http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/08/05/priest-says-was-told-to-says-prayers-for-abusing-boys.html
Priest says he was told to say prayers for abusing boys.
Evidently he was just told to pray for boys he'd molested.
Really?
It's disgusting when a person in a position of trust violates that office in such a horrific
manner.
I know of no punishment to fit that kind of crime that is severe enough.
Skim the story and post your thoughts if you would please.
This is my reply:
I would not punish him if he already
legally received the punishments and consequences of his actions.
I also commend him for praying for the boys he molested to forgive him. In the Catholic Church, after confession, we (when I did)
do something to make up for the sins we had commit. We ask god for forgiveness. He talked with the priests-said his confession. I think at 95 he is pretty mature to admit his faults even how many boys he molested.
The video above shows a movie, Priest (British movie-very good) who has homosexual attractions. He sinned and fell in affection for a male he met at a club. At the same time, he met this girl that was being sexually abused by her father. She shared her confession and they talked and formed a relationship (confesee/pertinent).
Then, after the third interaction with his friend, both were caught by the police and everything was made publicized. The priest had a decision as whether to go to serve his role as a priest or leave the Church as his other friend and ex-priest advised him to do.
He came in front of the Church, looked at them dead in the eye, and asked them for their forgiveness.
People spat at him. People walked out. People told him he committed an abomination to god. People cursed at him.
What bothered me about this movie was a couple of things:
1/ People walked out of the Church. If someone else's sin makes you walk out of the Church (walk from receiving Jesus), than that shows a lot of what priority that person has in their faith.
2/ People forgot that the priest asked god for forgiveness for
their sins as well. He forgave them. Yet, they didn't him.
So, homosexual attraction/action (in this case, it
was a sin) is no different than the abuse of boys in case of context.
If a Christian of any denomination cannot forgive his brother and
-take communion from him-
how are they acting as a servant of god, washing a poor man's feet, and dying for sinners in actions if they can't at least pray for those they sinned against and ask god for their forgiveness as well?
I had to comment but I always hated this topic. I can handle the homosexuality. It makes sense. However, the priest abuse topic just let's me see where people
in general stand in their faith. What would Christ do?