The Pope seeks immunity

If I conspired and helped to hide multiple child abuse crimes I would be in federal prison forever. And rightfully so.

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Ok, so now we know it was that HBO documentary that spurred his early retirement.

Agreed! Where is Donny to defend his catholic church? Oh that's right he disappeared when he was outed for being arrested for child interference I believe the charge was.

That is incredible. Simply incredible. What they are saying is, rape, pillage, plunder, murder, abuse, and then rape some more and so long as you're within the Vatican you will be protected where NO law enforcement agency can touch you.

It is literally unbelievable that this is tolerated.

It's good to be da King..or Pope

Pull!

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OMFG....

That is hilarious!

This HBO documentary?:

This morning, Queens Councilman Eric Ulrich took to his Facebook page to post a scathing review of Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in The House of God, an HBO documentary on the sex abuse scandals that have rocked the Catholic Church. Mr. Ulrich had several issues with the film, which he characterized as ?an exploitive and biased account of a dark chapter in the history of the Catholic Church.?

?As a proud Roman Catholic, I am truly offended by the blatant bigotry contained in HBO?s so-called documentary Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in The House of God,? Mr. Ulrich wrote. ?It accuses His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI of being complicit in covering up sex abuses cases involving Catholic priests and unfairly criticizes the late Pope John Paul II. Above all, its chock full of anti-catholic rhetoric and demonizes members of the clergy (most of whom are dedicated, compassionate and pious men).?

Mr. Ulrich went on to criticize the movie for not noting the things the Church has done to combat sexual abuse in the wake of the scandals.

?The film does not include any of the steps the church has taken to protect children nor does it accurately depict how the church has tried to heal the emotional and psychological suffering of sex abuse victims. Instead, it glorifies trial lawyers as moral crusaders,? wrote Mr. Ulrich. ?If you?re looking for an exploitive and biased account of a dark chapter in the history of the Catholic Church, this film is for you.?

Mea Maxima Culpa premiered on HBO February 4 and is airing on the cable channel throughout the month. It was directed by Oscar winner Alex Gibney and focuses on a number of sex abuse cases, the ensuing lawsuits and criticizes how the Pope and other Church officials responded to the situation. Politicker reached out to HBO to discuss Mr. Ulrich?s gripes with the film, but as of this writing, we have yet to receive a response.

There was a movie I saw several years ago about on particular case of sex abuse and how it was covered it. It amazes me how these guys get caught over and over again and the church just settles with the families to keep the quiet and moves the priests on to other locations where they do it again and are moved again.

Billions collected from honest church going Catholic's. Money given with pure expectations of it being spent on good things, good causes.

Not to buy the silence of raped children by their ultimate authority figure, a Catholic priest. Pitiful misuse of the public trust.

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One of things that disturbs me the most is how you read about the church selling assets and paying out 100's of millions of dollars in settlements. Should a church really have 100's of millions of dollars worth of assets to begin with?