Ordination does not = immunity from prosecution

The Sack of Rome on 5 May 1527 was a military event carried out by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
Pope Clement VII had given his support to the Kingdom of France in an attempt to free the Papacy from Imperial domination.
The army of the Holy Roman Emperor defeated the French, but funds were not available to pay the soldiers. As a result the 34,000 Imperial troops mutinied, and forced their commander to lead them to Rome with 6,000 Spaniards, 14,000 Landsknecht (Protestant mercenaries) an Italian infantry were led by Maramaldo (He fled Naples after having murdered his wife), and cavalry under Ferdinando Gonzaga and Philibert, Prince of Orange.

Though Martin Luther himself was not in favor of sacking Rome, his followers viewed the Papal capital as a target and shared with the soldiers an avaricious desire for the sacking and pillaging of a very rich city that appeared to be an easy target.

The troops sacked Acquapendente and San Lorenzo and occupied Viterbo and Ronciglione before reaching the walls of Rome on May 5.
The troops defending Rome consisted of 5,000 militiamen and the Papal Swiss Guard.
On May 6, the Imperial army attacked the walls at the Gianicolo and Vatican Hills and captured Rome the same day.
All but 42 of the 189 Swiss Guard were massacred by Imperial troops on the steps of St Peter's Basilica.
After the brutal execution of some 1,000 defenders of Rome and the shrines, the pillaging began.
Churches and monasteries, palaces of prelates and cardinals, were destroyed and spoiled of any precious object.
On June 6, Clement VII surrendered, was forced to pay a 400,000 ducati ransom for his life and was forced to cede Parma, Piacenza, Civitavecchia and Modena to the Holy Roman Empire. Without conditions, Clement VII was coerced to cede the worldly and political possession of bishopric of Utrecht to the Habsburgs. Venice took Cervia and Ravenna.
Clement VII spent the rest of his life steering clear of conflict with Charles V, avoiding decisions that could displease him.
This marked the end of the Roman Renaissance.

Martin Luther commented: "Christ reigns in such a way that the Emperor who persecutes Luther for the Pope is forced to destroy the Pope for Luther."

In commemoration of the Sack and the Guard's bravery, new recruits to the Swiss Guard are sworn in on 6 May every year.

There is no heaven of glory bright, and no hell where sinners roast. Here and now is our day of torment! Here and now is our day of joy! Here and now is our opportunity! Choose ye this day, this hour, for no
redeemer liveth!

The only way to cure the cancer of catholicism, and stop the pedophilia, is to begin each ceremony of ordination to the deaconate with castration. Let any priest who wants to be celibate make a gift of his balls to jesus.

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Pope Ratzinger appointed William Cardinal Levada Prefect of the CDF. Levada now holds the same position formerly held by the pope and is in charge of handling priest sex abuse worldwide.

After having bankrupted the Portland Archdiocese, Levada went on the San Francisco, where he obstructed justice, shielding what was then the largest priest pedophile ring in the United States, the Salesians.

Levada's cover-ups continued through 2004.

http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2006/01_02/2006_01_05_Russell_HouseOf.htm

Moreover, priest abuse should, in no way, be considered a problem of the past:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/03/18/brazil.sexual.abuse/index.html?hpt=T2

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More on Levada for the strong of stomach:

"A word about Cardinal Levada, who is helping Anglicans"

http://churchmousec.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/more-on-cardinal-levada-help-of-anglicans/

http://www.mgr.org/LevadaTrajectory-Details.html

Nor do priests only molest Catholic children. They are nonsectarian perverts. One raped a nonCatholic disabled boy in a park bathroom a few weeks ago.

The Brazilian case (see link above) involves an eighty-two-year old priest molesting a boy.

This despicable monstrosity, the RCC, is supported in its illegal activities by our tax dollars. So much for democracy, the rule of law, separation of church and state.

I think this post is geting close to the heart of the issue.

After watching these articles for years in the US, I believe it is the "special status" given a Priest, Bishop etc that resulted in this series of terrible, terrible acts on children.

For years, a Priest was a "special person.' He was ordained!

If he drank too much at the local bar, someone would take poor old Father home to the rectory.

If he pulled the pants down on little boys, he did not go to the police "lock up, like a common criminal.

He went to see the Bishop. The Prosecutor would "cut a deal" to spare the Church a scandal.

From now on every Priest should go directly to jail for booking and staying over night if necessary until he has a Court hearing.

Then if found guilty he goes to prison. Much of this would stop, if word got around the rectories that Father Xid not enjoy his time behind bars.