From Tony Meehan, Cape Town:
Jesus once whipped wrongdoers from the temple; so should our Holy Father do the same regarding sexual abuse in the Church?
The pope must be the statesman and leader in such a campaign. By omissions and lack of oversight, the Catholic Church has aided criminals and it must take responsibility.
I suggest that for one month the hierarchy, from the pope down, should enter into a black fast, abstaining from food and drink from sunrise to sunset. Every church in the world should observe a second Lent. The Church must be seen to be contrite. We need to plead for forgiveness and to pray for the victims and the perpetrators of the wickedness; and the complacency of the Church.
Please, God, may Nineveh yet be saved!
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