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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCardinal Mahony takes the Chutzpah (the bad kind) award
via truthdig:
Cardinal Mahony Forgives Those Angry With Him Over Child Sex Abuse Scandal
Posted on Feb 17, 2013
Cardinal Roger Mahony still doesnt 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 hes 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, Gods grace finally helped me to understand: I am not being called to serve Jesus in humility. Rather, I am being called to something deeperto 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. Im 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 outrageat me, at the Church, at about injustices that swirl around us.
Thanks to Gods 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_/
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Cardinal Mahony takes the Chutzpah (the bad kind) award (Original Post)
marmar
Feb 2013
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kairos12
(12,877 posts)1. A robed psychopath.
Pisces
(5,602 posts)2. This man is a pig.
niyad
(113,599 posts)3. no, pigs are noble, intelligent and useful beings. mahoney is a worthless, useless, hate-filled pos
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)6. Not a pig,
a "Great Whore".
DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)4. "about injustices that swirl around us"
Fuck you, you evil bastard.
Squinch
(51,025 posts)5. God didn't give you humiliation, sociopath. Your felonious behavior did. It ain't injustice when
you're guilty as sin. Nothing "swirled around" you. You acted. You performed acts that guaranteed the rape of children.