I have real problems with anyone forgiving a child rapist, regardless
of the position held by the person doing the forgiving. If the child
attains adulthood and decides at some point to forgive his attacker,
that is his/her business...whether I agree or not.
But for any official, or religious leader to presume to have the power
of forgiveness, that is pure hogwash. While I have agreed with many
of Pope Francis's actions, this is one that I will never agree with.
From where I see it, once someone has crossed the line and violated
another person, especially a child, it is just plain wrong for a third
party to believe that he/she has the power to forgive that violation.
And if the Pope really is bound by Church regulations, and feels he
cannot turn this violator over to the authorities, at least he should
tell the violator that he, the Pope, cannot forgive sins that are
against another human being, but he can strip him of his credentials
and of his duties. At least the Church should agree that to impose
oneself on another, is an act against not only that person, but
against God, Himself.
But then, I'm just an old Agnostic who believes that we should do unto
others as we would have them do unto us.
Carl Jarvis
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James Porter, the evil priest who raped over 200 children, confessed his
pedophilia to the Pope who decided it best to "forgive and forget", it
has been revealed.By ignoring his pedophile confession, the Pope left
Father Porter to sexually abuse many more children that could've
otherwise been spared.
The pedophile priest was caught after a private investigator, who was
working with the serial rapist's victims, taped a phone conversation in
which Porter admitted to raping over 100 children. The church ended up
settling 131 claims related to Porter, making it the largest sex abuse
scandal in history until new allegations later emerged in Boston
involving defrocked priest Paul Shanley.
Although he admitted to raping all those children, prosecutors on the
case believe the actual number was well over 200 victims.According to
the Boston Globe, the Roman Catholic priest admitted in a 1973 letter to
Pope Paul VI that he had molested youths in five states."I know in the
past I used to hide behind a Roman collar, thinking that it would be a
shield for me," Porter wrote to the Pope in a four-page affidavit
seeking absolution for his "unholy deeds".NY Times reports: The
affidavit, which was accompanied by a 20-page statement of his troubles
statement, is a clear indication of how widespread knowledge was inside
the Roman Catholic Church about Mr. Porter's activities while he was a
priest from 1960 to 1974.
Pope Paul VI approved Father Porter's request on Jan. 5, 1974, The Globe
said.The newspaper reported that Mr. Porter's personnel file showed that
the Bishop of the Fall River Diocese in Massachusetts and other church
officials had removed Father Porter from his priestly duties at least
eight times because he had sexually assaulted children. But each time
they allowed him to resume his work after favorable reports on his
treatment. There is also no evidence that the Diocese or churches where
Father Porter served ever sought to help any of his victims or their
families. More Than 100 AccusersMore than 100 men and women who say they
were sexually assaulted by Mr. Porter have come forward since the first
disclosures. Specialists on the church say this makes the case one of
the largest of its kind ever involving a priest.Frank Fitzpatrick, a
private detective who says he was one of the victims, said that the
letter to the Pope "just goes to show how far the knowledge of this, and
the cover-up, went.
"Mr. Fitzpatrick, who has accused Mr. Porter of raping him while he was
an altar boy in North Attleboro, Mass., in the early 1960's, said, "It's
horrible that not even Rome acted."But Eugene Kennedy, a former priest,
and author who teaches psychology at Loyola University in Chicago said
it was totally unrealistic to expect that the Pope or the Vatican would
intervene in a case like Father Porter's."The Vatican is simply too far
away", Mr. Kennedy said, "and its policy is to leave such matters up to
the local diocese".It is unclear whether Father Porter's letter to Pope
Paul VI is covered by the rules of confidentiality that apply to
confessions within the Catholic Church. If it was covered, that
presumably would have prevented church officials from notifying
law-enforcement officials or the victims' families. The Globe did not
indicate where it had obtained the material, citing only sources.The Rev.
John Moore, director of communications for the Fall River Diocese, which
was responsible for Father Porter while he was a priest, denied that the
Diocese provided the material to the Globe. Father Moore said the
Diocese had recently turned over all its files on the former priest to
the Office of the District Attorney for Bristol County in nearby New
Bedford.The reason Father Porter wrote to the Pope, Mr. Kennedy and
other experts said, is that only the Pope could free a priest from his
vows, a process known as a dispensation. Mr. Kennedy said only two
explanations were acceptable at the time: that the man had never wanted
to be a priest or that he had real psychological problems.
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