DangerousTalk

There is a terrible double standard going on in the world today. Could you imagine how society at large would respond if the headlines of the morning newspapers reported that the largest atheist group in the world had allowed members of their group to molest children? What if the atheist group used member donations to help those who had molested children to move to other areas of the country or even other countries entirely in order to avoid prosecution?

I wonder, do you think people would be spending weeks debating whether this was a criminal act, or whether anyone should be arrested? The Pope is calling for the arrest of the leaders of the atheist group for covering up such heinous crimes. There might be weeks of discussions about how of course the Pope wants to arrest these atheists; he is obviously an atheist hater. Besides, he must be calling for the arrest of atheist leaders as a publicity stunt in order to sell more books.

The fact is that if that were the headline of newspapers across the planet, the FBI would waste no time at all arresting any and all atheists who were suspected of child molestation and those who were involved in the cover up. Other nations would of course take similar measures and no one would debate about whether it was the right thing to do.

It would be front page of the newspaper for a day and a half and then the case would be closed. Groups like Focus on the Family would of course keep reminding people about the evil atheists who molested children and the atheist group that tried to cover it up.

But we aren’t talking about the largest atheist group. Instead it is the largest Christian group, the Catholic Church, which has allowed their priests to molest children and used their members’ donations to fund the relocation of those who molested and raped children so that they could avoid prosecution.

Despite the heinousness of the crimes, the volume of victims coming forward, the evidence against the Catholic Church and even the Pope himself, the media debates whether or not any one should be held accountable. When some people suggest that arrests should be made, they are the ones who are attacked by the media. This media circus has gone on for weeks now and yet most people knew this had been going on for years and even decades.

This should be an open and shut case. Arrest the Pope and all those responsible for committing these crimes and covering them up. What is the problem here? These priests have molested, raped, and sexually assaulted children! The Catholic Church has attempted to cover up these crimes and has attempted to protect those guilty of these heinous acts. Why are we still debating what to do here? It really is ridiculous.

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