CARDINAL CLAIMS RIGHT TO MAKE CHARITY PAYMENTS TO PEDOPHILE PRIESTS
CARDINAL CLAIMS RIGHT TO MAKE CHARITY PAYMENTS TO PEDOPHILE PRIESTS
The New York Post on June 4th reported a dispute between The New York Times and Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Archdiocese of New York over continued payments of money by the church to pedophile priests with a history of childhood sexual abuse of minors. It appeared the Times ran a story which offended the Cardinal regarding payments of money to pedophile priests. As reported by the Post, his spokesman replied that there was no “payoff” to pedophile priests, only “charity.”
Charity is a euphemism and code word the church uses to transfer money to its child abuser priests. In the Diocese of Wilmington bankruptcy in the federal bankruptcy court here in Delaware, in its proposed reorganization of the Diocese of Wilmington its bishop sought to make continued payments to admitted child abuser priests under the guise of charity. But it was forced to back down when federal bankruptcy judge Christopher Sontchi ruled on July 14, 2011 that in proposing to make such payments to pedophile priests “the debtor is not proposing a plan in good faith. . . . I’m not going to confirm a plan unless there is some sort of prohibition on that because I don’t think the debtor would be operating in good faith. And that’s my ruling on that point.”
As reported in the media, SNAP director David Clohessy was correct when he stated in response to an attack on his organization by the spokesman for the Cardinal. “It’s sad that America’s top Catholic official won’t answer a simple question: How many predator priests got how much money to quietly move on . . . perhaps to molest again? This is a predictable tactic bishops use when forced to defend the indefensible — they attack the messenger.”
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