Pope covers up priests' child abuse

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By Meredith Price The Daily Gamecock

This past Saturday, Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger) made a speech in Britain in which he reiterated how apologetic he is for the rape of children committed by the members of the Catholic Church.

He met with some of the victims and prayed with them and also met with professionals who are supposed to help the Catholic Church implement safeguards to prevent priests from this foul abuse. It's too bad he can't seem to admit to his part in the cover-up of the scandal: protecting the pedophiles and hushing the victims with payouts.

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This organized cover-up has been occurring for years. The Vatican and the pope have been unwilling to work with authorities and have stated that these issues should be handled within the Church. Besides the fact that they don't have ecclesiastical fuero, it is nonsense to say those criminals should receive special treatment because they are Catholic - not to mention that the pope is an accomplice in these crimes at the very least for demanding "Papal secrecy" when it comes to rape allegations within the church.

If these people were not associated with the Church, their punishment would have been swift. Only a few have been arrested by civil authorities. It doesn't seem to have occurred to people that this is one of the worst cases of pedophilia in history. Not only did the cover-up occur for years, but it was perpetrated by people who use their station in the most corrupt, perverse way possible. These members preach about their morality and the morality of Catholicism and elicit complete trust from parents and others only to use it to molest children.

The fact that the pope is now trying to cooperate is too little, too late. He should be arrested along with the other criminals. Their "divine" position does not give them the right to rape children.

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