Catholic Church Scandal! (3 Viewers)

[HoustonGold]

I’m done with the Catholic Church.

 

[DCSaints_Fan]

I learned a few weeks ago that one of the priests at the parish school I attended growing up was assigned to the parish after he was CONVICTED (not just accused/suspected) of sexual assault

Granted I had stopped practicing many years ago, well before the scandal broke ... but to me this also reflects failing of the law and not just the RCC

 

[Consigliere]

I’m done with the Catholic Church.

They're not done with you!

 

[HoustonGold]

They're not done with you!

I’ll just rip it up and throw it in garbage.

 

[Consigliere]

Guess this belongs in this thread. Not proud to be a Saint today. Apparently Gayle and the Archbishop are the closest of friends.

‘Crisis communications’: emails show how NFL’s Saints and NBA’s Pelicans helped New Orleans church spin abuse scandal

Unearthed emails detail how the sports franchises’ owner and PR team counseled archdiocese on how to respond to unfolding clergy-abuse case

www.theguardian.com

High-level executives with the NFL’s New Orleans Saints football team and the NBA’s Pelicans basketball team had a deeper role than previously known in connection with a list of priests and deacons faced with credible allegations of child molestation while the clergymen worked with their city’s Roman Catholic archdiocese...
Perhaps the strongest manifestation of that closeness was New Orleans archbishop Gregory Aymond’s serving as a signing witness on the testamentary will that positioned Gayle Benson to inherit ownership of the Saints and Pelicans from her late billionaire husband, Tom.

Further, now we know why Justin Tucker missed that extra point.


The emails show how Bensel dedicated some of the following days to preparing Aymond for a meeting with editors of the Advocate, even while he was in Baltimore for a Saints game.

“Praying for the Saints victory. Very grateful for your help,” Aymond wrote to Bensel at the time.

 

[Boy_of_wonder75]

Guess this belongs in this thread. Not proud to be a Saint today. Apparently Gayle and the Archbishop are the closest of friends.

‘Crisis communications’: emails show how NFL’s Saints and NBA’s Pelicans helped New Orleans church spin abuse scandal

Unearthed emails detail how the sports franchises’ owner and PR team counseled archdiocese on how to respond to unfolding clergy-abuse case

www.theguardian.com

High-level executives with the NFL’s New Orleans Saints football team and the NBA’s Pelicans basketball team had a deeper role than previously known in connection with a list of priests and deacons faced with credible allegations of child molestation while the clergymen worked with their city’s Roman Catholic archdiocese...
Perhaps the strongest manifestation of that closeness was New Orleans archbishop Gregory Aymond’s serving as a signing witness on the testamentary will that positioned Gayle Benson to inherit ownership of the Saints and Pelicans from her late billionaire husband, Tom.

Further, now we know why Justin Tucker missed that extra point.


The emails show how Bensel dedicated some of the following days to preparing Aymond for a meeting with editors of the Advocate, even while he was in Baltimore for a Saints game.

“Praying for the Saints victory. Very grateful for your help,” Aymond wrote to Bensel at the time.

Maybe the NFL needs to force a sale.

 

[Devildog]

They're not done with you!

 

[Madmarsha]

Maybe the NFL needs to force a sale.

I see what you're saying.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Maybe the NFL needs to force a sale.

yes bc we're the only franchise with shady financial dealings

 

[Elvis]

yes bc we're the only franchise with shady financial dealings

Not financial, morally repugnant. How anyone thought it was a good idea to give messaging advice on a child rape case is baffling. I don't care who knows who, stay away from that. Yet they did it on Saints letterhead. Yikes.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Not financial, morally repugnant. How anyone thought it was a good idea to give messaging advice on a child rape case is baffling. I don't care who knows who, stay away from that. Yet they did it on Saints letterhead. Yikes.

granted

 

[Consigliere]

Yet they did it on Saints letterhead. Yikes.

In a way that's the most baffling part.

Shady financial dealings? Check
Morally repugnant? Check
Easily discovered? Check

It seems that Gayle and her cronies thought they were doing the right thing to help the church and so were not trying to hide it.

 

[SystemShock]

Not financial, morally repugnant. How anyone thought it was a good idea to give messaging advice on a child rape case is baffling. I don't care who knows who, stay away from that. Yet they did it on Saints letterhead. Yikes.

It's those damn atheists and their lack of a moral compass... oh, wait!

 

[SystemShock]

In a way that's the most baffling part.

Shady financial dealings? Check
Morally repugnant? Check
Easily discovered? Check

It seems that Gayle and her cronies thought they were doing the right thing to help the church and so were not trying to hide it.

They are just trying to buy salvation.

 

[TheRealJRad]

It seems that Gayle and her cronies thought they were doing the right thing to help the church and so were not trying to hide it.

Based on my time around the Catholic Church and its church-ess, this was absolutely the case. It's part of what drove me away.