In Response to Faithfully Yours

This is my response to "Faithfully yours" whose comments can be found here.  

First of all, our justice system is good, but it is not perfect.  We have set guilty persons free and incarcerated innocent people.  Although our justice system is not perfect, it is better than the justice systems found in totalitarian governments.  Regarding the case of Father Gordon MacRae, you stated: 

Excerpt from New Hampshire attorney general's report on Father Gordon MacRae
March 3, 2003
The Rev. Gerald MacRae was convicted in 1994 on five sexual assault counts stemming from his abuse of teenage boys while he was stationed at St. Bernard's parish in Keene, N.H., in the 1980s. During those years, MacRae repeatedly molested three brothers whom he first met during an earlier assignment in Marlborough. 

After much research was done on the MacRae case, it was found that Father MacRae was never a pastor in the St. Bernard's parish in Keene, New Hampshire at the time his accusers claimed to be sexually abused.  See the story here.  So, why is he still in prison?  Because our justice system is not perfect and can be just as political as our government.  In fact, the court is part of our government. And our justice system is very very slow.  Do not get me wrong.  Despite its imperfection, I still think our justice system is better than what I have seen in other countries especially in communist countries.  

In a similar situation, an accuser claimed that he was sexually abused by Father Ray Cepeda at the Santa Barbara Church in Dededo for 8 years from 1992-1999.  The problem with this accuser's story is that Father Ray was not a pastor of the Dededo parish until 1997.  

What Sean O'Malley said is true.  The Church decades ago did not care about the little ones.  They did not care to determine what was the truth.  Instead, they found it much easier to move the pastors around. Today, the Church STILL has NOT changed.  Hundreds of alleged victims are coming out claiming rape, sexual abuse, and child molestation by the clergy.  And the Church STILL does not care to determine what is the truth.  Instead, they found it much easier to settle out of court. 

Decades ago, the Church should have investigated what is the truth.  If the Church had done that decades ago, those priests who are found guilty would have been defrocked and punished.  But the Church still has not learned its lesson.  Take the McCarrick  case.  Many seminarians, bishops and priests knew that McCarrick was gay.  They knew about his inappropriate behavior with the ADULT seminarians and priests.  

However, recently a man claimed he was sexually abused by McCarrick when he was a minor at St. Patrick's Cathedral during Christmas Eve.  What is wrong with that picture?  Was McCarrick judged according to that sexual allegation alone?  Or was he judged because he was gay and had a history of sexual misconduct with adult seminarians and priests?  

Likewise, Mark Apuron claimed he was raped by his uncle during a gathering of people in which no one heard or saw anything.  What is wrong with that picture?  Also, two accusers in Australia said they were sexually molested by Cardinal Pell while they were swimming in the pool. The problem with their story is that Cardinal Pell does not know how to swim.  So, what is wrong with that picture?  Or should I say, what is wrong with their story? Father McRae was accused of sexually abusing a minor in a parish where he was never assigned to at the time his accusers claimed to be sexually abused.  In fact, his accusers never even met Father Gordon MacRae. What is wrong with that picture?  Does the Church care to investigate any of these allegations?  No. They found it easier to simply settle out of court.  The Church have not changed one bit nor learned its lesson from the past. And the Church is supposed to stand by and represent the truth.  

The people of Guam have been fooled by the Junglewatch Nation, CCOG, and LFM when they introduced and supported a bill to lift the statutes of limitations.  Even Father Mike Crisostomo came out on K57 supporting the bill.  They claimed that they can rebuild the church, and even gave Boston as their example.  Innocent people in Boston suffered as a result of the lawsuits.  And even after 15 years, allegations of sexual abuse are still coming out in Boston.  Today, the jungle have lost a lot of credibility.  Just look at the jungle blog now.  Hardly anyone makes any comments on it.  CCOG and LFM are silent because more and more people are starting to question these allegations.  

There is an anti-Catholic movement out there whose agenda is to destroy the Catholic Church, and this movement have used some of our Catholic brothers and sisters (including our priests and bishops) as instruments to bring down the Church.  

Yes, we pray for genuine victims who have been sexually abused by the clergy.  However, money is NOT going to heal these victims.  We also need to pray for the clergy and the entire Church as well because they are also suffering.