Post by cmk on Mar 2, 2016 21:20:08 GMT 7
Awesome movie. I never realized the extent of the problem. If I was the Pope I'd have a hard time showing my face in public when the movie makes the point that 6% of Priests are pedophiles. That's 24,858 men abusing children.
The movie was about Cardinal Law in Boston. Law was the Archbishop of Boston until his resignation on December 13, 2002,[1] in response to the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal after church documents showed he had covered up sexual abuse committed by dozens of Catholic priests within his archdiocese.[2] One priest alone was revealed to have raped or molested 130 children for decades while Law and other local officials moved him between churches rather than going to the authorities.[2] Law orchestrated secret settlements for abuse claims made against at least seventy of his priests, in which families were paid to stay silent about the molestation and rape of their children.[3]
Just two years after resigning from his position in Boston, which the Church called "an important step in the healing process",[4] Pope John Paul II appointed Law as Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome in 2004. He resigned from this position upon reaching the age of 80 in November 2011.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Francis_Law
The movie was about Cardinal Law in Boston. Law was the Archbishop of Boston until his resignation on December 13, 2002,[1] in response to the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal after church documents showed he had covered up sexual abuse committed by dozens of Catholic priests within his archdiocese.[2] One priest alone was revealed to have raped or molested 130 children for decades while Law and other local officials moved him between churches rather than going to the authorities.[2] Law orchestrated secret settlements for abuse claims made against at least seventy of his priests, in which families were paid to stay silent about the molestation and rape of their children.[3]
Just two years after resigning from his position in Boston, which the Church called "an important step in the healing process",[4] Pope John Paul II appointed Law as Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome in 2004. He resigned from this position upon reaching the age of 80 in November 2011.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Francis_Law
