MINNESOTA
Hibbing Daily Tribune
Posted: Friday, May 15, 2015
Editor’s Note: This is in response to Dr. Chad Scott’s column “Helping the children of the Hibbing Catholic community” published on this page on May 10.
First, I agree with nearly everything Dr. Chad Scott said, and I won’t question his expertise.
However, in his second paragraph, he recommends that parents tell children that the vast majority of clergy and churches are safe places. Clearly, they are not, and given the global scope of the criminal sexual deviancy of priests, parents need to instill a fear of these people.
I cannot envision a scenario where it is necessary for any clergy to be alone with any child at any time. If they seek time alone with a child, we should deny such opportunity and report it to authorities.
The website “bishopaccountability.org” will demonstrate that nearly every Catholic diocese in the United States has had credible allegations of criminal sexual misconduct by priests or nuns.
After the Catholic church’s own involvement in this travesty became common knowledge, the Vatican attempted to blame the problem on homosexuality among priests. That was a flat out lie because they knew the problem was pedophilia and ephebophilia among priests.
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