Another alleged paedophile in the Catholic Church:

http://www.smh.com.au/national/sydney-priest-groomer-caught-on-webcam-court-told-20090814-ek4t.html?page=-1

Of course, there exists the Presumption of Innocence in our justice system. So it should be. However, again, again, we have the Catholic Church acting to support Christian clergy allegedly found in compromising situations. Why is the Church is willing to put up a $25,000 surety is beyond belief? Moreover, given the heinous nature of the alleged crimes, the Accused should not been granted bail.

How lame is this? “Mr Walsh said, that Father Fuller would not present a risk to the community and could live in a holiday apartment owned by the Catholic Church in Terrigal, while he went through the court proceedings.” – SMH

I wonder if Catholic parishioners are paying for the Legals?

The most dreadful thing about this?
It is nothing new, in a year full of such storys, and about this church nothing will change .
This grubby person will find refuge within his church, the victim had there actually been one properly would not have.
In time many Christian Church's will fall, few are getting their house in order and Catholics are perhaps the first to fall.

Oliver:”How lame is this? “Mr Walsh said, that Father Fuller would not present a risk to the community and could live in a holiday apartment owned by the Catholic Church in Terrigal, while he went through the court proceedings.” – SMH”

Terrigal is close to where I am. Yuck.

I don’t get it – I know other men right now are sitting in jail awaiting court on similar charges. Why would he be anywhere else?

A recalcitrate Catholic Church is, of course, fully aware of community condemnation of these priests. Yet, it looks after its own. I will predict now, there will be others before the anniversary of this email. Moreover, the Churches will act in their interests before the victims’.

In these cases, notice how the “deed” is often criticised by the Cardinal or Bishop, not the cleric. And even this criticism, too often, is forthcoming, only after an attempt to cover-up. And when these perverted acts are uncovered, the Churches put aside their Bibles and, call in the Lawyers.

On other OLO threads, parishioners and members of church congregations defend their own designation as, “Christian”, from histories cited by secular humanists, on the basis that the critics are wrong to relate “modern” Christianity to the secretive and malicious organisation of earlier centuries. They say, “The Church is contemporary”: e.g., in 1994 the Catholic Church stated it was wrong in the past and that the Sun is the centre of the solar system in agreement agree with science.

One does expect that a cloistered organisation with a million priests to have these incidents. Okay… But, also, one does not expect the Catholic Church in question to protect and shelter these offenders and alleged offenders, as has occurred in other cases.

On the matter of cover-ups, let’s not forget the Bishops are guilty of other crimes associated with the tainted behaviours of their underlings. These people too must be rendered to Caesar (Court).
Especially, Yahweh, the fierce OT god, would look upon many in the Christian clergy under the umbrella of the Catholic Church and remember, Sodom.

"It is nothing new, in a year full of such storys, and about this church nothing will change" - Belly

Sadly true.

"I know other men right now are sitting in jail awaiting court on similar charges. Why would he be anywhere else?"

The Judiciary want hold clerics accountable, I guess.

Dear Oly,

It's a complicated world isn't it?

Perhaps part of the solution to this ongoing
problem of paedophilia within the Church is
for the Vatican and Pope to allow the ordination
of properly trained and appropriate married men,
and the consideration of a much broader ministry
for women? And if they're not willing to take
action to 'normalise,' the clergy - then perhaps
the local churches can assume responsibility
for their own futures? It wouldn't be the first
time that the Church had to be reformed outside Rome.

>>other men right now are sitting in jail awaiting court on similar charges<<

Priest and priestess legislatures, anyone?