CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL7, 2023
WARNING: TODAY’S COMMENTARY CONTAINS SOME TROUBLING INFORMATION THAT YOU MIGHT NOT WANT YOUNG CHILDREN TO HEAR.
AN INVESTIGATION OF BALTIMORE’S ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE HAS REVEALED THE SCOPE OF 80 YEARS OF CHILD SEX ABUSE AND TORTURE. IT ALSO SHOWS HOW CHURCH OFFICIALS OFTEN COVERED UP THE ABUSE AND IN SOME CASES PAVED THE WAY FOR FURTHER ABUSE.
AMONG THE ACCOUNTS CITED IN THE REPORT: A DEACON WHO ADMITTED ABUSING MORE THAN 100 CHILDREN. A PRIEST WHO CHAINED AND WHIPPED BOYS FOR HIS GRATIFICATION. ANOTHER PRIEST WHO, AFTER RECEIVING PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT, WENT ON TO ABUSE 20 STUDENTS AT A BALTIMORE SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
ON WEDNESDAY, THE MARYLAND ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE RELEASED ITS “REPORT ON CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BALTIMORE.” IT’S NEARLY 500 PAGES LONG AND TELLS HOW 156 CLERGY AND OTHER CHURCH OFFICIALS TORMENTED MORE THAN 600 CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS DATING BACK TO THE 1940’S.
THE MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS SENT A BILL TO GOVERNOR WES MOORE THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR SURVIVORS TO SUE THE INSTITUTIONS THAT EMPLOYED THEIR ABUSERS. HE SHOULD SIGN IT. THIS IS AN INTOLERABLE ABUSE OF TRUST AND ANOTHER STAIN ON THAT CHURCH THAT VARIOUS POPES HAVE PROMISED TO CLEAN UP. I’M CAL THOMAS.
