German Priest Admits 280 Counts of Sexual Abuse

Andreas L. - representative of Holy Priesthood he is not. One would be more comfortable being inclined to assume he was a pedofile of such deprived mind that didn't consider it a grevious sin ,nor he felt the need to confess,thus it went unnoticed by his superiors. For the only other alternative is unthinkable -thus the need for emphasising the need of true r e p e n t a n c e and resolve to sin no more instead of abusing the sacrament of confession and making lightly excuses of fallen,weak nature. For of such Christ told,"It would have been better for you,if you had tied a miller's stone around your neck before you scandalized the little ones." Because when the question is about endengering innocence of even one child's soul ,there is no room for taking a chance or making excuses for abominable conduct of those entrusted with their care.The legacy of carnal minded Martin Luther raises it's ugly head once again. Oh,that the hierarchy will recognize the reality of all human beings called to be the Temple of the Living God - to realize it to such a degree to be aware that sinning in their own bodies they are violating the dwelling place of The Holy Trinity.For that reason Our Lord stated :" Whatsoever you had done to the least of Mine ( the unborn,the most vunerable among us,our fellow neighbor),you had done UNTO ME."

Saint Benedict, pray for us,

I think that the impression or impressions Rhemes is addressing come in large part from this excellent using secular sources,

These kinds of unflattering stories regarding the Catholic Church will only appear in secular sources and only much later (if at all) will Catholic news outlets cover them.

Do you remember how and when the sexual scandal in the U.S. first broke? It was not Catholic news outlets that broke the story. It was 2002 when the Boston Globe and their reporters were given the information about the scandal from States Attorneys and plaintiffs lawyers. Then the story became too big to hide.

“... much less express sympathy for the Church”

Sympathy? How about sympathy for the victims of the abuse and the perps who were hurried off to different parishes and dioceses? These children and their families were victims twice. First by their abuser and second by a Catholic Church who lied, covered up and obfuscated in every way possible to hide the truth. The cover-ups compounded the crime and has cost the Church significantly in both its reputation and money.

quite contrary to the spirt and the letter of Gloria.tv,

The News Brief concept is new to Gloria and hopefully it will be expanded to allow greater participation and contributions. News is news and not all news is “happy” news. This is not the fault of the messenger who presents the news. Therefore criticism directed at him/her for presenting the news is not reasonable even if those stories are harmful to one's preconceived notions of what is or is not happening within the Church. It is what it is. Discuss it and offer counter arguments and reports. But please don't "shoot the messenger."

We are Catholics in spite of the huge warts that have and still do exist in our Church. Pretending that these warts are not present is an unhealthy denial of reality. Look at these flaws, analyze them, discuss them, and conceive of ways in which these issues can be rectified.

Do you remember the case of the Western Mass that was sanctioned (and had the blessing ) of Christoph Cardinal Schonberg, of Vienna.

Would it have been better for Gloria.TV not to have reported this story? Would it have been better to simply report “happy news” and ignore those things that are unpleasant or embarrassing? Perhaps some would think so but clearly Gloria.TV does not.

Gloria.TV feels that it is important to bring even these embarrassing stories to light. Were this scandal not made public by Gloria.TV and other reporters, the scandalous “Western Mass” would have surely taken place as it had in years past with the blessing of the Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna.

Stop the Vienna Western Mass 2011

Lux et Veritas

These kind of stories are most unfortunate, especially for the innocent children and those of them who had to carry such a heavy cross and will have to the rest of their lives. If such evil had happened to any of your children, why would a parent not want to bring it out in the open, to put an end to such heinous and evil activities? Only because it has been brought to the public eye and exposed for what it truly is, .... can there be any hope that it might Stop. And that other children can be saved from such evil behavior in the future. The posting of this story certainly takes nothing away from the good and holy priests out there ie: Fr. Michael Rodriguez. May God gives us more like him and Fr Reto. Ask any good and holy priest, and they will tell you, in order to clean house, you must have the desire to do so and Know the need to do it!

"It was never my impression that the "children" did not consent." Unbelievable.... These wolves in sheeps clothing need to be put somewhere Far away from children and spend some time in solitude where all they can do is be alone, to repent. So many like this one, continue to walk Free, while many who have committed much less of a crime get incarcerated for years. Something has to give..real soon. As long as they continue to get away with these crimes, it can only get worse. Throw them all out, and take all the liberal revolutionaries including many priests, bishops and nuns with you! RESTORE OUR CHURCH !

Do you want to scandalize good praticing Catholics?

Good Catholics will NOT be scandalized and sleeping Catholics may awake. However, if you have information showing that this story is untrue, please post it.

"Good practicing Catholics" ought to know what is happening within their church as a result of a largely do-nothing complicit episcopacy.

Shine the light of truth on the good and the bad. The good ought to be recognized and emulated and the bad ought to be punished severely (not reassigned to another parish) and a harsh message ought to be sent to like minded clerics.

It is vitally important that these kinds of stories ARE made public so that:

!) Others will be made aware of what is happening within the Catholic Church.

2) To acknowledge that the abuse problem is far from over within the Catholic Church

3) Parents should be on notice not to trust their children to anyone including Catholic clerics.
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Is a Child with no common sense,running all these dark News Briefs?

As much as you are able, kindly refrain from personal attacks and comment only on the story itself.

Thank you

The first incident was with a nine-year old in 2004 . 3 kids - 280 counts.

"It was never my impression that the children did not consent," the priest was quoted as saying at the trial.