When is comes to the molestation of children there should be no gray area, no acceptable levels and most certainly no coverup. Period. Unless, apparently you are a Catholic Cardinal more concerned with “the good of the universal church” than with the abused victims themselves. An Associated Press article posted on MSNBC gives all the details.
Cardinal Ratzinger signs a document cautioning the removal of Rev. Stephen Kiesle and calling for “as much paternal care as possible” for the abuser in the 1985 letter. The kicker? Ratzinger was the head of a Vatican office responsible for punishing pedophile priests.
Is there a greater crime than the crime against a child? How much “paternal care” should we show for an adult who kidnaps, ties-up and molests two young boys in a San Francisco Bay area Church?
What will be the boiling point? When will there finally be enough evidence to cause the Pope to stand up and do the right thing by stepping down?
