Ireland, in Today's News 07.22.09

Ireland. From the news wire today: "A report of the Catholic Church cover-up of child abuse in Dublin details 'horrific acts of depravity' for decades, Ireland's justice minister said Tuesday. Another investigation two months ago found scores of church-run schools, orphanages and reformatories harbored child abusers in religious orders from the 30s to the 90s."

The Church in Ireland and the Vatican chose to not fight this attack on the Church. The aim of the reports is to destroy the influence built up through centuries of Catholic practice in Ireland. 

When the first report was published, the Church leaders decided to take the "American" approach of not fighting, expressing remorse, and handing over gobs of money. (See previous blogs on this subject here.) Presumably they thought that would settle things. As usual their judgement was atrocious.

Not fighting only encourages the attackers. Their language has now escalated to a charge of "horrific acts of depravity." And this won't be the end of it. Before long the charges will escalate even more.

The accommodationist policy of the Church leaders will lead to the certain destruction of any meaningful Catholic influence on Irish society and individuals. And it means that millions and millions of money that was contributed by hard-working Irish faithful will now be turned over to enemies of the Church.

Every shyster who can practice law in Ireland will soon be there to make their fortune via legal suits against the Church.

If the Church leaders had any backbone they would tell the truth that this is a conscious pre-meditated attack on the Church, and that it will be met with determined counter action. To the extent that there were abuses in the Church, the Church will deal with them in no uncertain terms.