many children would it take before you stopped being a part of this disgusting, evil organization?”
Deeply sorry. I am unfamiliar with the So Baptist practice. I am from the north surrounded by lutherans.
This is not Christianity you are referring to; it is Catholicism you deplore. Do not refer to Christianity in general in this way. Catholicism is not true Christianity.
Nope. Don’t make apologies. They’re all complicit.
That’s where all "christianity" originated. What then is "true christianity"? They’re all CORRUPT LYING money grifters.
I agree.
It actually is. Just look at how the Southern Baptist Convention covered up the sexual abuse committed by hundreds of its members that we know of. It did the same thing as the Catholics-moving these men and women to different churches when they were reported. It’s disgusting and exhausting playing the my Christianity/religion is better than yours.
I’m a former Southern Baptist, now atheist. I was never devout, because I could never fully manage to force myself to reconcile the all-encompassing hypocrisy swirling around my childhood religion. I hold nothing against believers, but you people need to open your eyes and clean up the mess you have made of our country. Are we really going to repeat history by instigating a holy war in America?
Stephanie, Walter is focused on one school, which happens to be Catholic. But make no mistake about it, evangelical congregations of ALL faiths - especially Muslims, Protestants, Catholics, and Mormons - are in the business of advertising, marketing, lobbying, invading, manipulating, and politicizing their faith anywhere they are allowed on the planet. In fact, like any other "business" evangelical faiths are engaged in a fierce, violent. and ugly competition for control of the entire human population.
Anyone who believes in Revelations, is engaged in the evangelical war against all "others"
My experience has obviously been different from yours. I am sorry for you and what you must have gone through.
I am so grateful for your pity.
Who are you quoting here ?
Unfamiliar with So Baptist. This is all very sad.
We shouldn’t create a distraction by calling evil by a different name. It’s named Christianity.
This is a forum for discussion, isn’t it?
The Catholic Church with its plundered wealth, continues its grift both from the government as you say, as well as its congregants. I had my kids in the local Catholic school, one of my regrets in life, and all they did was beg for money. Not only were we paying to send our kids there, they still wanted more.
I am from the Philadelphia area originally, and we had a ton of priests caught up in the pedophilia ring. In my parish, one of the bishops who allowed the pedo-priests unfettered access to young boys FOR DECADES, decided he wanted his privileged ass to live in our newly constructed rectory instead of the retired priest home down the street. So for the time I was a parishioner, my donations supported him. They all knew and they turned away. Fuck them and may they reap what they have sown.
I agree. Thank you for writing that.
I ceased to attend mass at my local Catholic church when the pedophile scandal broke in the UK. I remain a believer but now worship in my own private way. There are many scandalous examples of the obscene violation of young people by both priests and nuns which needs to be called out. The hypocrisy of the Catholic Church cannot be allowed to go unchecked. God be with you all...Philip.
The Catholic Church used black crosses on the church lawn, maybe still do. I’m baffled the Catholic church never had anything to represent the victims of horrible sex abuse by the priest. Additionally, when questioned, the church would not cooperate with the authorities. If the Catholic Church isn’t handing over pedophiles today, then it’s still happening. Republicans want to suppress women.
Republicans want to suppress women and so does the Catholic church. They're connected.
Yes, they go hand in hand
In the 60’s I attended a Catholic elementary school. The teachers used to tell us to put away our pencils and materials because the “public schoolers” would steal them when they attended religious instruction on Wednesday afternoons.
The Catholic is notorious for crimes against humanity in the name of God. The Indian boarding schools, the Magdalene Laundries… that church should go broke paying reconciliation to it’s victims.
I’ve read about the laundries, just horrible stuff. Our children need to be protected from this kind of grooming.
The so-called "catholic church" is the most CORRUPT and fake organization in history, from collaborating with hitler and the NAZIs, to enabling and promoting pedophiles and sexual predators in their own organization, to fomenting the killing of muslims in the crusades, to laundering money and other financial crimes, and a host of other criminal activities. They don’t care at all about other people and engage in money-grubbing operations for their own benefit. You can’t believe anything they say. They led the way for our epidemic of grifting fake "pastors" who exhibit no compassion or integrity.
Agree.
They all do it and still do it. Abuse women and children. It’s all about power, they use religion to cover their crimes, they are the real groomers of children. They rape them, the churches all over. I had an aunt that devoted most of her time to serving the church. She was fifty four years old when she died. Many evil rumors came out about her and the bishop, and many young girls came out about him also. Very young girls that were impregnated by him. We need to put flags out for all the women and children abused by churches. I bet there wouldn’t be space in the yard to put them.
The reason they do it and get away with it is because ...THEIR TAX EXEMPT. The richest businesses in the world and tax free .. If they had to pay taxes . ...there wouldn't be church's .
How well I know , I had a neighbor -friend who was a nun at the Vatican for 7 years .. she came home to Calif never going back . I could hear her horrible knowing of nuns births behind rapes within the church . Obviously a major role in their adoption selling of children . It goes so deep it's beyond reality and absolutely appalling . I didn't understand until after she passed away and I'm saw her pictures of marrying into the church .. OMG ..unbelievable brainwAshing of innocent nieve women.
Project 2025 is fascism
Yup.
Walter, I hope you don't mind my pasting a link to my article on pedophilia in Christian institutions.
The Many Faces of Pedophilia
https://medium.com/@meraffey/the-faces-of-pedophilia-97fd92d86752
I have not updated the article yet, but I want to add a new development.
In 2019, the Pope admitted that priests and bishops had also sexually abused nuns. The abuse included rape, sexual slavery, and abortions. You can read about it here:
After decades of silence, nuns talk about abuse by priests
https://apnews.com/general-news-f7ec3cec9a4b46868aa584fe1c94fb28
Pope admits clerical abuse of nuns including sexual slavery
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47134033
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Note 1939 Germany as well as most of Europe was Christian / catholic or similar and 6 million people exterminated in front of them along with millions of others who got to fight tyranny
So was Hitler.
So well written! I agree with you 100%! Christofascist a!
Thank you!
Not just in America, I’m helpless & horrified by the amount of Christian/Baptist/Catholic grifters in New Zealand, they are preying on our youth & vulnerable, slyly under the guise of giving back to the community, opening cafes & festivals, tax free & take luxury holidays & luxury lifestyles. New Zealand’s prime minister being an evangelical Christian also, agree our governments allow if not encourage this, law abiding tax evasion! Keep up the good work 🙏
Yes..... Never forget the murdered women, children and 'heretics, pagans, others', victims of the religious side of the patriarchy for over 5000 years. Teach our children where the real dangers reside... The hearts and minds of the self-righteous a holes of the world.🐌