The Catholic Church in New Zealand says a more thorough investigation is needed before it involves police in its historic abuse findings.
Following a two-year inquiry, the church reported that it had found 1680 recorded instances of alleged abuse since 1950 - of which 592 alleged abusers were identified. Many of the complaints were upheld at the time, but it is not known how many resulted in a police investigation.
Following a two-year inquiry, the church reported that it had found 1680 recorded instances of alleged abuse since 1950 - of which 592 alleged abusers were identified. Many of the complaints were upheld at the time, but it is not known how many resulted in a police investigation.
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Victim advocates, who said the inquiry likely covered a fraction of overall abuse, questioned what would be done with the new findings.
"There's still a lot not clear from our analysis about how many of the allegations were upheld," Cardinal John Dew told the Herald when asked about the plans for the investigation.
What old Dewdrop meant was: "Our analysis was so shallow and our investigation so incomplete that god (mea culpa) knows how many victims are ou there."
"Most of them have been. But considerable research is still needed to be done to see how many have been upheld, and that is something we're continuing to work on."Meaning: "All of the allegations are actually true but we continue to pretend that they aren't and hope that they will go away".
Dew, the most senior representative of the church in this country, said the information had not been centralised until now and had been spread across dioceses and congregations. Further analysis would show what had happened to the perpetrators and what redress had been made to the complainant, he said.
What he didn't say: "For years we've expected the heads of dioceses and congregations to bury this information and woe behold any priest, monsignors or bishop who didn't destroy the evidence".
Asked what would be done with upheld complaints that had not yet been referred to police, a spokesman noted that many of the alleged abusers had died. The spokesman reiterated that more work was needed before any action was taken.What the spokesman meant was: "We've been stretching this out for a long time now pretending to investigate but actually hoping that all of the
EX POPE BENEDICT ASK FOR FORGIVENESS
"A few individuals are simply pursuing their own interests at the expense of a something good."
ReplyDeleteYes, a few people (not individuals as they are doing this collectively) are using their democratic rights to bitch and moan about something that they don't like but 96% of the population recognise as for the greater good. They are not, I repeat not, doing this for something good, they are merely furthering their own agendas and, breaking the laws of the land to do so.
Whew! that was a long sentence.
I now went back to your comment and see that it doesn't make sense and I might have answered to something hat you never intended as a question anyway. So be it.
But what has your comment to do with my post? Oh, right, when dealing with catholics, don't expect rationality, common sense, consistency or relevance.
Carry on.
don't get too excited Sparky. I also said: "But what has your comment to do with my post? Oh, right, when dealing with catholics, don't expect rationality, common sense, consistency or relevance."
DeleteI wonder what Robert has to say about these stories or will we have to wait until he's been to Mass on Sunday to get his briefing?
ReplyDeleteCop out and quite cowardly.
DeleteThere is nothing more real or superior to the god eating penguin.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that is written somewhere and witnessed by hundreds of people.
I won't eat your deity. It's dry and tasteless and you have to listen to a whole lot of mumbo jumbo before they serve the food. The wine's crap as well.
Delete"Killer whales eat penguins. Logically you have to step up your definition of a supreme deity until nothing can eat it!" Didn't your deity get nailed to a cross by Romans? The god eating penguin passes through the killer whale to return to Peaven. Have you not read The Pible?
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