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and as hard as the church is trying to control the conversation, the internet, and the scope of the abuses committed just recently are enough to keep it alive. I foresee the Irish politely inviting the RC Church to go fuck themselves, and to leave their country. Germans are already talking about litigation against the pope. English barristers are working on ways to attack the Pope's claim of sovereignty.
Despite the billions and billions paid here because of the sex crimes committed by RC priests, there still is no single movement pushing on the entire organization. That is by design. The catholic church, and its many paid political supporters, has successfully splintered what it considers "the opposition".
The Church is used to controversy, having caused so much in its 2000 history. It has always taken the long view. As an example, the jesuits, (the spies, the eyes and the ears of the Vatican) have regular meetings, planning their (and the church's) future. Regular, as in every 50 years. Many of them within the Vatican really think that this latest blow up will disappear over time, just like the church's many crimes in the past were swept under the rug. But those devious, old, pampered, arrogant, old men haven't grasped the impact of instant global communication, and the ability of Americans and Irish to react and take into account the abuse, the cover ups, and the lies the Church committed in England, Germany or Canada. When people begin to put it all together, the church loses.
Until and unless a massive step is taken, ie, Pope Rat resigning, this will fester and get worse. Given the inability of the Church to ever admit to a mistake, much less a global conspiracy to shield its hundreds of pedphile child sex abusers from prosecution, the festering will be with us for a long time.
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