Spotlight on the Church: How Sex Abuse Went Unnoticed for So Long, and What it Took to Expose It

[@harrywilson404]

For every member of the Catholic clergy who committed sexual assault, how many knew and said nothing or were actively part of the cover up?How can anyone put their trust in such an institution, let alone raise their children in it?

[@anna-lenameijer9942]

Too many are too willing to be led along instead of thinking for themselves.

[@courag1]

People and their family have been Catholic since the church began and they are numb to a lot and also are taught to hate reform and reformers and this is because the Roman Catholic Church is the ONE TRUE CHURCH. The organization impresses that salvation is in Their CHURCH and you will be damned to hell if you leave. It isn’t a belief, it is indoctrination. It is the pattern Hitler used and employed. So you can’t leave but you can buy you mother and father out of purgatory with endulgences. Catholics are taught to pray to Mary and fear to pray to Jesus, which is part of the programmed hold upon Catholics. Catholicism is also about being entertained, they understand theatre and conditioning, but in the laity’s inability to hear what the Bible says and be able to accept such contrary teachings because this church changes the doctrines in the Bible, this hardens the people’s hearts to hear the truth. The people are molified. Their ancestors witnessed Inquisitions, pogroms, witch trials and many wars, book burnings, people being exiled and they sat there and were always told that God would reward their loyalty to the church. People have been able to stay in the church even when their son or daughter was abused. This is the level of brainwashing of the congregation. The laity does not see a pastor, but a priest is supposed to be so holy he can turn wafers into Jesus Christ. Mind you the priests have no power to turn raped children back into children in their previous condition. Catholics have not lived in a bubble, they have witnessed many horrific things: the Catholic Church even owned slaves and their Jesuits conspired to kill and did kill Abraham Lincoln. It matters not how bad anything has been, This is the power of the hold on the congregation. It is mass mind control. It is wicked. People can decide that they can deprogram themselves but when your whole family is in the church, it is difficult for them to get out unless the husband and wife both deprogram themselves together.

[@p6x2]

Where I live, catechism is now taught by ladies. No more male priests allowed alone with the kids. On top of it, some parents are present in the classroom for ultimate surveillance. When I took catechism myself, we were alone with the priest, a thing of the past.

[@mariasalales631]

"If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to abuse one" It takes a village to cover it up and allow it to continue. So sad!

[@the11382]

Pretty much. It has been hidden for 500 years. I mean, Martin Luther knew that this whole thing was going on.

[@anna-lenameijer9942]

Yes, it takes a culture of silence

[@jefflinahan5853]

@@the11382 how did Luther know about it?

[@noongourfain]

@@the11382 Rome during the Roman Empire was infamous for such behavior.

[@goran2268]

@@jefflinahan5853 he saw it with his own eyes: “I am not lying to you. Whoever has been in Rome knows that conditions are unfortunately worse there than anyone can say or believe. When the last Lateran council was to be concluded in Rome under Pope Leo, among other articles it was decreed that one must believe the soul to be immortal. From this one may gather that they make eternal life an object of sheer mockery and contempt. In this way they confess that it is a common belief among them that there is no eternal life, but that they now wish to proclaim this by means of a bull. More remarkable yet, in the same bull they decided that a cardinal should not keep as many boys in the future. However, Pope Leo commanded that this be deleted; otherwise it would have been spread throughout the whole world how openly and shamelessly the pope and the cardinals in Rome practice sodomy. I do not wish to mention the pope, but since the knaves will not repent, but condemn the gospel, blaspheme and revile God’s word, and excuse their vices, they, in turn, will have to take a whiff of their own terrible filth. This vice is so prevalent among them that recently a pope caused his own death by means of this sin and vice. In fact, he died on the spot. All right now, you popes, cardinals, papists, spiritual lords, keep on persecuting God’s word and defending your doctrine and your churches! No pope, cardinal, bishop, doctor, priest, monk, or nun will condemn such an obviously disgraceful life; rather they laugh about it, excuse it, and gloss over it. They incite kings, princes, country, and people to defend such knaves with life and property, with land and people, and faithfully to protect them so that such vices might not be repented of and reformed, but rather strengthened, sanctioned, and approved. Now you are to hazard blood, body, and life just for the sake of saddling your neck and conscience with this. I could easily mention more examples of such abominations, but it is too shameful; I fear that our German soil would have to tremble before it. But if an impudent popish ass should come along and dispute this, he will find me ready to do him battle, and it will be quite a battle!” (Luther's Works Volume 47, p.38)

[@wfvesely]

I live just outside of Boston and I can tell you there’s only one reason why this story was uncovered, Marty Baron. Without an outside opinion of the story the globe would’ve stumbled around for years and never uncovered it. Marty baron comes in and on his first day he notices there’s a problem that needs to be addressed and assigns the spotlight team to cover it. Everywhere Marty Baron has worked they have won awards for investigative journalism. That’s why they won this award in Boston because of one person.

[@ShirleyAnnPetrillo-oj7sc]

Investigative Journalists aka Truth Seekers & Truth Tellers aka Whistleblowers

[@annalisavajda252]

Well it's excellent work but just like Farrow with the Weinstein story that became the metoo movement which often gets dismissed as "woke" etc. Society has a rape culture they are in denial about.

[@jessicabarbosa837]

The release of this story caused my dad to pick up and move us an hour away and pulled us out of church. I was right at the age of communion when this broke and my dad fought my mom on this in dad’s words “I trust nobody with my babies. We can’t afford to take chances. It may be with you, but a 50/50 chance my girls won’t be molested or worse is not good enough for me as a father”. It shut my mom up and I never went to mass again, unless you count funerals and weddings.

[@wfvesely]

@@jessicabarbosa837 I recently saw Mitchell Garabedian who is the lawyer in the film talk about this subject. He said the church has not changed one bit and that his only advice is do not allow your children to be alone with priests.

[@elizabethlacky6068]

​@@wfvesely I believe him.

[@Chertoff88]

You cam tell this dude has a genius level intellect. Humble, well spoken model of what a real journalist should be.

[@mickmorrison]

It didn’t go unnoticed in the church, they covered it up all the way to the top.

[@patrarus6362]

Bravo! Walter "Robbie" Robinson -- the consummate journalist with high ethics, morals and a tribute to the Fourth Estate. I have seen "Spotlight" several times, and absolutely loved it. Thank you for posting this excellent presentation!

[@LSSYLondon]

I'm so thankful that this man was willing to tell the full story. What an amazing life he has lead. Thank you for posting this!

[@dianeiaquinto2474]

Thank you sir for bringing thease cases. out people need to know many all ready know thank you GOD BLESS

[@ShannonCrane]

This is an excellent presentation, given by a humble investigative journalist, Walter “Rob” Robinson, who truly has a heart. I’m so glad he gained recognition for all the work he and his team put into this very chilling story - and that it was made into a movie in relatively short time - considering how long these abuses continued in the Catholic Church, unchallenged. I am a therapist, and I have clients who have shared their stories of abuse… When children and teens are molested, it impacts them in a way most of us could never imagine. God bless these people who suffered abuse and these journalists and movie producers who helped expose the pattern.

[@beehive9851]

If you examine Roman Catholicism through history, as I have, you’ll find an almost unbroken chain of terrible, horrible things done to male and female, young and old by wicked men in religious garb

[@Leocomander]

And even through all that it still stands. Must be divinely protected if you ask me.

[@Zacchaeus_O]

Just like satan "divinely" protected Arianism JW.

[@Winterisnofun]

Jason Berry, author and reporter, was talking about this 20 years before the Boston Globe's report.

[@ShirleyAnnPetrillo-oj7sc]

Robinson named Berry HERE, acknowledging his excellent investigative journalism. Jason Berry tells his story online. He authored a book. Unsung hero.

[@64MDW]

"Went unnoticed"! ???They knew about...the church hierarchy chose to ignore it and sweep it under the rug.

[@DerGlaetze]

I’m from Fall River, Mass. However, I was, thank goodness, raised Protestant and wasn’t exposed to that monster Father Porter. I feel so bad for anyone of my friends or family who may have been exposed to this abuse.

[@albertafarmer8638]

Yes, we shouldn't be surprised: the Vatican is the whore of Babylon, see Revelation 17 and 18! Listen to GODly evangelists like Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. David Reagan, Dr. Ron Rhodes and their guests! We must always distinguish between born again Christians and fake "Christians"! How to become born again? Thank JESUS CHRIST for paying for your sins on the cross and HIS resurrection on the 3rd day!!! It must come from the bottom of your heart. and don't forget: JESUS CHRIST is GOD, see John 1

[@ritamariekelley4077]

Robby was so generous with his time and so genuine.

[@totem9781]

I saw the film and was pleased to see this as a follow up story. Another story not covered is the physical abuse by members of religious organizations such as orphanages, laundries and suchlike.

[@heathercontois4501]

Also, the a used against teen girls but priests and nuns, and the abuses by priests to nuns. It's all sick.

[@annmcerlean6937]

i guess the issue is what makes a predator? I can't believe that men first become priests, then predators. To me, it doesn't follow.

[@annalisavajda252]

Yes potentially anyone but they do prey on the weak and vulnerable and use their image of being trustworthy to lure victims. So much injustice committed by courts too ironically because it's difficult to hold lawyers and judges accountable also.

[@cactusqltr]

What was truly criminal was how the truly criminal justice system allowed this NOT to be put on the books! This was covered up by judges, prosecutors, lawyers, clerks and police!! UNNOTICED my ass!! Only people who didn't know was the frigging public!!

[@annabell3385]

The lawyers arranged for that. It was handled "internally" by the church. The cases that weren't were reported in the papers. We've been hearing about it since the 1980's which is probably why they started paying people off to hide it. The lawyers who handled this quietly are the biggest scum on Earth.

[@TheOlivecat]

Because clergy all over the world are politically connected. Politics are in the "buthiness" of distributing money. T'is the cornerstone of world economy. All religions are in on it.

[@Harlem55]

@@TheOlivecat Well, if that's the case then the church would simply just use it's influence to make it perfectly legal so it can be done in the open and save the church money at the same time, along with passing "civil rights" laws so that YOU would be the one going to prison for so much as trying to do something about it. Rather- the power of catholic ex-communication is a powerful thing, and as such twisting up the arms of the legislature can be quite easy considering most of the people on capitol hill are catholic.

[@TheOlivecat]

And the magi cloud named God, the great mysterious cover up. People did all of this, not magi demons, they literally touched children, shovels, annointin' oils, condoms, there were and are smells, sounds, exhaust from truck trucks, nail polish, lipstick, overweight jealous women and needy tantrum chauvinist boys, and their stupid children. it's called people

[@Agapy8888]

Unfortunately this is going on right now. No respect for RC or any religion. Warped and sickening.

[@SpaceOddity]

Thank you for sharing this video. It's very interesting to hear about these events from his perspective.

[@davida369]

It's a shame no one in Northern Ireland or the UK with a similar profile and skills had any interest in the HIA (historical Institutional abuse inquiry) The UK's biggest ever child abuse inquiry, survivors were tossed aside as soon as the inquiry finished and not one prosecution was sought, nothing more than a PR exercise and the only people who profited were the legal profession, the abusers went of to lead their lives anonymously and unpunished.

[@dianeiaquinto2474]

The abrusersay think they get away one day they will face their Judge who is JESUS CHRIST GOD BLESS

[@fantabaz1]

Keep talking about it. They can't ignore us forever

[@anna-lenameijer9942]

I have watched "Spotlight" twice and it became another piece in my puzzle about the laundry "Maggies" in Ireland, the baby bodies in the septic tanks found there, the hidden children of Catholic priests etc. All my friends have watched it. I am proud that UBC, my Canadian university, invited Robby. "You don't need the institution to maintain your faith". Well said. Jesus lives inside of us.

[@captur69]

Does your comment include the rapist priest....

[@thomasmalone9813]

As an Irish person, it would be nice if u did not call them "maggies" also your Jesus stood by and watched. Fuck your Jesus.

[@naradaian]

Things are bad enough without making them worse. Its now 2023 and the full government forensic report on the ‘indigenous canadian baby graveyards has been published’ - turned out not a single child or adult was ever buried there, not one….the whole thing was manufactured and vast amounts of ‘reparations and reputations of politician indians etc made ….and the whole thing was opportunist bullshit and even this fake pope had been to apologise whilst dressed up as an indian chief…..what a performance and scam. The so called irish septic tank scandal is yet to be published but is likely to find a normal ‘poorhouse’ cemetary with one death per month throughout the lifetime of the place, all properly buried, a mixture of stillbirths, and postnatals and a few adults. All buried long before any septic tank was callously dug by thick ignorant builders who knew they were digging a cemetary up if those local reports are reliable. The paedo and magdelene sisters should be dropped in the septic tanks but a lot of ‘me too’s’ jumped on the bandwagon in ireland

[@johnmcgrath6192]

In the early 1900s after Irish independence my mother's sister got pregnant out of wedlock, as they said in those days. But theirs was a prosperous farming family and the family felt free to be skeptical and independent of the clergy. There was never any question of turnin her over to church/state laudries. The family would provide her ewould housing and support and she could raise the child as a full meber of the family. The laudriry victims were almost all fro the poor who overreverenced the clergy. My mother liked to say of this and other situations, In Irelland we dids not go to ther priests, we went arounfd the priests. The story is complicated and dramatic but funally the family agfreed to her marruying the father and she got her dowry despite his being poor and propertyless (dowries were designed to "buy into" a farm or business , making the woman or the man - dowries were for all children - partners in the ownership), This aunt went to New York to join my mother, and married in nEw York. But the politically poerful judge cousin who was glad to sponsor my mother refused to sponsor my mother's sister because she was pregnant out of wedlock. So she and her husband moved to Autralia, bought a farm with her dowry., and they prospered. ironically three of their children became clergy, the only family in my mother's huge extended family that produced a priest or nun. With one exception, an only daughter and heiress to large fortune (her father invested in the London Stock Market). She was sent to a convent school in Paris favored by aristocrats. Oserving the aristoratic life she decided to give all her money away and become a nun working among the poorest of the poor inn Mexico. Another mutual cousin in Paris converted to Judaism. Very few of my parents' grandchildren remain Catholic.

[@davinathorne5215]

It was not ‘unnoticed’. It was common knowledge. It was ‘unheeded’. It was an open secret.

[@the11382]

Pretty much, Martin Luther knew of what was happening.

[@dafrasier1]

Catholics worked very hard to Cover it up and Protect The Church. All Catholics: reporters, police, prosecutors, Judges, clerks of court, Politicians, Norah ODonnel is one. World Wide effort to Cover Up the problem. #CIMGuilty Catholic In Mirror Guilty

[@albertafarmer8638]

We shouldn't be surprised: the Vatican is the whore of Babylon, see Revelation 17 and 18! Listen to GODly evangelists like Dr. John Ankerberg, Dr. David Reagan, Dr. Ron Rhodes and their guests! We must always distinguish between born again Christians and fake "Christians"! How to become born again? Thank JESUS CHRIST for paying for your sins on the cross and HIS resurrection on the 3rd day!!! It must come from the bottom of your heart. and don't forget: JESUS CHRIST is GOD, see John 1

[@leahflower9924]

​@@the11382i was just thinking of martin Luther thank God for him lol

[@annalisavajda252]

Like NYGARD for 40 years and Weinstein for 30 years etc. It's all metoo especially when the perp is wealthy and connected.

[@TammoSeppelt]

How does this have only 1334 views. Ppl are so easily mislead and THAT is one important part of the story

[@annabell3385]

Share it.

[@charliecane3621]

Because this the most horrible crime in the world. This is real Horror. And it exists... that crimes like this exists. It petrifies me and disturbs me to a point that i do not want to know about it. There are no words for something like this

[@anna-lenameijer9942]

It takes courage to think for yourself. And that goes for many things: the Bilderberg group, Illuminati, the Catholic Church. It takes some serious digging, but it brings a great reward.

[@sherryirbvin7448]

What a great speaker..This was such a terrible thing and u r so courageous to cover it so thoroughly. TY

[@warilaetamaraye8712]

Thank you for your work and boldness

[@GodofIsrael70x7]

Settlements??? Where did they get that money??? Aren’t they coming from the parishioners???? And possibly part of it could have come from the parents of the victims...

[@oldnewsclipster]

Great talk, great speaker. Read "The Decameron" by Boccacio - or Shakespeare - the monasteries and abbeys were commonly joked about as hotbeds of perversion.

[@viktoriaironpride4977]

How sex abuse "went unnoticed for so long?" Because they were all doing it!

[@natalievincent290]

Gosh, listening to Robbie and thinking how well Michael Keaton did in playing him. The film is harrowing but the book it's based on, is another level of disturbing.

[@jintyc9133]

What’s the name of the book please Natalie

[@thomasscott2553]

Horrific stuff. Difficult to watch more difficult to comprehend. Very dark and diabolical. Where Jesus held the child to be sacred . No words can express the horror of it all.

[@fabsoltero578]

For this priests use the church like a Disneyland....to pray on innocent kids. They should throw them in jail and throw away the key.

[@TheMojonator1212]

Thank you for your hard work!

[@jessiejames7492]

i am sure this kind of abuse by clergy is prevalent in other religious orders and in other countries. only in america this powerful newspaper had their RIGHTS to publish , print and let the people know about it . unfortunatley many countries do not have such rights to have this freedom and to find out truth. i have only admiration for those involved in this investigation and upholding the truth .

[@us-Bahn]

Amazing account. Very well constructed and delivered. Thank you.

[@gailb703]

Such hypocrisy….boundless. This religious institution should be abolished and it’s gold and silver sold to pay restitution to these traumatized individuals. I was raised catholic and I know first hand how rotten it is.. The hierarchy are criminals and should be prosecuted retroactively.

[@patrickkaggwa6328]

@Mah Bell.The Catholic Church is bigger than you.What have you done for society???

[@gailb703]

Catholic Charities does wonderful work. Run by women (nuns), mostly. My comment was referring to the hierarchy, the institution itself. The leadership is corrupt. Talk to someone who was abused as a child and find out how their lives were stolen from them.

[@red---paulvanravenswaay2247]

@patrickkaggwa6328 A good friend of mine was a non-catholic missionary in Alaska, he told me that when they came to the villages they found the people afraid of the Roman Catholic priest.......good news!?!?!???? The only good coming from the RCC is that soon the sane, sound-minded survivors will outnumber the perfectly insane hierarchy. Corruption = light mixed with darkness!!😈😈😈 They say the Savior is coming back for a spotless bride, time for these religious bozos to clean house or GET OUT!! Save the humans, shut down the RCC😇 HALLELUJAH👍👍👍

[@johnoleary5293]

There’s a world of difference between ‘went unnoticed’ and ‘deliberately concealed’.

[@robertyoung8785]

Not unnoticed, ignored all the way to the top.

[@alananat6628]

I wish there was someone to do an internal investigation of the Mormon church. Too many bad memories, for me and my daughter.

[@marysears4545]

So grateful that the Lord Jesus Christ has delivered me from this Roman Catholic cult. It does not follow any commandment of God. It is another Jesus, another gospel, and another spirit at its very root.

[@anna-lenameijer9942]

I am happy somebody has woken up. Pray for my Catholic friends in Canada that they will know Jesus as their savior.

[@patrickkaggwa6328]

@@anna-lenameijer9942 We don't need your prayers. You found the Catholic Church when you were born and will leave it around when you die !It seems you hold the keys to heaven sinless soul! !Keep it up holy one!

[@patrickkaggwa6328]

@Mary Sears.The Catholic Church is bigger than you, please follow your heart!

[@mariegatzmer829]

His Church was founded by Jesus Christ, He said, “ The Gates of Hell will not prevail against it.” The Lord will come and claim it again.

[@michaeltrathen7270]

This is not just a priest thing it’s also a nun thing don’t kid yourself

[@anna-lenameijer9942]

We know. Keep praying that the whole truth shall be revealed. I started praying for this exposure 15 years ago.

[@darkkiss7247]

It didn't go unnoticed. It was ignored or covered up.

[@jamesnewman8011]

I am really glad I wasn't raised Catholic. The most die-hard atheists I have ever met went to Catholic schools as children. The best way to separate a man from God is to convince them there should be another person between them. You are as close to God as any other person right now, if you think He speaks or listens more to another person you are not speaking or listening enough.

[@patrickkaggwa6328]

@James Newman we do not miss you either!

[@anna-lenameijer9942]

Correct; Jesus lives inside of any believers together with Holy Spirit.

[@ShirleyAnnPetrillo-oj7sc]

As promised, Holy Spirit arrived after Christ departed ~ allowing those gathered to hear the full Gospel Truth in their own native language. Everything Savior said & did is essential + Holy Spirit is needed for understanding & obedience. “Watch out no one deceives you. For many will come in my name claiming “I am the Christ” and will deceive many.”

[@coachafella]

It was only unnoticed by those who didn't experience it directly because the victims were made to feel guilty, and too ashamed to let others know. What's so much worse is that the church authorities knew very well, and actively worked to hide and excuse it. But religion is nothing but a scam, so adding hiding sexual abuse by priests and pastors is just one more horrific deceit. Seek the truth and you will find it, but it's not in religion or from those who claim they are emissaries of a God.

[@red---paulvanravenswaay2247]

Amen

[@heathercontois4501]

After seeing Spotlight and recalling when priests changed at the church I went to as a child and teen. There was the priest who was there when we started attending that gave me creepy vibes and the one who replaced him who gave me the same vibes. It all makes me wonder....had I been right?

[@anna-lenameijer9942]

YES!

[@joebyedone2351]

It wasn’t unnoticed. It was covered up by criminal clergy.

[@patricialear8001]

The school system does the same. It's called pass the trash.

[@anna-lenameijer9942]

Explain this, please "pass the trash. "

[@patricialear8001]

@@anna-lenameijer9942 we had two teachers in the school where I taught. One had severe dementia the other was Abusive. We could not get rid of them because of tenure. So these teachers were passed to whatever school had a new principal who didn't know better. The one finally died and the other had to leave because her husband sold drugs and had to get out of the state. The second teacher eventually died of alcoholism. It's called pass the trash.

[@aylaedip8141]

Found out recently that a priest at my primary school St Mathias in Stoke Newington North London was found guilty of abusing boys. Apparently he pinned a boy against the church door, did what he wanted to him and gave him £1 to stay quiet. He got four years! Still cant get my head round it as he was someone I saw every day and I really liked him. Father Cyril Rowe was his name

[@marcoxlong2655]

I was beaten to a pulp by a certain member of staff which lead me to abscond from the boarding school I was sent to as a teenager. The social workers & staff plus the police kept it quiet. 44 yrs later it still haunts me to this day...Take care

[@aylaedip8141]

@@marcoxlong2655 I think people still fail to realise how much a child can be affected by experience. I'm sure they think 'oh they'll forget about about it eventually' but I think in a lot of cases it gets worse as you get older as the memory is more vivid. I was very angry for a long time and had nightmares for years and i think reading about what this priest did as he was someone who seemed to kind and caring but was a horrible person prompted me to make a comment. I am so sorry for what happened to you as you must still feel so betrayed but I hope your days get easier I really do 🌹 Thank you for taking the time to share with me, I'm very grateful

[@marcoxlong2655]

@@aylaedip8141 It has been my pleasure it is something my children don't know about...What goes around comes around....1 day..?

[@aylaedip8141]

@@marcoxlong2655 I'm a firm believer that every dog has his day and I can only hope that whomever did this is haunted by their actions to this day. Your children dont know? Even with families and people we love it doesn't make it any easier to talk about. I hope you dont mind me saying this as you dont know me at all but if you feel comfortable enough to want to message me at any time I'm always ready to listen 😊🌷

[@jessiejames7492]

its still very sad and criminal that more priests arent taken to justice in spite of all the news and proof of their crimes.

[@annmcerlean6937]

I just don't think these predators are real priests.

[@jessiejames7492]

@@annmcerlean6937 of course. Once they break their vows by comitting a mortal sin. No worse crime than crimes against children. !

[@pollsfriend]

@@annmcerlean6937 What about the bishops that covered it all up. They ALL knew. It was a matter of policy. Are they not real priests either? I’d say your church is a sham

[@hermankarsowidjojo6771]

One must learn from it. Perhaps apply stricter Recognition Criteria for Religious Communities. And label the current Religious Communities, which are the least vulnerable to sexual abuse. And which one the most. Sincerely,

[@gardenroom65]

Not unnoticed, ignored!!

[@williamjhunter5714]

In that high power, global, wealthy organization of complete control and watching, whatever those men do - is what they are told to do, they do nothing without being given permission to do with approval and with the full knowledge of all others above them. BY THEIR FRUITS YOU SHALL KNOW THEM!

[@jworthington8186]

Matthew 7:17 (KJV) Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. John 8:32 (KJV) And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Every single Catholic around the world needs to flee that system and seek out the true savior of the world the Lord Jesus through the word of God.

[@fritula6200]

Jim Saville did it all a one-man show: For years he was abusing children from Child Institutions, hospitals, Children's Homes .... this one was the easiest: Nobody stopping him: Not one person. As he became more popular, he was given Key to the City: Everybody laughted with himm, the whole of England hero worshipped him: And the English laughedvwith him: He even had free access to the London Hospital Mortuary..... Even today..... nobody mentions him and his sordid past! All forgotten!

[@sparky7915]

Let's note that Robinson is only talking about survivors. There were lots of children who died for lack of care. Some of these children had fathers who were priests.

[@kt1pl2]

Very interesting talk

[@darrylmiranda9160]

Thankyou for exposing this criminal behaviour by these so call ball priest

[@richardsimms251]

Wonderful discussion. RS. Canada

[@dianeiaquinto2474]

Nothing was unotice every thing was covered up bishops cardnails should of spoke up GOD HELP all the victums. who suffered i pray for the abusers they one day will not Escape the LORD GOD BLESS

[@garybuck7684]

Today we can rejoice in the passing of cardinal Bernard F. Law. REPLY

[@rollinmc5427]

he never paid legal price for his doing, nothing to celebrate there

[@Harlem55]

@@rollinmc5427 That's everything to celebrate- it should be illegal in the first place. Keep your nose out of other people's bedrooms and business and you don't have any problems.

[@altheacraig2904]

One of my nieces once said to me "why do you think the CATHOLICS have so many orphanages?" The nuns and priests have to put the BABIES somewhere!

[@veronica_._._._]

Well she seems like a mathematical genius 🙄

[@sasquatchbrett6331]

Being told to be celebate & devient desire don't mix!

[@ShirleyAnnPetrillo-oj7sc]

1123 = the year Celibacy became a requirement from “the church”. Such is incongruent with Scripture

[@michaeltrathen7270]

Jeffrey Epstein should have been a priest , he would be alive today protected by the instruction

[@tetonwang6916]

the ex priest John Geoghan who was jailed and stomped to death in his cell received his due karma.

[@tetonwang6916]

sharing over facebook to create awareness

[@Charity-vm4bt]

The prison video of the actual event was uploaded on you tube

[@bebopnola]

Unnoticed does not mean the same as ignored. Be so for real.

[@prof_kaos9341]

In 1968 Pope Benedict XVI as a Cardinal was in charge of the Office of the Inquisition now/then called the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith. He wrote the official Catholic edict to deal with this problem, by covering it up. He summarised the many ways to impede and derail civil and criminal investigations of pedo priests. The few Priests and Cardinals who tried to persue this problem were hamstrung by this Ratzinger's 1968 edict. And yet 3 yrs after the 600 Spotlight articles he became Pope. If you thought you couldn't be shocked any more by this google "Tuam babies sceptic tank" how an Irish Catholic institution from 1920-60s dumped 800 corpses of new borns to 12yrs in a sceptic tank and enslaved their "sinful" mothers, some for life.

[@naradaian]

Bollox to tuam - you misrepresent everything about it - everything - typical bot

[@prof_kaos9341]

The truth hurts? Its all there, freely available from the Irish Govt report, the BBC, Irish news media, for those who want the truth google it, "800 Tuam babies sceptic tank" the oldest was 12yrs old, post natal abortion by the Catholic Church.

[@gabrielamora6265]

​@@naradaianOh, was tuam a holiday resort? Women were held against their will and forced to do hard labor without pay during pregnancy. They were not given adequate medical care and neither were their children. They were forced to give their children up. What is your alternate version of events?

[@red---paulvanravenswaay2247]

@patrickkaggwa6328 A good friend of mine was a non-catholic missionary in Alaska, he told me that when they came to the villages they found the people afraid of the Roman Catholic priest.......good news!?!?!???? The only good coming from the RCC is that soon the sane, sound-minded survivors will outnumber the perfectly insane hierarchy. Corruption = light mixed with darkness!!😈😈😈 They say the Savior is coming back for a spotless bride, time for these religious bozos to clean house or GET OUT!! Save the humans, shut down the RCC😇 HALLELUJAH👍👍👍

[@red---paulvanravenswaay2247]

@@naradaian @patrickkaggwa6328 A good friend of mine was a non-catholic missionary in Alaska, he told me that when they came to the villages they found the people afraid of the Roman Catholic priest.......good news!?!?!???? The only good coming from the RCC is that soon the sane, sound-minded survivors will outnumber the perfectly insane hierarchy. Corruption = light mixed with darkness!!😈😈😈 They say the Savior is coming back for a spotless bride, time for these religious bozos to clean house or GET OUT!! Save the humans, shut down the RCC😇 HALLELUJAH👍👍👍

[@victoriap1561]

I'm from Argentina, we have gay marriage and now abortion is legal Brazil has a big evangelical lobby ( his current president is an evangelical) and Uruguay is not very religious at all. There was a anticlerical movement in latin America back in the day. Where does the idea that the church is super close to the state comes from??

[@BKLau70]

Abuse are dangerous with powerful organisations like Catholic system.

[@johnmcgrath6192]

When I lived in Cambridge MA I did not go to church. But I walked past this beautiful church, Blessed Sacrament. Years later when I lived in another state, I decided to look up that church online. I learned it was once a thriving psarish, with a huge parochial school and many youth activities. I also learned that its last foiur psstors were renoved fore sex abuse behavior. I also learned that a Hindu architect had bought the church and school sand was turning them into condos, with respect for the spiritual energy in the buildings.

[@ShirleyAnnPetrillo-oj7sc]

1 snapshot from 1 neighborhood: In span of 15 years, 2 priests assigned to same church were found “credibly accused”, then found guilty by Pennsylvania. Men that protected their clerics, but not their children? They got to PRE-determine who Pennsylvania could or could not investigate ~ WHAT ??? !!! Records disappeared, truth tellers got silenced is what I imagine. I don’t believe 301 is the accurate number of the guilty in PA or that Scranton dioceses had only 59. I don’t believe that 4% of clergy (national average) is accurate. I don’t believe clergy of all ranks didn’t know about sex sinners and/or about secret-keepers. I DO believe Exorcist Amorth who said Satan is IN the Vatican. I DO believe Public EXPOSURE from outside of “the church” was GOD’s Will. 2 church/rectory places were brought down without a trace, quickly & quietly- both about 2 miles from that church with the 2 publicly guilty ones. ⚔️ TRUTH v DECEPTION ⚔️ = Spiritual War

[@darrylmiranda9160]

At a time of Elijah he slotted 300 Baal priest these men got away with the most heinous crime the cover up by cardinal bishop's is beyond my mind

[@jessicabarbosa837]

And Geoghan only went to jail because he inappropriately touched a little boy under his swimming trunks at a local YMCA after he had already been defrocked.

[@irishguyjg_2ndchancerecovery]

It didn't go unnoticed it went unreported

[@chrisvandermerwe106]

Excuse me 10% that we know off. What about the ones we do not know off.

[@jltrem]

Watching this one week after the 2020 presidential election the questions about Trump are interesting.

[@wendystevenson1364]

What an impressive man.

[@2cents577]

It never went unnoticed it was covered up????

[@BKLau70]

Minimise crime? Stop covering up crimes and hand criminals over to authorities ...

[@eatcochayuyo]

And seven dislikes! Are there that few catholic priests that have seen this? ;)

[@eileenp4388]

There’s many that still defend the RCC. It’s disgusting, I don’t get it…brainwashing

[@patrickkaggwa6328]

@@eileenp4388 How about president Biden,Premier Trudeau ,Melinda gates?talk to them.I guess they are catholics and you know better than them!!!

[@eileenp4388]

@@patrickkaggwa6328 what are you trying to get at?

[@patrickkaggwa6328]

@@eileenp4388 That you are better than them,since they are part of the :disgusting" church

[@patrickkaggwa6328]

@@eileenp4388 A CATHOLIC PRIEST WRITES TO THE NEW YORK TIMES - MARCH 2015 Dear Brother Journalist: I am a simple Catholic Priest. I am happy & proud of my vocation. I've been living in Angola for 20 years as a Missionary. I have read in a number of publications, especially in your newspaper, the amplified stories of paedophilic Priests, always portrayed in a morbid way with detailed research into past errors in the lives of these Priests. There was one, in a city in the USA in the 70’s; another in Australia in the 80’s; & so forth, some more recent…. Certainly, all these incidents were condemnable! …I feel enormous sadness about the immense harm that some men who should have been signs of the Love of God have been swords in the lives of innocent children. There are no words to justify such acts. There is no doubt that the Church must be on the side of the weak & most vulnerable. For that reason, all the measures that can be taken to prevent these acts & protect the dignity of the children should be an absolute priority. But, isn’t it strange that there is so little news & such lack of interest in the thousands of Priests who are sacrificing their lives daily & dedicating themselves, body & soul, to millions of children, to adolescents & to the most disadvantaged of these in all four corners of the world? I am sure the following would be of no interest to your newspaper: That I've had to transport many starving children along roads that were mined during the 2002 war… in Angola, because the government has been unable to do it & NGO’s have not been authorised; That I've had to bury dozens of children displaced by the war; That we have saved the lives of thousands in Mexico by running the only health centre within a zone of 90,000sq.km & by distributing food & grain; That we have been able to procure education & schools for more than 110,000 children in the last 10 years; It passes without interest that, along with other Priests, we have had to rescue nearly 12,000 people in guerrilla camps, after they were forced to give up their weapons because the UN & government food never arrived; It’s not an interesting news item that a 75year old Priest, Fr. Roberto, traveled all across the city of Luanda, caring for street children, guiding them to safe houses, so that they could be detoxed from the gasoline they inhaled while earning their living as flame throwers; Teaching literacy skills to hundreds of prisoners is no longer news; The other Priests, like Fr. Stephan, organise safe houses, so that the young, maltreated, beaten & even raped can find refuge there; Nor is it of any interest that Fr. Maiato, 80 years old, visits homes for the poor, one by one, comforting the sick & vulnerable; Today, it’s not news that out of 40,000 Priests & religious, more that 6,000 have left their countries & their families to serve their brothers in leper colonies, in hospitals, in refugee camps, in orphanages for children accused of sorcery or whose parents have died from AIDS,…. etc. Or, especially, that most Priests are spending their lives in Parishes & Missions, motivating people to live better and, more importantly, to love better; It's not news that my friend, Fr. Marcus Aurelius, in order to save children during the war in Angola, transported them from Kalulo to Dondo, & that, when returning to his Mission house, he was machine-gunned on the road; that Br. Francis, with 5 female catechists died in an accident on their way to help in the most remote rural areas of the country; That dozens of Missionaries in Angola have died from simple malaria because of poor sanitation; That others have been blown to bits by mines while visiting their faithful; currently, in the cemetery of Kalulo, lie the tombs of the first Priests who arrived in the area …none of them older than 40; It's not news to follow a “normal” Priest doing his daily work; experiencing his troubles & his joys, spending his whole life with no attention in the community he serves. The truth is, that we are not trying to make news, only simply, to bring the “Good News”; this News which, with no fanfare, began on ‘Easter Morning’. A tree that falls makes more noise than a thousand which stand & grow (talking about a ‘fallen’ Priest). A great deal more attention is paid to a Priest who commits an error than to the thousands who give their lives for the myriads of poor & needy. I don’t pretend to apologise for the Church & its Priests. A Priest is neither a hero nor a neurotic. He’s simply a normal man, who, with his human nature, seeks to follow Jesus & to serve Him by serving others. There is in us misery, poverty & fragility, as there is in every human being; but there is also beauty & grandeur, as there is in every creature. When you insist on advancing such a painful theme in an obsessive & persecuting manner, while ignoring the bigger picture of their work, you create truly offensive caricatures of Catholic Priests, & these wound me. I ask only, dear Journalist, that you look for the true, the good & the beautiful. It would greatly elevate your profession. In Christ, Fr. Martin Lasarte, SDB (“My past, Lord, I entrust to Your Mercy; my present to Your Love; my future to Your Providence”) (Taken from “Scandalous Mercy” by Sr. Emmanuel page 86-89)?

[@sparky7915]

Who would think that a priest - a man of God - would do such things? It is almost unbelievable.

[@MaidenUtah1]

It wasn’t unnoticed. It was wished away by the Vatican.

[@marcoxlong2655]

(Symbolism) will be their downfall....???

[@patrickdehertogh2080]

i dont understand. is this format for entertainment purpose. this is some sick stuff and its being presented as a drama crime novel. this is very odd. this presentation. and the laughing and the humor trying to be made.

[@red---paulvanravenswaay2247]

@patrickkaggwa6328 A good friend of mine was a non-catholic missionary in Alaska, he told me that when they came to the villages they found the people afraid of the Roman Catholic priest.......good news!?!?!???? The only good coming from the RCC is that soon the sane, sound-minded survivors will outnumber the perfectly insane hierarchy. Corruption = light mixed with darkness!!😈😈😈 They say the Savior is coming back for a spotless bride, time for these religious bozos to clean house or GET OUT!! Save the humans, shut down the RCC😇 HALLELUJAH👍👍👍

[@rubenmatos100]

Great information on the most shameful story probably ever,yet on QA the first question is about Trump 😂😂😂

[@naradaian]

And now the US jails reporters who reveal the truth #freeJulianAssange

[@rebeccadavis7219]

if u need 2 reed it u don't meen it

[@anitakephart3851]

The downfall of the American society, this wonderful peace by this brilliant journalist only after a year has a 100000 followers and yet the Kardashians have millions. We are doomed.

[@dwetick1]

This is just human nature...as such...don't expect anything to change...at least not radically...or right-away. Makes for a good movie script anyway.

[@Charity-vm4bt]

Troll

[@housekeeping3561]

Maybe your human nature, pal. You A R. Ain't Right.

[@matimus100]

All Temple's 😡🔥

[@JoeNoobie]

he has to say that 5yos are really attractive to his race.

[@josephcade3541]

The Vatican 2 documents explained : Without understanding the following you will never be able to understand the documents. I will list here, what the documents consist of, by name and by title. But you will never find the list of these names inside the documents this is deliberate. For the purpose of concealment. But what you will find in every paragraph of every page the “definition” of the terms listed. Therefore the Vatican two documents consist of “definition” only: Without understanding the following you will never be able to understand the documents. I will list here, what the documents consist of, by name and by title. But you will never find the list of these names inside the documents this is deliberate. For the purpose of concealment. But what you will find in every paragraph of every page the “definition” of the terms listed. Therefore the Vatican two documents consist of “definition” only: 1) Indifferentism 2) Syncretism and Synthesis 3) Immanent 4) Transcendentalism 5) Individualism 6) Existentialism, naturalism 7) Stoicism 8) Pantheism 9) Evolution 10) The Sciences such as historian sociology psychology critic… If you look up Saint Pope Pius 10 Encyclical “ Pascendi Dominici Gregis” you will find he new about Vatican 2 and wrote a detailed comprehensive explanation of Vatican 2, listing in detail more than half of the items above listed, and he even explains, in example, how it is meant to diminish Jesus Christ and the one true church and desecrate all seven sacraments and to leave the door open for more of modernism and Progressive changes in the future. He is not alone !!! Pius 10 on the Errors of Modernism, Pius 9 his Syllabus of Errors and Pope Gregory 16 in his Encyclical “Mirari Vos” see #19 on the waldensians,the Beghards,the Wycliffites, and all the popes condemned the documents of Vatican 2 and the Synod of Pistoia and warned the faithful with excommunication, anathema if you don't reject the Vatican two documents, and church, and embrace the one true traditional Catholic Church, the depository of faith, before the end of your life. As you examine these terms and then read the Vatican two documents you can clearly see the “definition” of all the above listed terms, but not the terms themselves, and the evil,and that it is no longer Catholic but a new religion that will lead you straight to hell !!! The Vatican II documents : briefly 1) Christ is united with each man in the Incarnation before Jesus was even born (Gaudium et Spes #22) 2) Protestant religions are a means of salvation and all other denominations. (Unitatis Redintegratio #3) 3) non-catholics made lawfully receive Holy Communion and the sacraments of the church.(Orientalium Ecclesiarum #27) 4) Muslims and Catholics together worship the same God (Lumen Gentium #16) 5) the Catholic church is united with those who don't accept the Catholic faith or the papacy. Lumen Gentium #15) 6) some people above the Age of Reason don't believe in God through no fault of their own. Lumen Gentium #16) 7) and the Buddhism man search the highest illumination. (Nostra Aetate #2) 8) all things on earth should be related to man as their Center and Crown. (Gaudium et Spes #12). Then what are we to do you ask ? If you are a true Traditional Catholic then you are supposed to do what the Blessed Virgin Mary told us to do, in these evil times, that she described at Fatima, in the “Third Secret”. Not the fake phony Third Secret that John Paul II falsified and Rewritten, along with the fake Lucia !!! But the real true Third Secret of Fatima. You are also to do what the Blessed Virgin Mary told us to do at La Salette, France and again at Our Lady of Good Success, who described in great detail what is to happen to the Catholic church at the end of the 20th century and she was 100% right !!! What do we do then ? what did she say to do ? She said, to say the Traditional Rosary, not the rosary of John Paul II, the Traditional Rosary !! 15 decades, everyday or 5 decades on Monday, 5 decades on Tuesday, and 5 decades, on Wednesday. Since the Mass is the greatest prayer of all !!! you get the Saint Andrews missile (and no other missile) but the St Andrews missile, and you say Mass every Sunday (you're not able to consecrate) but you can still say the prayers of the Mass !!! From only the Saint Andrew's missile!! You can say the rosary, the Seven Sorrows of Mary, the Stations of the Cross, all at home. Have nothing to do with today's fake Catholic Church!!! NOTHING !!! This means all Vatican 2 priests and parishioners also the sspx, sspv, cmri, fssps… It will be a mortal sin and send you straight to hell if you go to any of these groups who support and embrace “Invincible ignorance” and also “baptism of desire and blood” that the Traditional Catholic church teaches against !!! Subjective v.s Objective heresy !!! You can be in the soul of the church and not be a member heresy these groups, the sspx and others Embrace these heresies !!! along with using the St Joseph's missile (THIS IS A condemned missile) if anyone, even the Pope, tells you that it's not a condemned missile they are - A - Liar !! don't believe them, they're a liar and a Heretic !!! Heretics will send you to Hell !!! You say your prayers at home, you stay at home, and you say your prayers at home, the Traditional prayers of the church and you say them every day. You read the Bible the Catholic Bible and no other since all other Bibles have been Rewritten with attacks againt Mary !!! and study the lives of the Saints of the church, and stay away from newly written or revised books on the market today !!! Don't buy any books on the market after 1960 !!!! What about confession and all that ? You confess your sins to God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost using the prayers in the St Andrews missile, in the confessional which is in the back of the book, or you say one of the seven penitential Psalms along with the act of contrition. That's your confession, at home where you are safe both in body and soul !! For baptism you do the same at home with the proper, Matter, Form and Intent !!! But whatever you do have nothing to do with the Vatican 2 Church sspx, sspv, fssp…. even if it's empty do not go in it !!! Judgment day is almost here. P.S.- the Most Holy Family Monastery is a good resource me and my colleagues have kept a close eye on them for over 20 years I highly recommend them. God Love You

[@virgiegreen9966]

Problem can be solve if Priest will allow to get married like normal people.

[@victoriap1561]

Nah, evangelical pastors do this shit to and they can get married.

[@alexrothwell2053]

That's idiotic. Do you think not having sex turns otherwise healthy men into child abusers?

[@dianecleary1054]

No peodophiles are often married men they use it as a cover .

[@annmcerlean6937]

Priests are "normal people." Predators aren't.

[@marciaprevost]

Let the priests marry and we won’t have this problem.

[@rebeccadavis7219]

shallow

[@auntiemandy5638]

Promises made promises kept = Trump

[@bobbq8380]

Where the hell is that wall then huh?? ..

[@auntiemandy5638]

@@bobbq8380 it's up to Biden he's holding the purse, luckily Trump wiped out the big trafficking players ,didnt Biden take ice off the open parts of the border ?

[@red---paulvanravenswaay2247]

We'll see

[@auntiemandy5638]

@@bobbq8380 there will be no walls and no borders , hes closed down thousands of rings of human traffickers , the wall was to stop trafficking not refugees and illegals

[@528freq8]

What's even more sad is the molested quite often turn out to be molesters

[@Harlem55]

Actually- they don't. Numerous scientific studies refute that as a myth.

[@veronica_._._._]

Slow handclap for rubbing salt in the wounds, adding insult to injury, and re victimising the innocent victims. God forgive you.

[@minui8758]

Only those of us who haven’t addressed the trauma tho

[@georgepenton808]

Allow homosexuals in the priesthood and this is what happens.

[@dinoradja242]

Lololol nooo george. It's the celibacy and the secrecy

[@belliotrungy9107]

No it's why the church goes after "sexual deviation" outside it's walls. Projection. Nobody needs religion to breed 😆 the fact that the girls who were abused goes unreported is sexism.

[@belliotrungy9107]

Religion goes on about what is "natural" well if it's natural you don't guidance. 🤔

[@Harlem55]

LMAO- except that at the time all of this was happening there WERE no homosexuals to speak of in the catholic priesthood.George Penton, you are a fucking moron.

[@michellepeoplelikeyoumurde8373]

Laws against abusers in the church go back to 3rd cent ,

[@WilmaBob]

Cause you don’t care

[@turtlegrams6582]

📯🕒⏳⌛🤍; thousands ; you mean, millions ‼️‼️‼️❗ worldwide ‼️‼️‼️❗