The fixer on This American Life. Fascinating. I understand how he walked away from the Church, because I'm considering doing the same.
But the reality is, these priests did these things over and over again, and frequently parents/adults saw things and didn't see OR on occasions when victims came forward, their fellow parishoners bullied them into silence.
The reality is that all Catholics *DO* share some of the guilt here. We participated in a culture of silence and unquestionable obedience to an authority that chose cover up over honesty.
In Catholic faith, this is called a sin of omission: knowing that there is a correct thing to do then choosing not to do it.
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Date: 2010-04-10 04:47 pm (UTC)But the reality is, these priests did these things over and over again, and frequently parents/adults saw things and didn't see OR on occasions when victims came forward, their fellow parishoners bullied them into silence.
The reality is that all Catholics *DO* share some of the guilt here. We participated in a culture of silence and unquestionable obedience to an authority that chose cover up over honesty.
In Catholic faith, this is called a sin of omission: knowing that there is a correct thing to do then choosing not to do it.