Saints fight to avoid disclosing emails in Catholic abuse crisis (MERGED) (1 Viewer)

[brandon8283]

These things tend not to end well

 

[sammymvpknight]

I just don’t know what to say, other than a few expletives about just how stupid and unresponsible this is. We Saints fans deserve better than this. It’s a joke. Of course this is somehow going to end up bad for the Saints...knowing that history of this franchise how can you expect anything else but to have your soul absolutely crushed at this point.

 

[SaintJ]

If there was a situation where I wanted to get all the facts before speculating, this would probably be it.

The "advice" could have been anything from "stonewall the story" to "you have to come clean on everything, here's how you do that effectively without demeaning the victims any further."

And I would have no problem with donations that were being used to provide restitution to victims. I would have an intergalactic problem with a donation to maintain a coverup.

No one disagrees that horrible crimes were committed, and the church protected the guilty and failed to protect the innocent. Now that these matters have been dragged into the sunlight and it appears that some in the church are trying to make things right as best they can, I'm just going to wait for more information.

My suspicion is that Ramon Vargas will do his usual fantastic work, and then we can start with the pitchforks and bouquets, as applicable.

 

[bobad]

I just don’t know what to say, other than a few expletives about just how stupid and unresponsible this is. We Saints fans deserve better than this. It’s a joke. Of course this is somehow going to end up bad for the Saints...knowing that history of this franchise how can you expect anything else but to have your soul absolutely crushed at this point.

Careful, the vulture news media hate the Catholic church, don't care about the Saints, and are fast and loose with the truth. You really should let this shake out before doing the "woes is us" bit.

 

[jayd265]

If there was a situation where I wanted to get all the facts before speculating, this would probably be it.

The "advice" could have been anything from "stonewall the story" to "you have to come clean on everything, here's how you do that effectively without demeaning the victims any further."

And I would have no problem with donations that were being used to provide restitution to victims. I would have an intergalactic problem with a donation to maintain a coverup.

No one disagrees that horrible crimes were committed, and the church protected the guilty and failed to protect the innocent. Now that these matters have been dragged into the sunlight and it appears that some in the church are trying to make things right as best they can, I'm just going to wait for more information.

My suspicion is that Ramon Vargas will do his usual fantastic work, and then we can start with the pitchforks and bouquets, as applicable.

i hope the bold is right. the victims have suffered enough. to have something come out with saints being involved in a coverup would be terrible.

 

[wnelson]

I have a CRAZY IDEA..... lets wait for all the facts to come to light before making up your mind.

 

[SaintJ]

i hope the bold is right. the victims have suffered enough. to have something come out with saints being involved in a coverup would be terrible.

Completely agree with everything you wrote.

 

[sammymvpknight]

Careful, the vulture news media hate the Catholic church, don't care about the Saints, and are fast and loose with the truth. You really should let this shake out before doing the "woes is us" bit.

At minimum this represents HORRIBLE judgement. I just hope it was Daddy Benson who was responsible for the decision.

Right now the Saints are getting horrible press...and regardless of the facts of the case, they put themselves into this idiotic situation.

 

[bobad]

At minimum this represents HORRIBLE judgement. I just hope it was Daddy Benson who was responsible for the decision.

Right now the Saints are getting horrible press...and regardless of the facts of the case, they put themselves into this idiotic situation.

Indeed. Even if nothing illegal or immoral occurred it doesn't matter. The Press will run with appearances as though they are concrete proof. You can't give those self-serving liars even an appearance of wrongdoing. Especially in religion, most of them are Atheists and take great joy in destroying religion.

 

[Taker597]

Public Relations Damage Control...

So, what did they even do? We didn't try to cover up anything?

 

[Saint Jack]

Public Relations Damage Control...

So, what did they even do? We didn't try to cover up anything?

No. The Saints didn’t cover any names up.

 

[B-Train]

I'm sorry but the church ( not just Catholics) is in a different category than other parts of society because they claim a certain ethical code that other institutions do not.

It’s an issue in ALL facets of society. Should schools not be beholden to the same standards?

 

[insidejob]

Especially in religion, most of them are Atheists and take great joy in destroying religion.

What? Who?

 

[B-Train]

I don’t wanna turn this into a religious discussion, but the Catholic Church didn’t do itself any favors by not turning in the priests, but just moving them around.

For sure. That’s why the scrutiny is deserved - much like places like penn state (smaller scale of course). But what we are seeing is an issue in many industries - cover ups. The scale was big in the Catholic Church and because it is such a huge entity it’s easy to target, but the same thing happens everywhere and should be brought to light in ALL parts of society.

 

[sammymvpknight]

Public Relations Damage Control...

So, what did they even do? We didn't try to cover up anything?

We don’t know. Time will tell but they were involved in some capacity...which is stupid. I would have thought that a savvy businessman like the Bensons would have known better than to mix business with relationships.