Bishops who covered up are guilty | Nasser Erakat

This is a touchy topic but I'm glad to see that Pope Francis said that Bishops who covered up are guilty | Nasser Erakat. It is about time. This is one topic I never 

understood, why was it OK that the church would cover up abuse of children. This abuse has been going on and will keep going on in the Catholic church until someone puts a stop to it. How many children have been abused and how many priests are serving time for it. Once a priests has been found guilty he is shipped away and not to prison. These children go to a place of worship and are suppose to feel safe. They are not, most of them are abused. This is not new information, example In just one Australian state, Victoria, it is estimated between 600 and 10,000 children were abused since the 1930s. This is only one state imagine around the world. What gets me is that it seems that this is ok, for example a Muslim commits a crime and it's all Muslims. A Priests commits a crime and it is covered up and nothing happens to that Priest. I'm am glad that the new Pope is not going to take this subject lightly.

Bishops who covered up are guilty  | Nasser Erakat

Pope: Bishops who covered up for abuse guilty of wrongdoing

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis has defended his words of consolation to U.S. bishops over the priest sex abuse scandal but says — for the first time — that those who covered up for abusers are guilty of wrongdoing.

In a wide-ranging press conference en route to Rome from his first-ever visit to the United States, Francis also declared conscientious objection a "human right," explained his admiration for American nuns and discussed his own star power, which was fully on display during his six-day, three-city tour.

He also invented a new Italian word to describe the exuberant reception he received in New York City: "stralimitata" — roughly, "beyond all limits."

On his last day in the U.S., Francis on Sunday met with five survivors of sexual abuse and issued a warning to bishops that they would be held accountable if they failed to protect their flocks. Full Article 

Bishops who covered up are guilty  | Nasser Erakat

Hopefully these innocent children who go to church don't have to worry about these sick individuals. These children should be able to go to a place of worship and be safe. Roman Catholics are taught from early childhood to respect priests and to believe what priests tell them about God and religion.  Paedophile priests can easily abuse this position. For example, Alexander Bede Walsh was convicted of serious sex assaults against boys.  One child abuse victim said Walsh gave him alcohol, told him drinking it would get him to heaven; another believed abuse was the hand of god touching him. This is sad and sick imagine a priest telling a child that drinking or doing something wrong is OK this will have you go to  heaven. Good job Pope Francis for standing up and noticing that there is something wrong that is going on. Hopefully you follow through with what you say. Well sorry for going so serious this morning. Take care.