Page 131 - Abusers News Today

They are asking for zero tolerance and not just abusers, about you but zero tolerance for those who cover up abuse. take a listen. >> we made our demands because we think that is the demands of not just survivors, but people everywhere, for zero tolerance, that we end this summit and this universal church law that the pope writes it into universal church law. zero tolerance for the coverup of sex krirm cricrimes, they ca right now, they have the evidence from many bishops. >> reporter: it has be...

What is your thought about the popes comments today? do you expect any change going forward? >> no, i dont expect any change. the last thing that the catholic church needs right now is another awareness conference. for over a century tens of thousands of innocent children have been sexually abused while priests knowingly covered it up. the higher echelons in the church knowingly covered it up. its time for action. its time to stop insulting and revictimizing victims with these meetings about -- ...

The bush abuse removed from ministry because most survivors in fact all of them see what we would not like to see happen is this man abusing others. and continuing to abuse other children or are the well never of the people that should be put a stop to and the only way to do that is to remove the speaker from ministry even remove them from priesthood how hopeful are you that this will happen that the church will decisively act against these abusers that are still within its ranks. or well i dont...

Denominations in that its not run from the top down. theres not an authority structure where a convention of churches that come together voluntarily. that affects how we approach a situation like this but that cannot be used as a cover for a lack of accountability. churches that show a wanton disregard of -- that allows abuse, allows it to happen, that protects the abuser, they have no place in our convention. so we definitely have an opinion on this. and that is that our churches, because of th...

You know, why we allowed things to happen that created, intentionally or unintentionally, safe spaces for abusers. >> were living in a time when trust in all institutions are being eroded. the church, our government. and with president trump being very popular among many of your members, exhibiting behavior that is contrary to many teachings, do you think thats become a thin edge of the wedge where theres a disconnect between the actions of leadership and the professions of faith of the faithful...

Tweets. dont you want justice anymore? >> its connecting candidates to a fear among trump supporters theyre being characterized as being racist in some way. its stirring up the anxiety and connecting it. its a political play. >> i think its a lesson for political people to wait a hot minute. >> is there a soul searching piece? >> they immediately want to jump in and say i need to condemn this. they get asked about it constantly that they have no information and they need to respond. they get cri...

Us. >> reporter: he was once a prince of the church and the friend of presidents, former washington, d.c. cardinal theodore mccarrick enjoyed a spectacular career in the heart of power in washington and rome. when the vatican was summoned at the sex abuse scandal if 2002, cardinal mccarrick was the reassuring face of that crisis, abdicating zero tolerance for abusers even though there were unrevealed allegations against him. >> i cant see how anyone in the united states today would cover up some...

Spectacular career at the heart of power in washington and in rome. when the u.s. cardinals were summoned to the vatican by john paul ii in 2002 at the beginning of the sex abuse scandal, cardinal mccarrick was the reassuring face of the crisis, advocating zero tolerance for abusers, even as there were unrevealed allegations against him. >> i cant see how anyone in the united states today would cover up something like that. >> reporter: theodore mccarrick was created a cardinal in 2001 by john p...

Sex abuse scandal, he was the face of that crisis. advocating zero tolerance for abusers. i cant see how anyone in the united states today would cover up something like that. >> reporter: he was created a cardinal in 2001 by john paul ii. around that time, an american priest wrote to the vatican to warn him of rumors that the cardinal was sexually abusing seminari seminarians. no action was taken until mccarrick was quietly advised not to travel or be seen in public and lead a life of prayer and...

Firearms out of the hands of people who shouldnt have them like domestic abusers or people who are severely mentally ill or those with dangerous criminal histories. >> this is the part of the conversation where everyone says to you, yeah, it got through your committee, maybe through the democratic house but it has no chance of getting through the senate. what do you say to that? >> i dont believe that. i believe there are senators on the republican side who know we are doing the right thing. peo...