When doing nothing is not an option -real action ,not lip service is needed to fix the issue and make the body whole again to its true core values. The rot, decay , must be identified , acknowledged and removed to ensure that the good or vitality of the body be restored . I personally believe that our Pope is showing true leadership in this regard. " As Christ chased out the money lenders from the temple - so should the Pope chase out the clergy who abuse their trust." S. Holle comment and opinion .
"My hope is that it will help in the process of repentance, healing and renewal," Benedict said
Pope approves handling of German scandal
VATICAN CITY (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI approves of measures the Roman Catholic Church in Germany is adopting to handle clergy sex abuse scandals, a church leader said.
Nineteen of Germany's 27 dioceses have been affected by scandal, with similar situations reported recently in dioceses in Ireland, the Netherlands and Austria, ANSA reported Saturday.
The German arm of the church plans to provide more support for victims and to tighten procedures in an effort to "bring truth to light," Monsignor Robert Zollitsch said Friday after briefing the German-born pope.
"He is favorable to our measures but we do not know whether they will be extended to other countries," Zollitsch said.
In the United States, several dioceses have been bankrupted by settlements since sex abuse by clergy was first exposed on a major scale in the late 1990s.
Cardinal Christopher Schoenborn, archbishop of Vienna, wrote this week the church needs to examine how priests are trained, now the "so-called sexual revolution" has affected the church and the doctrine of celibacy.
The church only mandated celibacy for its priests in the 12th century and Eastern Rite priests are still allowed to marry. A number of married Protestant ministers who converted to Catholicism have been allowed to function as priests.
Pope urges Irish to forgive abuse
VATICAN CITY, Italy (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI Saturday asked Irish Catholics to forgive sexual abuse by priests as allegations of similar abuse increased in a half-dozen countries.
"My hope is that it will help in the process of repentance, healing and renewal," Benedict said of his pastoral letter, the first public statement by the Vatican on the sexual abuse of Irish children dating back decades.
Allegations of clergy sexual abuse have increased in recent days in Austria, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil and the pope's native Germany, CNN reported Saturday.
The crisis threatened to further erode membership in Europe's Roman Catholic churches but have less of an impact in Asia and Africa, where the church is growing, said David Gibson, a Vatican expert and author of a biography of Pope Benedict.
When the pope was archbishop of Munich, church officials ignored repeated warnings from a church-hired psychoanalyst to keep a molesting priest away from children, the BBC reported. The psychoanalyst said he did not believe the pope was ever aware the priest had been returned to service in a parish.
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