Throughout the years, priests that belong to the Catholic faith have been accused and suspected of child molestation. Its put a skid mark on the Catholic faith and the way we do things. April of 2010 has really brought the accusations to the next level. During Holy Week is when the news really started to go public and over the weekend Pope Benedict gave a response to all of the accusations. He had tears in his eyes when he promised the Vatican would do better at protecting their youth.
I think that without a doubt these sex abuse accusations bring down the Catholic faith. The Catholics have always been a religion that gets made fun of and stereotyped a lot and now with this, it just gives every person in the world new ammunition. It leaves a bad mark on us, priests, bishops, any Catholic and its a shame it had to happen. But hopefully with the promise of Pope Benedict, we can clean up our image and put the Catholic faith back on top.
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