Fathers to help make the Churches paedophile-proof, Mar 02

Would as many religious leaders "go soft" on child sex seduction by their underlings, if each person recruited as a minister had to be a monogamous father, that is, a one-woman man with well-conducted children of his own?

"The overseer therefore must be blameless, a husband of one wife, moderate in habits, sound in mind, orderly, hospitable, qualified to teach, not given to wine, not a smiter, but reasonable, not belligerent, not a lover of money, a man presiding over his own household in a fine manner, having his children in subjection with all seriousness. (For, if a man does not know how to preside over his own household, how can he take care of God's community?) Not a newly-converted man, for fear that he might get puffed up and fall into the judgement passed upon the Devil. Moreover, he should also have a fine testimony from people on the outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the Devil." (Bible, 1 Timothy 3:2-7)

The word given as "overseer" above is episkopus in the Greek, and it used to be translated "bishop", but overseer or presiding minister is what is meant -- in other words, a clergyman. Similar sentiments are expressed for the office of deacons (originally food-sharing organisers and servers, but soon seeming to have a share in Church preaching etc.) in verses 8 and 12-13.
Similar rules are set down also in Titus 1:5-9, with the addition that the selection in city after city be of older men, in the Greek presbyterus, as overseers. The defiance of this scripture has led to teenage children, studying in pre-seminary schools, being sexually corrupted by men who were supposed to be leading them to a holier life!

The people who wrote these rules down had been taught by Jesus or by people he had taught. But compare this with what most Churches do:

Orthodox, Catholics, Protestants, Anglicans (Church of England, Episcopalians) and even many of the innovative newer sects enrol ministers who are not "fathers", thus defying the rules set above.
Many of the ministers in the traditional Churches love the title "Father", defying Matthew 23:9.
The Orthodox Churches usually ordain newlywed men, still defying scripture and commonsense. For promotion to bishop they "forbid to marry," defying 1 Tim 4:3 and the apostles' practice noted in 1 Corinthians 9:5, and denying married men normal promotion opportunities.
The Roman Catholic leadership, separating in early centuries from the Greek-nurtured Church, has been even more defiant since 1079 / 1123 A.D., forbidding all the Latin-Rite ministers to marry. Even the shock of the Reformation failed to cure them of this oddity!
Lutherans, other Protestants and Anglicans returned to the scriptural married clergy, but in recent decades began ordaining women, opposing 1 Tim. 2:11-12.

CALLS FOR INQUIRY, REMOVAL OF VICEROY

In Australia during February and March 2002 there was a lot of news coverage of allegations about Dr Hollingworth, but then publicity widened as newsitems from around the country and the world revealed yet again that the systematic hiding and transferring of deviant clergymen seems to be the custom of Catholic as well as Anglican Church leaders.
The news media reported the possibility, since downplayed, of the Federal Government holding a Royal Commission into child abuse and the Churches, and there were calls for the removal of the then pseudo Head of State, Dr Hollingworth.

It had been reported that a person in the Federal Cabinet, Senator Bill Heffernan, was hunting out the evidence about allegations covering the time that Dr Hollingworth was Archbishop of Brisbane. But Senator Heffernan crippled his campaign in March 2002 with his misguided attack on Mr Justice Kirby under Parliamentary privilege, using evidence some of which turned out to be a forgery.
About 4 March 2002 Dr Hollingworth, through one newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, apologised to the Australian nation! Apologies won't heal the harm that has occurred in this nor in all the other systematic abuse.

In addition, Dr Hollingworth had, on television, upheld the "secrecy of the confessional" (even though confessionals were downgraded and/or abolished by the Reformation Churches) and the "right of the Church to investigate" -- just like the centuries-old policies of Rome to shield criminals among the clergy, which in many centuries has led to struggles between Church and State!
Yes, it's quite the usual thing for Churches to "hide their dirty washing". The few Churches or Church schools that remove an errant servant sometimes have the full glare of the humbug media turned upon them.
How could this be? How could a religion which had such high ethical standards at the beginning sink so low around the world?
Don't use the "rose-tinted glasses" of believing those comforting complacency-building scriptures "I am with you all days until the end of the age" (Matthew 28:20) and "the congregation of the living God, which is the pillar and support of the truth." (1 Timothy 3:15). For RCs, don't be blinded by "You are Peter ... on this rock I will build my Church" (Matt 16:18).

As an antidote to them, try Paul's farewell to the leaders of the Ephesus church:

"Be on your guard for yourselves and for all the flock ... I know quite well that when I have gone fierce wolves will invade you and will have no mercy on the flock. Even from your own ranks there will be men arise speaking twisted things to induce the disciples to follow them." (Acts 20:28, 29-30)

CORRUPTING CHILDREN RULE MASKED

Paedophilia is the seducing and/or over-bearing of a child to obtain non-marital sexual pleasure, while at the same time "giving bad example" to the child or "tripping" him/her. (In many poor nations, poverty has made child sex a "way of life", with thousands of wealthy people both local and from abroad disgracing themselves while harming children. Meanwhile, worldwide, elements of the middle and richer classes have created a huge market for printed and internet child pornography.)
SEVEN BLIND SPOTS: Dr Hollingworth had seven "blind spots" when the news media asked him in February 2002 why he did nothing about a male Church worker having sex with a 14-year-old student at an Anglican hostel:

He said it happened 40 years ago (who knows how many others he had besmirched!);
It was with a young woman (yes, 14 is young! But ordinary people would call her a schoolchild);
It was not rape or anything like that (the Christian Greek Language Scriptures teach, and the Churches used to teach, that all sex outside marriage -- not just rape -- is against God's law).
The other blind spots are:
The New Testament forbids tripping up (scandalising) children (Matthew 18:6-10, Mark 9:42, Luke 17:2);
The new commandment "to love your neighbour as yourself" (Matt 19:16-19, Mark 10:17-19, Luke 18:20);
Sex outside marriage would harm the solidarity of the believers, or, in theological terms, the Mystical Body of Christ, according to 1 Cor. 6:14-15; and
Both he and the person working in the student hostel had the responsibility of religious leaders for the moral progress of the communities they lead ("The good shepherd gives his life for his sheep. But the hireling ... sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away -- and the wolf snatches and scatters them" - John 10:11-12; also see Acts 20:28-29). Church-employed child-molesters are guilty of treason.

These seven blind spots are similar to those of the leaders of the R.C. teaching brothers and the bishops, and the leaders of other denominations, the older ones of which have been hiding clerical offenders for centuries. Among the newer Churches some do remove offenders.

HYPOCRISY FOR CENTURIES: Leaders of some Churches have been hypocritical for centuries, letting their own ministers off crimes, using freedom as a cloak for wickedness with such quotes as "forgiving seven times 70" (Matt 18:22), but in some places and at some times ruthlessly persecuting non-clergy for imagined and impossible offences, such as being empowered by the Devil.

APOSTLES STARTED PUNISHING

CHRIST'S FORGIVENESS WAS SELECTIVE, and was not offered to entrenched hypocrites: These days, in many former Christian countries, the image many people have of Christ is of a blurred "Gentle Jesus, meek and mild." This is incorrect. Christ had a balanced character, not only teaching love and helping people, but he also had a firm side, shown by his withering of a fig tree (Bible, Matthew 21:19; Mark 11:13, and 20) and the parable of the talents and the cruel king (Luke 19:27).
He did not hide his robust dislike of supposedly "religious" people who used religion as a mask for their misdeeds, and he railed against "religious observers" who were dyed-in-the-wool hypocritical evildoers (read his speech "Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites" -- Matt 23:13-35, Luke 11:39-52).
But note that, without being asked, he forgave ordinary people, the outcasts, and some of the bad people for sins of human weakness, telling them to sin no more (John 5:14; 8:11).
No automaton, Jesus cried, felt love, and became angry at times. He used physical force to remove the temple traders and moneychangers (Matt 21:12, Mark 11:15, Luke 19:45, John 2:15-16).
How can the following puzzling incidents be reconciled? Shortly before his arrest, he spoke of the danger and said "But now ... if you have no sword, sell your cloak and buy one." (Luke 22: 36) His followers who had two swords were told that was enough. During the arrest, one follower cut an ear off a man, but Jesus called a halt and healed the man, and made the much-quoted remark "All who draw the sword will die by the sword." (Matt. 26:52)
AVOID AND DISMISS SINNING MEMBERS: Some New Testament readings suggest that several of the early Christian communities learnt very early, parallel with Jesus' occasional firmness and his command to "shake the dust from your feet," (Matt 10:14, Mark 6:11, Luke 9:5, 10:11; see Acts 13:51), not to even say hello to, or eat a meal with, a nominal Christian who had adopted a sinful lifestyle, or who taught different rules of behaviour.
PUNISHMENTS: Paul had tried the repeated forgiveness method, but switched to "not associate with" (2 Thessalonians 3:14) and even to "I shall have no mercy" for disobedient sinners (2 Cor 13:2). Even more startlingly, he temporarily blinded an opponent of the faith (Acts of the Apostles 13:6-11). St Peter even struck a couple of liars dead! (Acts, 5:3-10)
DISOBEDIENCE: In spite of these scriptural warnings, serious disobedience overcame the R.Cs. in the years 1079 and 1123, when Latin-rite leaders, without the authority of a truly universal council, that is, one comprising both Eastern and Western branches of the universal Church, gave in to the long attack by anti-family extremists in Christianity, and forbade all Latin-rite priests to be married, in direct defiance of scripture plus the customs and tradition of the Churches dating back to the apostles. With this background, and the huge number of "sex priests" being unmasked, it is not surprising that the various other Churches will not blindly follow Papal teachings about sex, family planning, contraception, abortion, in-vitro fertilisation, stem cells, etc.
And, it seems rather pointless for the Popes of the 20th and 21st century to expect support from other Christians in opposition to the ordination of women priests, seeing that the R.Cs. and nearly all of the Churches for centuries have defied the example of Jesus and the other rules set out in the epistles for selecting clergy!

NO CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS: In spite of the fact that polls around February 2002 said that more than 50% of Australians had no confidence in having Dr Hollingworth continue as Governor-General, the claim in the news media that there was a Constitutional crisis was incorrect. The Queen was still "on the throne" during her visit to New Zealand and Australia, and the Governor-General, Governors, Parliaments and Local Councils were still operating. As the months passed the pressure on Dr Hollingworth increased, the public opposition to him rising to nearly 80%. After being investigated for an allegation of sex abuse, the Senate passing a motion asking him to resign, and the leaking of a letter in which he said that a teenage girl had started a relationship with a clergyman, the pressure to resign rose remarkably. He announced his resignation on May 25 2003.

02 MAR 02 REPRODUCED for Faith Purification Programme as a PUBLIC SERVICE 08 JUL 03
Read the 4 pages at: http://www.multiline.com.au/~johnm/fathers.htm

FURTHER READING
A: Guidelines for handling clergy abusing children; Feb 19 2002; www.multiline.com.au/~johnm/nonmarital.htm
B: Fathers would make the best "Fathers"; how to select minsters; Mar 4 02; http://www.multiline.com.au/~johnm/fathers.htm
G: Boston R.C. Diocese reports 87 clergy The Record, Perth RC paper, Feb 21 02
H: Father Van Klooster in sex case hit in Bunbury court The West Australian Feb 26 02
!!!: Father Kelly's escape to Belgium stymied by 77 more sex charges The West Australian Feb 28 02
E: Governor-General (former Anglican Archbishop) says sorry to abused woman The West Australian Mar 2 02
F: Paying for sins of the fathers, Anglican (Church of England), Roman Catholic, United and Presbyterian Churches in Canada face child abuse compensation cases for $C 1000m, Australian Anglican dioceses facing ruin; The Weekend Australian Mar 2-3 02
# G-G quits another charity (Barnardos), The Sunday Times Perth Mar 3 02
J: Resign, U.S. R.C. abusers are told, N.Z. Anglicans testing victims The West Australian Mar 5 02
L: Father Geoghan -- Deal close on $60m U.S. sex payout The West Australian Mar 7 02
# Protest plan for G-G to resign The West Australian Mar 8 02
#: Anglican Church says sorry to clergy's sex victims The West Australian Mar 18 02
@: Anglican Church sex sorrow not conscience move The West Australian Mar 19 02
#: I was wrong, Heffernan apology The West Australian Mar 20 02
!!! Parishioners support, but Florida has two sex-abuse bishops in a row, Boston $15m to $30m extra for Father Geoghan abuse The Record Mar 21 02
@: Hollingworth dumped again, Anglican minister John Elliott abused Queensland boys 10 to 13 The West Australian Mar 28 02
@: Compensation in South Australian St Ann's disabled-children busdriver abuse case The Record Mar 28 02
@: Beg God for reawakening: Pope -- CNS reports abuse in France, Ireland ($110m), Poland, and other countries The Record Mar 28 02
!!!: Polish archbishop sneaking through tunnel to seminary dormitory The West Australian Mar 30 02
@: U S priest abuse and abortion woman gets $2m payout The West Australian Apr 3 02
!!!: Bishop resigns over Irish boy-sex cleric, having tried everything except dismissal! The West Australian Apr 3 02
@: Scandal keeps lawyer busy on three continents The West Australian Apr 3 02
@: Parole for disgraced Test umpire who was indecent to girls at Catholic school The West Australian Apr 4 02
@: US abuse priest suicides The Sunday Times Apr 7 02
@: Mormons acknowledge abuse West Australian Apr 9 02
@: Celibacy and Paedophilia, Rights Question James E. Biechler U.S.A. http://arcc-catholic-rights.org
@: Vatican named in U.S. lawsuit, lawyer's hundreds of cases, Church moves abusers The Record Apr 11 02

FURTHER READING, continued
@: Abuse of Trust: Child Sexual Abuse and the Churches, "Background Briefing" on ABC; Catholic Archbishop of Denver U.S.A. apologises to victims of Church sexual misconduct, Australian Anglican Primate says abuse claims could bankrupt dioceses in Australia as in Canada: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, April 14 02 www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s531384.htm
@: Anger as Bunbury priest faces sex counts -- Van Klooster supporters hinder media The West Australian Apr 16 02
@: Pope to 'carpet' U.S. cardinals on sex abuse & Cardinal Law knowingly transferred offenders & 450 more claimants The West Australian Apr 17 02
@: PM Howard 'cool' on child sex abuse inquiry, Democrats move, The West Australian Apr 17 02
@: Oblates nearing insolvency in Canada, litigation costs force order to seek bankruptcy protection; Record Apr 18 02
@: Teachers jailed, Victorian husband and wife - John Alexander, Elspeth McKenzie - seduced 14-year-old Wesley College girl; The West Australian, Saturday Apr 20 02
@: Priest was evil one, says cover-up victim , Fr Paul Shanley said cardinal abused him in seminary, hierarchy conspiracy to allow Fr Shanley access to youth since 1967, Cardinal B.Law's secret Rome trip, and all 8 U.S. cardinals off to Rome, Victim's lives broken; The Weekend Australian, Roy Eccleston, Apr 20-21 02
#: Church rocked by sex scandals in Austria (cardinal), France (abbot and bishop), Germany (bishop), Ireland (bishop mismanaged), Poland (archbishop), Britain (archbishop admitted mismanaging Fr Michael Hill), United States (Boston Fr John Geoghan gaoled 18 Jan 2002, Philadelphia 35 priests, Allentown dismissed 4, St Louis dismissed 2, California $1.2m paid, New York dismissed 6, Cleveland suspended 9, had dismissed 12 previously), Factfile from Reuters in CNN 21 Apr 02; 2002/WORLD/europe/04/21/vatican.sex.reut/index.html
@: "No place" - Pope's U.S. sex abuse speech, text of 23 Apr 02 speech to U.S. cardinals gathered in Rome (leaving it to the U.S. hierarchy, with loopholes!), CNN version at cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/04/23/pope.scandal.text.ap/
@: Not Good Enough, too many loopholes in Pope's speech and Anglican system; suggested letter to bishops of both Anglican and Catholic Churches, Apr 24 and 26 02
@: U.S. cardinals stop short of 'zero tolerance' while bluffing; talk of penance and rehabilitation, 24 Apr 02; CNN at 2002/WORLD/europe/04/24/pope.talks/index.html
@: Sex priest Paul Shanley in blackmail threat against Cardinal Humberto Madeiros; one-time U.S. motorcycle 'street priest' ran inn with homosexual clients; The West Australian Apr 29 02
!!!: Priest sex video sent to flock by homosexual blackmailing ex-lover, Fr Eladio Ocana Serrano, Spain; withdraws to monastery; The West Australian Apr 30 02
#: ABC Radio talk about R.C. priests' problems with celibacy, some go visiting prostitutes, a decade of sex-abuse charges. May 03 02
!!!: Confessional rape? Accused U.S. priest Paul Shanley may be jailed for life for rapes in confessional; Boston diocese backs out of settling for $A75m for 86 John Geoghan victims (already paid $28m for 40), other victims; The Sunday Times May 05 02
@: Priests in New York, North Carolina, Michigan and Illinois removed, 10 suspected; The Record May 23 02
240: BOOKS about carnal abuse by priests and brothers; P & B Press, PO Box 81, Como, WA, 6952; 20 Jun 02

(The second Rally for Marriage and Children attracted between 1000 and 3000 people to the front of Perth Parliament House on 19 February 2002, objecting to bills to legalise: Males having sex in the back passage with males aged from 16 instead of from 21, Homosexual and lesbian couples legally adopting children, Artificial insemination for single women and lesbians, and To teach schoolchildren that homosexuality and lesbianism were lifestyles equally as acceptable as the male-female lifestyle. The rallies organiser is the Australian Family Association, PO Box 467, South Perth, WA, 6951 and Suite 2, 949 Wellington St., West Perth, WA, 6005, 08 9321 2333. The A.F.A. has no connection with the composing of or issuing of this leaflet.)

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Fathers would make the best ‘Fathers’

MAKE the CHURCHES PAEDOPHILE-PROOF -- Guidelines

CALLS FOR INQUIRY, REMOVAL OF VICEROY

CORRUPTING CHILDREN RULE MASKED

APOSTLES STARTED PUNISHING