Newly-appointed Catholic cardinal: abuse victims should keep quiet

New cardinal: Abuse victims should be ‘ashamed’ to speak due to their own failings

MEXICO, August 21, 2018, (LifeSiteNews) – Reacting to the recent avalanche of reports of clerical sexual abuse around the world, a newly minted Mexican Cardinal has suggested that victims who accuse priests should be “ashamed” because they too have skeletons in their own closets. Those who “accuse men of the Church should be careful because they have long tails that are easily stepped on,” said Cardinal Sergio Obeso Rivera according to a report in Crux.

“I’m here happy to talk about nice things, not about problematic things, it’s an accusation that is made, and in some cases it’s true,” said Obeso Rivera. The cardinal’s remarks to journalists came after the release of a sweeping, two-year-long Pennsylvania Grand Jury investigation into sexual abuse by Catholic priests. That report has sent shockwaves around the globe.

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So we have these remarks from a Mexican Cardinal as there is yet another Catholic Church scandal, this time a full report compiled of over 1000 cases of sexual abuse committed by more than 300 priests over the years in Pennsylvania.

Is the Catholic Church TRYING to self destruct??

I’ve always been perplexed - why Catholics and no other denominations? Is the long history of the church attracting these paedophile and homosexual priests, or are they simply a product of the environment where this stuff has become SOP?

Regardless this isn’t a good look for the Catholics and Vatican, yet again.