Parrott Talk-The Truth About Pedophiles And The Church

Mike Parrott's interview with Kieran Tapsell. Brother Andre Marie - It seems to me that most of this is a throwback to Medieval Canon Law, wherein clerics -- anyone tonsured and up to Minor and Major Orders  (not only bishops and priests) -- could not AT ALL be tried in civil courts. This, keep in mind, is what led to the martyrdom of Saint Thomas a Becket. He refused to allow his clerics to be tried in civil courts since they were only libel to canonical courts. This is why, for certain crimes, priests were "degraded to the lay state," in a very humiliating and severe ritual -- and "handed over to the civil authorities" as a layman to be tried in civil courts.  It appears that what we have now is the worst of both worlds: a dysfunctional canonical system that does not discipline properly, and a refusal to hand over genuine criminal perverts to secular authorities. Clearly, we need to "clean house" and introduce some common sense measures that keep in mind the TRUE common good, which is not served by protective perverts. When a Priest is ordained he is then only to be judged by God and His rule of law. What has happened is Canon Law was changed and it inserted that above. All of this money slushing around is on the backs of our forefathers that were faithful and built these beautiful churches and now these churches are being sold off b/c it is payment for these pedophile Priests.