I think you are beginning to state the obvious.
It might be my fault... I stated the obvious up front... paedophiles do sometimes work in groups... they often do not have a "normal relationship" ... they often try to cover up the fact... The head of the paedophile ring might issue a document to those involved, to ensure it is not uncovered... It could also be covered up under an overall banner of respectability.
Here is a quick question -
If you were part of an organisation where crimes against children are commited, and you got told to be a part of a cover up, for the sake of the organisation... would you do it?
I think, if you were part of the cover up, you are no better than the person doing the deed.
Does this make the person in the Catholic chuch who ordered the cover up, just as guilty as the person doing the deed?
Here is a clip
"The Pope played a leading role in a systematic cover-up of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests, according to a shocking documentary to be screened by the BBC tonight.
In 2001, while he was a cardinal, he issued a secret Vatican edict to Catholic bishops all over the world, instructing them to put the Church's interests ahead of child safety.
The document recommended that rather than reporting sexual abuse to the relevant legal authorities, bishops should encourage the victim, witnesses and perpetrator not to talk about it. And, to keep victims quiet, it threatened that if they repeat the allegations they would be excommunicated."
Now does that seem to you a caring person, or the head of a paedophile ring?
Are the Bishops at fault for not standing up and saying "No way!"
Is the current Pope at fault for being a co-conspiritor for child abuse?
Leading on from that - should the Pope be in Jail for this, and should his Bishops who did not make a stand join him?
This could be seen as shock horror... Thing is, if a guy leads a cover-up of crimes... should he be accountable in the sytem of law?
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