Pope's preacher: Abuse critique like anti-Semitism

[Christa]

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI's personal preacher on Friday likened accusations against the pope and the Catholic church in the sex abuse scandal to "collective violence" suffered by the Jews.

Reaction from Jewish groups and victims of clerical sex abuse ranged from skepticism to fury.

The Rev. Raniero Cantalamessa said in a Good Friday homily with the pope listening in St. Peter's Basilica that a Jewish friend wrote to him to say the accusations remind him of the "more shameful aspects of anti-Semitism."

The 82-year-old pontiff looked weary as he sat near the central altar during the early evening prayer service before he was scheduled to take part in a candlelit Way of the Cross procession near the Colosseum that commemorates Christ's suffering before his crucifixion.

Thousands of Holy Week pilgrims were in St. Peter's Square as the church defends itself against accusations that Benedict had a role in covering up sex abuse cases.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100402/ap_on_re_eu/eu_church_abuse


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[MichiganVote]

1. So where is the global Semite sexual abuse scandal?

:eyes: :crazy:

[Lerkfish]

2. oh no he DIn't go there.....

considering the vatican's history with the nazis, he din't go there... oh yes he diiiid.

amazing.

[realisticphish]

3. wow

HOW DARE YOU CALL US OUT ON CHILD MOLESTATION? What are you, NAZIS???

[laconicsax]

5. +1

[charlie]

4. RCC poobahs are wigging

Italian exorcist: Devil made NY Times attack Pope
(Not just any exorcist, THE exorcist)
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0402/italian-excorcist-devil-ny-times-attack-pope

Sex Abuse in Catholic Church was Homosexual Problem, not Pedophilia: Vatican (09/29/09)
(I include this because Donohue's out there parroting the same arguments this week)
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/sep/09092910.html

Thank God we're not all atheists, bishop says
(And a Cardinal concurs. FOCUS, people, focus. Real Evil stalks us while we're distracted by child rape)
http://www.smh.com.au/national/thank-god-were-not-all-atheists-bishop-says-20100401-ri4q.html

[realisticphish]

6. "the devil made me do it"

so many say atheists have no principles. Yet, they always have that out. We just have to deal

[TZ]

7. I guess they would know

Since the Pope WAS a Nazi! How fucking stupid is that statement. Let me know when they start shoving priests in gas chambers! :barf:

[Angry Dragon]

8. It would be more

accurate to compare the catholic church and their treatment of the children in their care with the way that the Nazis treated the jews.

One thing that I can not understand is that the catholic church claims they are the only true church picked by their god, but are so afraid when anyone starts to question anything about the church. If their god is so powerful then he would not let the church flounder and would protect it. It seems they do not really believe what they preach.