The website for The Free Christians for the Christ of the Sermon on the Mount in All Cultures Worldwide has been changed to: http://www.christ-or-church.de

Until child sex offenders are truly and humanely held responsible for their actions - whether this be in institutions or in family systems - this world will continue to be a mess - and get worse.  I once heard it said that child abuse is the biggest weapon of mass destruction out there - and I agree, 100%.  When will people stop blaming victims?  Stop thinking an apology is “enough?”  Stop doling out sentences like (this is worse than a bad joke) “house arrest” - or “community service” - ?  And stop making excuses for the atrocity of child abuse - whenever and where-ever it occurs?  Is child abuse systematic?  Is it serving a purpose for the church - for different societies - for the perps AND the people up top?????  How are caste systems perpetrated anyhow…  What is behind curtain number three?  When are we going to see ZERO tolerance in this arena?

Since the Catholic Church has been exposed, more and more is also being revealed within other so called Christian denominations. All is equal under god and abuse is still abuse, no matter what they abuser calls himself. Absolutely agree. Perhaps there should also be a campaign that Protestant churches no longer call themselves Christian.

Why, as is clear by the complete lack of interest on the part of the press & media has the truth behind the sufferings of Protestant children been totally ignored as if somehow such victims were and still are children of a lesser God?

It is about time that the fruits of the Catholic Church are finally being exposed!  Making such an investigation public knowledge is a welcome step! And as far as a governmental apology is concerned, better late than never! However, an apology only has as much force as the action that follows it. May we look forward to a new wind blowing in the area of public service? Too bad past wrongs have not been compensated. Wouldn’t that show seriousness of intent? A true and lasting change in society requires self-analysis. So, before everything is relegated to yesterday’s news, wouldn’t it bring healing to ask the question “why”? Why was such a perversion covered up for so long by an organization that claims to be the guardian of Christian ethics and morals? And why was this allowed by the authorities for so long? Were church and state in each others pockets? The harm to society is immeasurable! Who can gauge the crumbling ethics and morals in society and the increasing cynicism because of such conduct? And what about the victims and their families who were deeply and emotionally traumatized?! And let us not forget the alienation from God in society caused by such “bastions” of religious faith! Where does the responsibility lie for all this? Enforced celibacy has no biblical foundation at all! Why was it instituted in the first place?!

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 life’s work?

A move has been made by a small group of people against such shameful sham Christianity. They’ve put out a website and call themselves “The Free Christians for the Christ of the Sermon on the Mount in All Cultures Worldwide.” At this website they announce a lawsuit against the Catholic Church – of all places, in Germany, a bastion of the Catholic institution! And the sexual abuse of young people is one of the reasons they give for having taken such a step. As they put it, they do not want to remain silent anymore on the “brazen labelling fraud,” with which Christ is mocked and His name abused to such an extent. They demand that the Archbishopric in Freiburg, headed by Zollitsch, and representing the Catholic Church in its totality, be enjoined from calling itself “Christian.”

As a Christian, I fully support this and consider it high time that someone calls a spade a spade. Nothing against the sincere folk and priests who work hard and honestly, upholding the ideals of a Christian life. But as an institution, it has taken on a life of its own, and one could indeed ask if there is anything Christian about it! I commend the courage of these people to call the Church to task. Perhaps your readers would like to check them out: http://www.christus-oder-kirche.de/christ-or-church/index.php.
There seems to be a grassroots movement to bring this up for discussion on the internet. Surely this could be very healthy for our society!

Great to see the Catholic Church made to accept
responsibility in child abuse. Shame on the Irish
Government and Church of Ireland for not having an
enquiry into the non catholic abuse to childre.n abuse

The biggest homofobics are the biggest homosexuals. Sounds a lot like the Republican Party. The Catholic Church has been covering up sexual behavior since they became the Catholic Church. Celibacy is unrealistic. Maybe if you’re a 85 year old Priest or Nun who no longer have a libido, then celibacy is okay. But a 21 year old Priest on Nun fresh out of college is not going to remain celibate. So they pray, then they prey. On the most vunerable people. People trying to find themselves and their beliefs. They cover it up, along with denials from the masses and they blame the victims. Millions of dollars that were suppose to Catholic Charities and Schools,quietly settles lawsuits. As long as the believers continue to follow without any accountability, and keep the tithes coming in, the cycle of hipocracy will continue to tarnish the Catholic Church.

It is the only contraception method approved by the
Pope: Since the acolytes can’t get pregnant it is
acceptable for the priests to fuck them.

Whilst all the attention has been focused on the Catholic Church and its wanton ability to undermined the word of God when it comes to child abuse, what has not been investigated to date or even reported on is the fact that the Protestant Church of Ireland were also complicit in child abuse and still at this moment in time the current Bishop of Ireland refuses to acknowledge his churches role in ungodly acts against children whilst managing children’s homes. Indeed no-one in the press or media has requested the evidence we as a national charity have in our possession as if somehow Protestants are children of a lesser God?

Thinking of the children is what got these bastards into this mess.