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#2085: Thomas John Paprocki
Thomas John Joseph Paprocki is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as bishop of the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois, and a strikingly unsavory fellow. Paprocki is primarily famous as a tireless opponent of contraception and giving people access to contraceptives, but also drew attention to himself when he said that the devil was the principal force behind lawsuits related to sexual abuse in the Catholic Church (that is: the devil wasnt behind the abuse, but behind the victims attempts to seek redress for the abuse): This attack is particularly directed against bishops and priests, since the most effective way to scatter the flock is to attack the shepherd. We must also use our religious discernment to recognize that the principal force behind these attacks is none other than the devil, said Paprocki. In 2007 he also told a group of judges and lawyers in Michigan that monetary awards to victims of sexual abuse by priests were excessive and that the legal system needed reform, because such awards affected the wealth of his church: the law is being used to undermine [
] the religious freedom of the Church, said Paprocki, suggesting some interesting and novel views about what kinds of actions should fall in the category of religious practices with which society should not interfere. He also apparently, in all seriousness, believes that no one has dealt with sex abuse scandals as responsibly as the Catholic Church has. Criticisms of the churchs handling of the scandals, however, reflect anti-Catholic bigotry and profound ignorance.
http://americanloons.blogspot.com/2018/10/2085-thomas-john-paprocki.html
malaise
(269,020 posts)Fuk these criminals - lock them up and sue them.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)to spend a long time looking at a mirror if he is seeking the source of the problems in Holy Mother The Church.
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Buckeyeblue
(5,499 posts)It's time that he/she/it steps forward and either denounces these fools or throws all support behind them. If there is a god, he/she/it has been hiding behind the vale of blind faith for too long. It's time to be seen.
Of course, there is no god. But that seems beside the point.