An interesting dream I had........questions for Mosley. (Main Forum)

by desi , Australia, Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 19:46 (402 days ago) @ Mosley

That is where I am so concerned at the constant material arising suggestive of deliberate cover up and avoidance.

I am absolutely astounded that anyone, in this day and age, should make such a statement!

I am not sure what you are getting at.

Surely you are not suggesting that there has not been nor was there ever any deliberate cover up and avoidance on the part of the RCC!

I assume sarcasm, but yes I am, many people appear to have engaged in such practices.

Firstly, it was not sarcasm, as my astonishment was brought on by my misunderstanding the view you were trying to put across.

My apologies.

Over the last few years, whether it has been investigations in the USA, Ireland, UK and other countries, it has been admitted that the way in which the RCC dealt with many abusing priests was to re-assign them and to 'pay-off' victims 'to protect the good name of the Church'.

This has been even been admitted by some bishops.

What was 'Crimens Solicitationis', if not deliberate cover up and avoidance of criminal activity?

I am not sure that the crimens solic. etc was intentionally designed with that end in mind. It is as I understand it a procedural feature of canonical proceedings, and one that has some good features. I also understand that in this context it was used in an abusive way.

That is a matter for the individuals concerned to answer for.

Surely the way in which the Abuse Scandal was handled was dictated by the edicts from above? It was Church policy.

Also Crimens Solicitationis was a 'church' document and it's aims and implementation not a question of individuals answering for it but the RCC was the organisation that wrote, distributed and administered it. (With all their might).