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So The Pope Behaved Nonresponsibly Then?

Dan Savage
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The German notion of responsibility has been a bit off ever since that whole Hitler falderal.
Ratzinger's in this up to his elbows.
kinaidos on March 12, 2010 at 4:02 PM Report this
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I blame God for the whole mess :P
Cynic Romantic on March 12, 2010 at 4:06 PM Report this
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Well, I don't think the Vatican is going to extradite him to Germany for trial or anything, so this is all meaningless. Other than, perhaps, to further confirm what we already suspected.
Fifty-Two-Eighty on March 12, 2010 at 4:10 PM Report this
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But they have such expensive new commercials.
on March 12, 2010 at 4:14 PM Report this
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I wonder if the pope would agree to a news conference or does he really believe he is above that sort of thing?
Heather on March 12, 2010 at 4:28 PM Report this
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Chance of a European country initiating criminal proceedings against a standing pope: Nil.
on March 12, 2010 at 4:32 PM Report this
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So the bear shat in the woods then?
rob! on March 12, 2010 at 4:43 PM Report this
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Because the pope can't even be fallible, let alone culpable.
Dingo on March 12, 2010 at 4:47 PM Report this
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Wouldn't it be a wonderful new day if we could put the pope on trial and see his sorry, hateful, miserable ass in jail?!?
on March 12, 2010 at 4:50 PM Report this
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@7 Is the bear Catholic? Does the pope shit in the woods?
Heather on March 12, 2010 at 5:00 PM Report this
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Also in the NYT article:
The priest, identified only with the initial H, was moved to Munich in January 1980, where he was supposed to undergo therapy, a decision that was taken “with the approval of the archbishop,” according to the statement. Benedict was archbishop of Munich from 1977 to 1982.

In June 1986, the priest was convicted of sexually abusing minors and given an 18-month suspended sentence with five years of probation, fined 4,000 Deutsche marks and ordered to undergo therapy.


A slap on the wrist and a fine of less than one month's salary. They all deserve to fry in hell.
kk in seattle on March 12, 2010 at 5:18 PM Report this
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Ratzingers entire history with abuse cases is fucking disgraceful. I wonder how much more there is.
A'mael on March 12, 2010 at 5:24 PM Report this
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@10, my favorite paired phrases!--always spoken with a slight frown and a puzzled, distracted air.
rob! on March 12, 2010 at 5:50 PM Report this
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What really bothers me about the Vatican's responses to child sex abuse scandals is, "Yeah, some of our priests are child molesters. But you know what? There are even more child molesters who AREN'T priests. So, you know, go focus on them!"
skett on March 12, 2010 at 7:42 PM Report this
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@13 Another favorite paired phrase of mine is: Teach a man to fish and you will walk a thousand miles in his shoes."
Heather on March 13, 2010 at 8:01 AM Report this
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@1 "that whole Hitler falderal": definitely my phrase of the week.

cracked on March 13, 2010 at 8:17 AM Report this
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@15

Give a man fire and he's warm for the night. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
levide on March 13, 2010 at 6:33 PM Report this
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The priest was supposed to undergo therapy, and after he (supposedly?) completed his therapy, they let him return to work. Perhaps they believed that therapy could cure him. Perhaps they believed that grace and therapy could cure him.

The cases where the same guy was repeatedly moved around bother me more. This case is just sad.
on March 13, 2010 at 6:37 PM Report this
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@1 -- Ever since 'that whole Hitler falderal', Germany has done a pretty amazing job in taking RESPONSIBILITY for its crimes against humanity, and deals with it in ways that other countries could learn from. But you know, keep calling them Nazis, like any well-informed person would do.

Apart from that: Fuck Ratze and the Catholic church.
CivilRights4All on March 15, 2010 at 10:08 AM Report this

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