The unbelievable hubris of Cardinal Mahony

[marmar]

via truthdig:


Cardinal Mahony ‘Forgives’ Those Angry With Him Over Child Sex Abuse Scandal
Posted on Feb 17, 2013


Cardinal Roger Mahony still doesn’t get it. In a blog post Thursday mostly focused on himself and his feelings, the disgraced former archbishop of Los Angeles who was deeply implicated in the cover-up of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church wrote that he has “experienced many examples of being humiliated” amid the scandal. Still, despite feeling sorry for himself, Mahony notes that he’s ready to forgive those who are angry at him over his role in concealing the rape of children.

From his blog:

Given all of the storms that have surrounded me and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles recently, God’s grace finally helped me to understand: I am not being called to serve Jesus in humility. Rather, I am being called to something deeper—to be humiliated, disgraced, and rebuffed by many.

I was not ready for this challenge. Ash Wednesday changed all of that, and I see Lent 2013 as a special time to reflect deeply upon this special call by Jesus.

To be honest with you, I have not reached the point where I can actually pray for more humiliation. I’m only at the stage of asking for the grace to endure the level of humiliation at the moment.

In the past several days, I have experienced many examples of being humiliated. In recent days, I have been confronted in various places by very unhappy people. I could understand the depth of their anger and outrage—at me, at the Church, at about injustices that swirl around us.

Thanks to God’s special grace, I simply stood there, asking God to bless and forgive them.

The level of narcissism and insensitivity displayed by the pedophile enabler shows just how far removed he is from reality. ......................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/cardinal_mahony_forgives_those_angry_with_him_over_child_sex_abuse_scandal_/

[Kber]

1. Wow. He's really something special, ain't he?

[Walk away]

2. Can you imagine being a Catholic at this point in history?

When I was a child there was a beautiful statue of Jesus sitting and surrounded by children in the lobby of my grammar school. It must have been expensive. White marble and life size, it had the prayer with "suffer the little children to come to me" engraved in the black marble wall that surrounded it. We lined up in front of it every day. We weren't allowed to touch it and it was so marvelous it was a great temptation. If some hapless little soul was caught reaching out to touch the marble folds of Jesus' robe, he would be ordered out of line, berated and then soundly smacked on the back of their guilty hand with a heavy wooden ruler. That was just the first 10 minutes of our school day. It went down hill from there.

Even as a five year old I realized there was something sick about all of this. Lucky for me I discovered Atheism soon after and I had a much safer and saner childhood after that. I feel so sorry for the children who suffered through Catholic childhoods. You have to wonder if they even realize how bizarre that religion is.

[kairos12]

3. He is beyond reprehensible

Even Dante could not create a circle of hell low enough for him to inhabit.