Why People are becoming God Haters?

[jesusandyou]

Read this interesting article at http://www.tehelka.com/story_main5.asp?fil...2104roll_of.asp . Read in full.

I never knew Priests in India rape ladies. Is it part of their Evangelical Mission work?

[Seeker]

That was one priest.  You imply this happens a lot.  There are wolves in sheep's clothing everywhere.  The majority of priests are Christ-like and live, as well as spread, the Gospel.  For every criminal in the news that wears the clerical collar, there are a thousand or more working every day doing the Lord's work who get no recognition.  

Let us keep all of these people in our prayers, including the victims of such horrible crimes.

[jesusandyou]

Please don't put the blame on the Priests who the raped. Blame it on the Church or Bishop's house who allowed that to happen.

Will you allow your 3 year kid to smoke cocaine?

I don't know our prayers can make a difference to numerous victims who became God haters and became atheists for example.

[Rev. Eric]

Jesusandyou, I'm afraid I'm not following what you are saying.  Do you believe that a bishop actually "allowed" a priest to rape a nun?

One of the severest traumas she faced was when a priest raped her.

Unless I missed something, this sentence is the only part of the article dealing with the alleged rape.  I did not see anything about a bishop knowing that this priest intended to rape a nun but then refused to do anything about it.

I agree with Seeker in calling such a priest a wolf in sheep's clothing.  Every Christian denomination has them, as does every religion and every cult.

You also seem to think that bishops have the power and resources to moniter their priests and insure that they are not commiting crimes.  The Church does not have wire taps, detectives, hidden cameras and task forces.  At the time I am typing this, my rectory is completely empty (aside from myself).  My pastor is away on vacation and the other parochial vicar is making hospital rounds.  If I wanted to, I could walk out the front door and drive off and no one would see me.  My bishop, incidentally, is in another city which is a 2.5 hour drive away.

Let us say, STRICKLY FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT, that I decided to go off and commit a crime, but was caught by the police and you later heard about it in the news.  Would you then "blame it on the Church or Bishop's house who allowed that to happen"?  What exactly could have been done by the Church or my bishop to stop me?  And let me repeat that I posed this strickly for the sake of argument.  I am not a criminal, nor do I actually contemplate doing any crimes, and I do not prey on my flock.  

Like the vast majority of priests, I live a life in service to others, and I have made sacrifices in order to do just that.  When a priest here and there commits a crime, I am upset about it as much as everyone else.  Furthermore, it angers me because this person has preyed upon those he should have protected, and made the rest of us look bad in the eyes of the world.

Training for the priesthood involves extensive examinations and police background checks.  I received such a background check before I was accepted as a seminarian six years ago, and I received another when I started working as a priest.  Seminarians also undergo psychological evaluations and their behavior is closely monitered during years of seminary formation.  What more can the Church possibly do to try to insure that it weeds out the potential wolves?

God bless,
-Rev. Eric