Meanwhile, How About Boston...
By PACOINNYC
The week waned and our generous cable news hyena's smelled much more blood, and
a "Culture of Death" enveloped the entire nation. "Shiavo-Vision"
quickly became "Pope-Vision" with 24 hour live feeds on this human being's
bedroom window, waiting for him to slowly die.
A much more worthy subject. When the story of the Cold War is finished and
written, next to the names of Gorbachev and Reagan will be Pope John Paul II. I
have always said that any man that was arrested by the Gestapo and lived to tell
the tale, is more than worthy of admiration. Of course it is easy to feel the
same way about the people on Nixon's "Enemies" list.
There has been a lot of talk lately about the church's positions on a number of
issues. Birth Control, Abortion, Female Priests and Homosexuality pretty much
head the list. It's all hogwash really because the church will not change it's
ideas. The church is in business to protect itself, just ask the good people of
Massachusetts.
As the horrendous charges began to landslide out of the
Boston
Archdiocese of child abuse, cover-up and scandal. Cardinal Bernard Law
engaged in what many in New England now say was just a culture of
secrecy, deception and intimidation.
In pretrial testimony, the
Rev. John B. McCormack said that he and other Boston church officials
decided to keep the names of accused priests secret ''to avoid scandalizing
people.''
In 1988 a top official of the Boston Archdiocese persuaded a county prosecutor
to drop a molestation charge against a priest because the
priest was being treated for sexual disorders.
So what does the Vatican do in response to this outrageous behavior???
They give the Cardinal Bernard Law a promotion in the form of a
resignation from the Boston Archdiocese but he was able to hide inside the
safety of the church. Basically within a block of the Holy Father himself, in
Vatican City, instead of where he belongs, in jail for aiding and abetting child
molesters. If it were anyone else, in any other profession, he would be in jail
for the crimes that he committed. Can you imagine a school bus driver saying
that "he didn't know" that his co-worker's actions of touching an eight year old
boy, were inappropriate?? "Well we just moved him to another company, and I
think they moved him to a third company" etc. Or a teacher, or well, anyone??
Much less a Priest.
To the entire city of Boston, now mourning the passing of the Holy Father, a
simple question can be asked. How is it that Bernard Law gets to
vote in the conclave for the next Pope???
A slap in the face of to Boston, a city that has not forgotten being abandon by
their church. And just today an announcement that the Cardinal Law would lead a funeral Mass
on Monday. If anything has been learned from this affair, it is that once the
Holy Ring is placed on a man's finger it is his forever, no matter his sins
before God. A Man. Nothing but a Man.
A World Series Championship Ring will not bring the kind of retribution that
this city deserves, but a pair of handcuffs might.
Pacoinnyc
4/7/05