But still no action. Pope Frankie wrapped up a 4 day summit on sexual abuse by clergy saying abusers in the catholic church will "face the wrath of god". I'd rather have them face the wrath of fellow prisoners, who usually don't take kindly to kiddie-diddlers.
He offered an 8-point pledge "going forward", calling for change in the church's 'defensive mentality', and a vow to never again cover up abuse cases. Fine, as far as it goes. But it don't go far enough. If Frank really meant to do anything, he would've ordered his minions to crack open the secret books I'm sure are stored somewhere inside the vatican, go through them, find out where the living abusers (and those who shuffled them around so they could continue to diddle) are and turn the whole file over to the cops in every country involved. As for those priests who raped nuns, same as above.
Until and unless something concrete is done, this is nothing more than another slap on the wrist for the abuser assholes, and another crack (let them come quickly) in the wall of a truly evil institution that's been allowed to get away with far too much shit for far too long. If no action is taken, then this "summit" is just More Words.
'Nuff said
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