To the casual reader of my humble blog it would appear that recently I have been somewhat intense in my critique of the Catholic Church, therefore if I could beg your indulgence one more time if I use it as a “subject” for my two cents worth of opinion.
Cardinal Napier of South Africa
Reading various newspapers this morning one story which caught my attention was one concerning a South African Cardinal who is quoted as saying “Paedophilia is a psychological illness and not "a criminal condition".
The Catholic Archbishop of Durban, Wilfrid Fox Napier, said that people who were abused as children and became paedophiles were not criminally responsible for their actions in the same way as somebody "who chooses to do something like that".
With all due respect your eminence, those who would commit these awful crimes are obviously sick in the head and are to be held beneath contempt- they need to be separated from society at large, not moved on under a cloak of deniable plausibility in order to protect the "Reputation and Good Name" of your church.
Is it any wonder the Catholic Church is still in deep shit has been the recipient of much criticism concerning decade old allegations of child abuse from some members of its clergy when it has idiots in the mold of Cardinal Napier among its hierarchy.
I would like to think the Cardinal is being somewhat naïve in his opinion and give him the benefit of the doubt when he says pedophilia is a disease and like alcoholism is somehow treatable, sorry your eminence but in my humble opinion, the only treatment for pedophilia is either castration or a bullet to the head.
It will be interesting to see what the reaction his Holiness Pope Francis will have to the remarks made by Cardinal Napier, if he doesn't condemn his Cardinal's words outright and order him to retract them publicly then I would surmise that it will be business as usual at the Vatican.
