PHILADELPHIA (PA)
The Triangle
October 5, 2018
By Armon Owlia
Imagine a multinational corporation, Apple, if you will. A global entity, one that can reach far and wide with a strong following. It has a language that only itstheir followers can truly understand, a public face who is the gateway between the higher-ups and the public, and an image that has made itthem both highly adored and loathed.
And then, out of the blue, you hear that, for the past year and a half, Apple Geniuses all across the state of Pennsylvania have sexually abused children, with not only management within those stores knowing, but also, potentially, Apple’s executives in the know. And what did they choose to do? Nothing.
In the corporate world, Apple’s stock would have taken a nosedive, gone out of business, the Geniuses and the executives would be prosecuted, and both accountability and action would be taken on both the parts of the executives and the corporate world as well. That’s what should happen. And yet, it doesn’t. Why? Because Apple is the Catholic Church.
Yes, I’m referring to the massive revelation in August that, within Pennsylvania, there had been child sexual abuse cases reported, and quietly handled by the Catholic Church that had gone as far back as the 1940’s. Not only that, but there was evidence that even the Popes at that time (Pius XII, John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis) knew about it and chose to do nothing, even not taking accountability for their actions or lack thereof.
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