subject: Is the Catholic Church rReaping What It Has Sown? [print this page] The fact that the Catholic Church is against a bill that would eradicate the statute of limitations on civil actions by victims of child sex abusers, like priests, under employ of the Catholic Church is deplorable. Andthe claim of the church that they can go bankrupt is almost laughable,when the Vatican is sitting on billions of dollars while at the same time begging for donations from their faithful, some of whom have little money. Perhaps the Catholic Church should considerselling property. What would Jesus of Nazareth say if He came to the Earth and saw what the church which claims to speak for Him has made of His lifes work? Why not live as Jesus of Nazareth taught? Jesus taught that the Kingdom of God is within, not in external treasures that accumulate dust. Perhaps the church is feeling the effects of its causes and is now heldaccountable for what it has sown. The fruits are now revealing themselves in the current sexual abuse scandals. One may ask: What other skeletons are in their closet thatare yet to be revealed?And much of their so-called wealth that they areso afraid of losing was obtained unlawfully during the Crusades and Inquisitions of the past.Isn't itabout timethey use their great wealth for the good of others? I find honest the view of a small group in Germany called "The Free Christians for the Christ of the Sermon on the Mount in All Cultures Worldwide." They have taken the Catholic Church to task and have filed a lawsuit against the Archbishopric of Freiburg as representing the Catholic Church, enjoining it from continuing to call itself "Christian." Their arguments are sound and quite valid and available for study. The pervasive child abuse of clerics within the church is one reason why they do not want to remain silent any longer on the, as they put it, "brazen labelling fraud," with which "Christ is mocked and His name abused to such an extent." Perhaps your readers would like to check them out: www.christ-or-church.de
