The
Newburyport, MA news reported that Richard McCormick, 73, a priest who at one
time was in a position equivalent to that of a bishop, was found guilty of five
counts of child rape, incidents that took place at a summer camp in Ipswich
operated by the Salesian order on the grounds of the former Sacred Heart
Retreat during the early 1980s.
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Superior Court Judge Mary Lou Rup said McCormick “preyed on and exploited the
vulnerability of a young boy who was in his care,” leaving him with lifelong
scars. Judge Rup said that the victim’s
testimony shows that the effects of abuse are permanent.
Everyone saw the man,
now 44, cry as he remembered being put in a storage closet by McCormick who repeatedly
raped him during two summers in 1981 and 1982.
The victim said, “The only thing that matters now is he can’t do it to
any more children.”
The
convicted McCormick showed little reaction to the sentence, which will be carried
out in the state prison in Walpole and if he is still alive by then it will be
followed by 10 years of probation. I hope this is a message to the rest of the
rapist priests that justice will be served.
In a report by the Boston Globe dated February 17, 2004 it stated that "about 4 % of the Catholic Priests have been accused of sexually abusing minors over the past half century, according to a draft of the first comprehensive study of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church in the United States. ---- The percentage is higher than many people, including church officials had anticipated. ---- The draft of the study, done by John Jay College of Criminal Justice for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, found that 4, 450 of the 110,000 priests who served between 1950 to 2002 were accused of sexual abuse of minors!"
ReplyDeleteQUESTION: ---- How many of the remaining 105,550 priests, who knew about the sexual abuse, said nothing to either their superiors or the civil authorities? By saying nothing, the individual is also part of the crime against children. Some of these priests, who chose to say nothing, could be "closet abusers!" ------ They enjoy the process without getting involved!
QUESTION: --- Why is the leadership of the Catholic Church shocked about the findings of this study? They must have the records of all of these cases!
You see, this is a perfect example of the "good old boys network" in action! Each individual is protecting the organization because they are only interested in the financial bottom line. Keep the "faithful on their knees and their financial pockets open for the taking!"
If you want to hold the Catholic / Criminal Church accountable for their actions, both in the past and in the present, the individual has to use the power of money against them. Recognize that the God of the Catholic Church is money! Cut off the money, and your will get their attention real quick. They will turn over the offering priest real quick! But the Catholic Faithful have been so brain washed into thinking that they have to purchase their own salvation, they are afraid to take this action. Lets look at the other side of the issue. If you "continue to finance the Criminal Catholic Church, with its Criminal Clergy," you are then part of the problem, rather than part of the solution? Your money is making it possible for them to abuse more children, and continue to hide the abusers, and in the process, live a comfortable life. QUESTION: ---- Have you ever tried to get into contact with a priest during the week? You can never find one! ---- What are they doing from Monday to Friday? ----- Answer: ----- Abusing children! ------
Nicely said. I agree with you that all the priests, nuns and other church employees who knew what was going on are all just as guilty as the rapist priests. My money will never go to the "Criminal Catholic Church" to enable them to abuse more children. I hope everyone hears what you are saying -- you are right on track!
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