Priest Takes Bishops To Task in Remarks to Parishoners
Photo ~ Fr. Liam Murphy Former Norristown Priest Takes Bishops To Task in Remarks to Parishoners Father Liam Murphy, formerly stationed at St. Patrick's Church, posted his remarks about the Monsignor …More
Photo ~ Fr. Liam Murphy
Former Norristown Priest Takes Bishops To Task in Remarks to Parishoners
Father Liam Murphy, formerly stationed at St. Patrick's Church, posted his remarks about the Monsignor Lynn verdict and the ongoing rift in the church over the scandal to Facebok.
Dear Friends:
This is a copy of my remarks made at Masses on the weekend of June 23-24:
“I would be remiss if I didn’t say something about the elephant in the room. Yes. As has been reported in the news, Msgn. Lynn was found guilty on Friday of child endangerment.
For some, perhaps many, this verdict brings with it at least some small sense of justice rendered. No doubt, it makes clear that “I was just following orders,” is an unacceptable defense in the face of blatant evil.
Yet for many with whom I have spoken and with whom I agree, it is only a partial sense of justice. Because the other elephant in the room is the fact that those directly in charge, the bishops, have yet to claim or accept responsibility for …More
Former Norristown Priest Takes Bishops To Task in Remarks to Parishoners
Father Liam Murphy, formerly stationed at St. Patrick's Church, posted his remarks about the Monsignor Lynn verdict and the ongoing rift in the church over the scandal to Facebok.
Dear Friends:
This is a copy of my remarks made at Masses on the weekend of June 23-24:
“I would be remiss if I didn’t say something about the elephant in the room. Yes. As has been reported in the news, Msgn. Lynn was found guilty on Friday of child endangerment.
For some, perhaps many, this verdict brings with it at least some small sense of justice rendered. No doubt, it makes clear that “I was just following orders,” is an unacceptable defense in the face of blatant evil.
Yet for many with whom I have spoken and with whom I agree, it is only a partial sense of justice. Because the other elephant in the room is the fact that those directly in charge, the bishops, have yet to claim or accept responsibility for …More
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We need to confront the whole abuse issue or there is no chance of healing this cancer.
We know that abuse has been shown to not be a 'Catholic' problem only. However, as Catholics “we” will not and cannot change the world but we damn well better affect our world, the world closest to us by changing the way the Catholic hierarchy handles abuse cases.
How to do it?
Those of us with no authority to …More
We need to confront the whole abuse issue or there is no chance of healing this cancer.
We know that abuse has been shown to not be a 'Catholic' problem only. However, as Catholics “we” will not and cannot change the world but we damn well better affect our world, the world closest to us by changing the way the Catholic hierarchy handles abuse cases.
How to do it?
Those of us with no authority to sanction can still use every means possible to expose these crimes, expose the perpetrators and expose the bishops who did/do nothing to stop it. Those with the power to sanction evil-doers ought to start doing it. Endless apologies do nothing to ameliorate the problem and, after so many repetitions, they begin to ring hollow. Talk is cheap. What is needed is action.
Can you imagine any of the heroes of the ancient Church putting up with what our hierarchy has allowed in order to protect the “image of the Church”?
I believe Sts. Peter or Paul would have executed the perpetrators of such crimes against innocent children. Today's bishops reassign these criminals in order to protect the “image of the Church” at the expense of children.
Here in the states sexual abuse money damages have cost the Catholic Church nearly $3 BILLION and still counting. Add to that the psychological damage to the victims and their families combined with the tremendous loss of moral authority and reputation that the Catholic Church once had and we have become what we now have become... a laughingstock.
From Fr. Liam Murphy's letter quoted in the above article:
Not a single bishop has acknowledged or apologized for his decision to put the image of the Church before the protection and care of sexual abuse victims of clergy.
Nor have any bishops had the decency or courage to call their fellow bishops to accountability.
The result? Many Catholics, including fellow clerics, friends who are practicing Catholics and friends who have left a Church they find disingenuous, dismiss the bishops as inauthentic and unworthy of their attention.
We know that abuse has been shown to not be a 'Catholic' problem only. However, as Catholics “we” will not and cannot change the world but we damn well better affect our world, the world closest to us by changing the way the Catholic hierarchy handles abuse cases.
How to do it?
Those of us with no authority to sanction can still use every means possible to expose these crimes, expose the perpetrators and expose the bishops who did/do nothing to stop it. Those with the power to sanction evil-doers ought to start doing it. Endless apologies do nothing to ameliorate the problem and, after so many repetitions, they begin to ring hollow. Talk is cheap. What is needed is action.
Can you imagine any of the heroes of the ancient Church putting up with what our hierarchy has allowed in order to protect the “image of the Church”?
I believe Sts. Peter or Paul would have executed the perpetrators of such crimes against innocent children. Today's bishops reassign these criminals in order to protect the “image of the Church” at the expense of children.
Here in the states sexual abuse money damages have cost the Catholic Church nearly $3 BILLION and still counting. Add to that the psychological damage to the victims and their families combined with the tremendous loss of moral authority and reputation that the Catholic Church once had and we have become what we now have become... a laughingstock.
From Fr. Liam Murphy's letter quoted in the above article:
Not a single bishop has acknowledged or apologized for his decision to put the image of the Church before the protection and care of sexual abuse victims of clergy.
Nor have any bishops had the decency or courage to call their fellow bishops to accountability.
The result? Many Catholics, including fellow clerics, friends who are practicing Catholics and friends who have left a Church they find disingenuous, dismiss the bishops as inauthentic and unworthy of their attention.
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At least here in Ireland bishops have resigned for not acting to confront the issue and so protect children in the past.
There is another 'elephant' in the Church and society though. Only about 3% of abuse involves clergy (that's bad enough) but what about the other 97%? Are victims of sexual abuse by family members, friends, neighbours, teachers or youth workers less significant? Do they suffer …More
At least here in Ireland bishops have resigned for not acting to confront the issue and so protect children in the past.
There is another 'elephant' in the Church and society though. Only about 3% of abuse involves clergy (that's bad enough) but what about the other 97%? Are victims of sexual abuse by family members, friends, neighbours, teachers or youth workers less significant? Do they suffer less? Are the crimes of their abusers less sinful? Are those in their families, neighbourhood or school who know or suspect and keep silent less guilty for their inaction?
Many of the abusive clergy were themselves victims of abuse.
We need to confront the whole abuse issue or there is no chance of healing this cancer.
There is another 'elephant' in the Church and society though. Only about 3% of abuse involves clergy (that's bad enough) but what about the other 97%? Are victims of sexual abuse by family members, friends, neighbours, teachers or youth workers less significant? Do they suffer less? Are the crimes of their abusers less sinful? Are those in their families, neighbourhood or school who know or suspect and keep silent less guilty for their inaction?
Many of the abusive clergy were themselves victims of abuse.
We need to confront the whole abuse issue or there is no chance of healing this cancer.
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Not a single bishop has acknowledged or apologized for his decision to put the image of the Church before the protection and care of sexual abuse victims of clergy.
Nor have any bishops had the decency or courage to call their fellow bishops to accountability.
The result? Many Catholics, including fellow clerics, friends who are practicing Catholics and friends who have left a Church they find …More
Not a single bishop has acknowledged or apologized for his decision to put the image of the Church before the protection and care of sexual abuse victims of clergy.
Nor have any bishops had the decency or courage to call their fellow bishops to accountability.
The result? Many Catholics, including fellow clerics, friends who are practicing Catholics and friends who have left a Church they find disingenuous, dismiss the bishops as inauthentic and unworthy of their attention.
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There is no "other side" to Lynn's crime.
Part of the problem are Catholics who choose to make excuses for people like Lynn and others just like him among the episcopacy. The excuse making (including an agenda driven D.A., SNAP, the NY Times and even the judge) are all beside the point.
The fact is that children were endangered in the Catholic Church by exposing them to pedophile priests and members of the hierarchy who compounded the problem by reassigning these same homo perverts to other parishes to prey on even more unsuspecting children.
Put all of them under the jail.
Nor have any bishops had the decency or courage to call their fellow bishops to accountability.
The result? Many Catholics, including fellow clerics, friends who are practicing Catholics and friends who have left a Church they find disingenuous, dismiss the bishops as inauthentic and unworthy of their attention.
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There is no "other side" to Lynn's crime.
Part of the problem are Catholics who choose to make excuses for people like Lynn and others just like him among the episcopacy. The excuse making (including an agenda driven D.A., SNAP, the NY Times and even the judge) are all beside the point.
The fact is that children were endangered in the Catholic Church by exposing them to pedophile priests and members of the hierarchy who compounded the problem by reassigning these same homo perverts to other parishes to prey on even more unsuspecting children.
Put all of them under the jail.