I hear the same old story from pastors all the time: "My flock is dwindling. How can I get them back?"
I find that very interesting because recent news points to a possible reason why people are avoiding the church.
I'm a Catholic girl born and raised in Jamaica. I attended Catholic schools from kindergarten through high school. At one point I actually wanted to become a nun. That's right folks you heard me... a Nun!
It may be difficult to believe but I was a true believer. I remember the first time I realized that priests were just regular people and this was their job.
Kind of like how actors pretend to be other people. Priests call themselves "men of God" and nuns call themselves "married to Jesus."
Because I was on track to be a nun, Father Eberly invited me into the rectory. That caused me to realize, when he removed his robe, that he was just a man. I had never seen a priest without his ropes before, and I was so young that it stayed with me to this day.
The Church Finally Comes Clean – Admits Wrongdoing
14 of the 30 priests in the file are now dead and so will never be prosecuted. I found that outrageous.
It is unforgivable that the church knew about this for decades and would simply remove the priest, send them to another parish, and allow them to continue with their child abuse on those unsuspecting parishioners.
Pedophile priests condoned by the church! It is no wonder that people are no longer interested in listening to the church or attending services.
Here's a video coverage account where the priests themselves respond. It's appalling.
I can imagine what I would do to a priest or anyone who did something like that to my child.
The archdiocese actually issued the statement that "how we treat people today is different than how we treated people then."
The Nuns Are No Better - They Can't Be Trusted Either
As if that was not enough to cause people to abandon the church, on January 20th, 2014, we heard the story of a nun who gave birth to a baby, and named him after Pope Francis.
I'm not surprised actually, because while in Venice, Italy on vacation, I stopped in a coffee shop to get a cup of coffee and I saw a nun picking up a coffee, with a shot of booze. I grabbed my video my camera to take a picture but they said no, no pictures. So I don't have the picture to prove it to you, but believe me, I've saw that with my own two eyes.
If they're drinking booze in their coffee, why wouldn't they be having sex too?
The news reported that "As the nun was rushed to the hospital north of Rome, Italy, she claimed she wasn't pregnant, repeating "it's not possible, I'm a nun.""
My Views on the Situation:
Perhaps it's time for the church to reconsider their stance on celibacy. It's unnatural and unattainable long term.
Perhaps like pastors of other churches, priests and nuns should be allowed to marry and have a normal life. It is also possible, based on the fact that the church had full knowledge for decades about all the pedophiles, and that the priesthood attracted those pedophiles because they knew there is a special fund in the church for their wrongdoing, and that if caught thy would simply be sent another parish to start over with new victims.
I'm glad I did not become a nun and I truly understand why people are leaving the church in droves.
Those who remain should really ask themselves why am I still in this Church?
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