The Diocese of Brooklyn, led by Bishop Robert J. Brennan,
has entered into an agreement with the Office of New York State Attorney
General Letitia James regarding the diocese’s two-decade child protection
policy. Both organizations have issued a press release on this matter.
But according to Hate Group, AKA The Catholic League, spokesperson,
Bill Donohue, the Office of the Attorney General’s [OAG]
account misrepresents the terms of the agreement reached with the
Diocese of Brooklyn [DB]. Donohue says the OAG contends that “the agreement
requires the Diocese to take significant action to prevent and address
allegations of clergy sexual abuse” and make reforms such as “Installing an
independent, secular monitor who will oversee the Diocese’s compliance with
policies and procedures … ” but Donohue also claims it was the Diocese which
proposed the appointment of an independent third party to monitor compliance,
and then drops this whopper:
“As I recount in my book, The Truth about Clergy
Sexual Abuse: Clarifying the Facts and the Causes, there is no institution
in the nation that has a better record in combating the sexual abuse of minors
today than the Catholic Church. This is not open to debate: the data are
conclusive. And this has been true for decades.”
Wait, so the group that has paid out hundreds and hundreds
of millions of dollars to settle cases against pedophile priests—who were often
shielded from prosecution by being moved to different parishes or even sent to
the Vatican to avoid arrest and prosecution—has the best record in combating
sexual abuse of minors?
Oh, Bill, you and your Catholic League and your Catholic
Church and all your pedophile priests can fuck all the way off. |