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Supported ban g government yung mga churches through taxes?
Should ministers and priest talk about politics or endorse a specific political party or view?
Homosexuality among the members of the church
Interaction between poverty, power, and crime.
Child abuse
Corruption in church
How was churches on post-marcos era
He is angered by “a double disappearance, a double injustice” if people choose to remain
apathetic, and says that “time and forgetfulness are the allies of abusers.” He is angered by
how the People Power of 1986 is called “a bloodless revolution” while thousands of Filipinos
died before and after it.
PHILIPPINES- ASIA’S LARGEST CATHOLIC- MAJORITY COUNTRY
ABOUT 8-10 FILIPINOS ARE CATHOLIC.
Father Cullen said cases involving clergymen make up a small portion of the total child sex
abuse cases in the Philippines. But he believes it is important to try them in civilian courts rather
than solely in church tribunals.
To date, there is no nationwide data publicly available on the number of cases of child sexual abuses
committed by the clergy in the Philippines.
THE PHILIPPINE PROCESS
In the Philippines, it is the diocesan bishop who determines if a complaint of sexual abuse lodged
against a cleric has a “semblance of truth”. He can then issue a decree opening a preliminary
investigation.
Unless the complaint is deemed frivolous, the case and investigation results are referred to the
CDF in the Vatican, which decides on how to proceed with the matter.
The bishop may suspend the cleric from his pastoral duties, even as the Church offers pastoral
care and therapy to an accused cleric, Archbishop Lavarias explained.
He added that in some cases, a cleric can be isolated in a home run by the Church.
Under the guidelines, a cleric found guilty of sexually abusing a minor cannot be transferred or
rotated to a different diocese or ministry.
“If found guilty, the same safeguarding restrictions should be enforced regardless of the person’s
state in life. These restrictions are intended to prevent further abuse from occurring,” he explained.
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