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\u00a9\u00a0Press –\u00a0<\/span>Catholic bishop claims that children are to blame when raped by priests if they are over 7 years old<\/h5>\n<\/figure>\n\nA New York Catholic bishop has claimed that pedophile<\/a> priests shouldn’t be held responsible\u00a0if they rape children aged 7 and over as he believes that young boys are “culpable” for their own actions.<\/h3>\nBishop Robert Cunningham<\/a> of the diocese of Syracuse, NY stated that priests\u00a0have been wrongly accused of sexual abuse against young boys for centuries saying that “at 7-years-old, children know what they’re doing, so it isn’t rape”<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\nBishop Cunningham made the shocking statements in his testimony, that was\u00a0recently released<\/a>,\u00a0during a deposition in a federal lawsuit for mass child abuse by pedophile priests<\/a>.<\/p>\nCounter Current News reports<\/a>: Charles Bailey, a survivor of a priest\u2019s abuse, asked then-Bishop\u00a0James Moynihan whether the church held children victims partly responsible for sexual abuse by priests.<\/p>\n\u201c(Bishop) Moynihan said that right to my face \u2013 \u2018The age of reason is 7, so if you\u2019re at least 7 you\u2019re culpable for your actions.\u2019 That kind of floored me,\u201d<\/em> said Bailey.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nObviously, the sentiment isn\u2019t something one Bishop believes, but a broader excuse used to cover the guilt of sexual predators.<\/p>\n
The \u201cage of reason\u201d<\/em> may be seven years old, but that in no way makes it the \u201cage it\u2019s the kid\u2019s fault he was raped.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nAccording to church doctrine, seven is the age a child should understand the difference between right and wrong.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s also the age a child is eligible for communion.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for the diocese has been trying to defend the bishop, saying that his statements in a deposition\u00a0don\u2019t mean he believes children are responsible for being raped and that it was \u201cunfair to use the deposition to characterize his position otherwise.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n“Unfair”<\/em> may not quite cut it where this man is concerned.<\/p>\nWhen pressed on the issue, he said it wasn\u2019t his place to know how much guilt was on the victim\u2019s hands.<\/p>\n
The simple answer, \u201cnone,\u201d<\/em> became another distorted version of reality that somehow makes it at least partially a child\u2019s fault when a priest abuses him.<\/p>\n“Well, I mean, without knowing the circumstances completely, did the boy encourage, go along with (it) in any way?”<\/em><\/strong> Cunningham asked.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe lawyer asked Cunningham if he could imagine any circumstance in which a 14 or 15-year-old boy could be held responsible in the eyes of the church when a priest asks him to engage in sex.<\/p>\n
“Obviously, what the priest did was wrong,”<\/em> Cunningham said. “You\u2019re asking me if the young man had any culpability, and I can\u2019t judge that.”<\/em><\/p>\nActually, you can<\/em> judge that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nAnyone can judge that.What happened is priests used their influence and position as “messengers of God”<\/em> to force children to comply with their perverted sexual desires.In the very least they were forced to make adult decisions they didn\u2019t have the capacity to make.<\/p>\nThis bishop and all the priests he defended with this mindless argument betrayed the trust of the parishioners and especially the children of the Diocese of Syracuse.<\/p>\n
Charles Bailey has circulated a petition he intends to present to\u00a0Pope Francis<\/a>\u00a0in Philadelphia during his visit to remove Bishop Cunningham as the head of the church there.<\/p>\n
A New York Catholic bishop has claimed that pedophile<\/a> priests shouldn’t be held responsible\u00a0if they rape children aged 7 and over as he believes that young boys are “culpable” for their own actions.<\/h3>\nBishop Robert Cunningham<\/a> of the diocese of Syracuse, NY stated that priests\u00a0have been wrongly accused of sexual abuse against young boys for centuries saying that “at 7-years-old, children know what they’re doing, so it isn’t rape”<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\nBishop Cunningham made the shocking statements in his testimony, that was\u00a0recently released<\/a>,\u00a0during a deposition in a federal lawsuit for mass child abuse by pedophile priests<\/a>.<\/p>\nCounter Current News reports<\/a>: Charles Bailey, a survivor of a priest\u2019s abuse, asked then-Bishop\u00a0James Moynihan whether the church held children victims partly responsible for sexual abuse by priests.<\/p>\n\u201c(Bishop) Moynihan said that right to my face \u2013 \u2018The age of reason is 7, so if you\u2019re at least 7 you\u2019re culpable for your actions.\u2019 That kind of floored me,\u201d<\/em> said Bailey.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nObviously, the sentiment isn\u2019t something one Bishop believes, but a broader excuse used to cover the guilt of sexual predators.<\/p>\n
The \u201cage of reason\u201d<\/em> may be seven years old, but that in no way makes it the \u201cage it\u2019s the kid\u2019s fault he was raped.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nAccording to church doctrine, seven is the age a child should understand the difference between right and wrong.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s also the age a child is eligible for communion.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for the diocese has been trying to defend the bishop, saying that his statements in a deposition\u00a0don\u2019t mean he believes children are responsible for being raped and that it was \u201cunfair to use the deposition to characterize his position otherwise.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n“Unfair”<\/em> may not quite cut it where this man is concerned.<\/p>\nWhen pressed on the issue, he said it wasn\u2019t his place to know how much guilt was on the victim\u2019s hands.<\/p>\n
The simple answer, \u201cnone,\u201d<\/em> became another distorted version of reality that somehow makes it at least partially a child\u2019s fault when a priest abuses him.<\/p>\n“Well, I mean, without knowing the circumstances completely, did the boy encourage, go along with (it) in any way?”<\/em><\/strong> Cunningham asked.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe lawyer asked Cunningham if he could imagine any circumstance in which a 14 or 15-year-old boy could be held responsible in the eyes of the church when a priest asks him to engage in sex.<\/p>\n
“Obviously, what the priest did was wrong,”<\/em> Cunningham said. “You\u2019re asking me if the young man had any culpability, and I can\u2019t judge that.”<\/em><\/p>\nActually, you can<\/em> judge that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nAnyone can judge that.What happened is priests used their influence and position as “messengers of God”<\/em> to force children to comply with their perverted sexual desires.In the very least they were forced to make adult decisions they didn\u2019t have the capacity to make.<\/p>\nThis bishop and all the priests he defended with this mindless argument betrayed the trust of the parishioners and especially the children of the Diocese of Syracuse.<\/p>\n
Charles Bailey has circulated a petition he intends to present to\u00a0Pope Francis<\/a>\u00a0in Philadelphia during his visit to remove Bishop Cunningham as the head of the church there.<\/p>\n
Bishop Cunningham made the shocking statements in his testimony, that was\u00a0recently released<\/a>,\u00a0during a deposition in a federal lawsuit for mass child abuse by pedophile priests<\/a>.<\/p>\n Counter Current News reports<\/a>: Charles Bailey, a survivor of a priest\u2019s abuse, asked then-Bishop\u00a0James Moynihan whether the church held children victims partly responsible for sexual abuse by priests.<\/p>\n \u201c(Bishop) Moynihan said that right to my face \u2013 \u2018The age of reason is 7, so if you\u2019re at least 7 you\u2019re culpable for your actions.\u2019 That kind of floored me,\u201d<\/em> said Bailey.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Obviously, the sentiment isn\u2019t something one Bishop believes, but a broader excuse used to cover the guilt of sexual predators.<\/p>\n The \u201cage of reason\u201d<\/em> may be seven years old, but that in no way makes it the \u201cage it\u2019s the kid\u2019s fault he was raped.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n According to church doctrine, seven is the age a child should understand the difference between right and wrong.<\/p>\n It\u2019s also the age a child is eligible for communion.<\/p>\n A spokesman for the diocese has been trying to defend the bishop, saying that his statements in a deposition\u00a0don\u2019t mean he believes children are responsible for being raped and that it was \u201cunfair to use the deposition to characterize his position otherwise.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n “Unfair”<\/em> may not quite cut it where this man is concerned.<\/p>\n When pressed on the issue, he said it wasn\u2019t his place to know how much guilt was on the victim\u2019s hands.<\/p>\n The simple answer, \u201cnone,\u201d<\/em> became another distorted version of reality that somehow makes it at least partially a child\u2019s fault when a priest abuses him.<\/p>\n “Well, I mean, without knowing the circumstances completely, did the boy encourage, go along with (it) in any way?”<\/em><\/strong> Cunningham asked.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The lawyer asked Cunningham if he could imagine any circumstance in which a 14 or 15-year-old boy could be held responsible in the eyes of the church when a priest asks him to engage in sex.<\/p>\n “Obviously, what the priest did was wrong,”<\/em> Cunningham said. “You\u2019re asking me if the young man had any culpability, and I can\u2019t judge that.”<\/em><\/p>\n Actually, you can<\/em> judge that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n This bishop and all the priests he defended with this mindless argument betrayed the trust of the parishioners and especially the children of the Diocese of Syracuse.<\/p>\n Charles Bailey has circulated a petition he intends to present to\u00a0Pope Francis<\/a>\u00a0in Philadelphia during his visit to remove Bishop Cunningham as the head of the church there.<\/p>\n