The Pope John Paul II

[JohnnyV13]

Originally Posted by Metrolike

God, I'm stupid. Well, yeah, I can see his point, but the current Pope is actually an incredible person and I have full respect for him. The church isn't nearly as corrupt anymore as it no longer controls the society/nation/whatever.

That's sort of an odd quote coming from a time when the Church had a number of pedophilia problems. The pedophilia itself wasn't a sign of corruption, but, over a 20 year period, the repeated coverups by Bishops that put pedophilies in positions to harm more children indicates a systemic problem.

I was quite disappointed that the Church in this situation acted worse than many corporate actors: it took multimillion dollar lawsuits before they changed their behavior, so that it left one wondering if the Church valued its image over the well being of its children.