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Culpability and the Catholic Church

The facts are no longer open to interpretation: not only bishops and archbishops, but the then head of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, AKA the Inquisition, knew and covered up rather than dealt with pedophiles in the priesthood, and enabled further abuse. Michael Ruse, long an accommodationist, has now conceded that Dawkins is right that the Catholic Church is a criminal and corrupt organisation, and needs to be reformed (we’ve heard that once or twice before, I think).

Why is everyone surprised? Not about the pedophilia – although I think that “protect the children” has become something of a witch and heresy hunt these days, we should be disgusted and horrified when children are abused – but rather about a large institution like the Catholic Church being more concerned about itself than those it has harmed?

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