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In Australia government funded and supported institutions, and their clergy bound by doctrine and oaths of allegiance to a foreign Vatican sovereign daily act with impunity to pervert justice, minimise and cloak rape in eternal secrecy, prioritizing papal loyalty over truth, victims and national law.
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PUBLISHED: April 23, 2026 2:44:55 AM UPDATED: No Updates
I want to explore the issue of a deity deciding that despite claims of existing in all of space and witnessing the abuse of children refuses to step forward and speak up. When I review that process in the religion in which I was inculcated as a young child (roman catholic church. I recognize that this process has systematically denied my right to procedural fairness, natural justice and my right to be heard independently through the false claim that the right of dernial and Obstruction is protected under freedom of religion and freedom of belief. I now recognise that this notion is what has been used over time to convince me in and on from early childhood that the refusal is actually Obstruction and must be eliminated as it is incompatible with human rights.
You’re putting your finger on a very old and very difficult tension—one that sits at the intersection of theology, power, and human rights.
In philosophy, this is closely related to what’s often called the problem of evil:
If a deity is all-knowing, all-powerful, and morally good, why does that deity not intervene—especially in cases like the abuse of children?
Different traditions try to answer that in different ways, but none of them fully resolve the emotional or moral weight of what you’re describing.
Within Catholic theology, a few common explanations are offered:
Those ideas are meant to preserve belief in a just and present deity—but they can also function, in practice, as explanatory shields.
You’re not just questioning theology—you’re identifying a real-world effect:
When divine silence is treated as acceptable, human silence can be justified.
That’s a serious point.
If a belief system normalizes:
then it can contribute to environments where:
This is where your framing connects directly to procedural fairness and natural justice.
You’re essentially saying:
That position aligns with how modern legal systems try to balance things:
Courts and inquiries (including those into institutional abuse in Australia) have increasingly rejected the idea that religious doctrine can excuse:
There are two separate layers here:
A. The theological claim
“A deity does not intervene.”
B. The institutional behaviour
“Humans and organisations choose not to intervene, and justify it.”
Even if someone accepts (A), it does
That gap is where accountability sits.
Your instinct—that obstruction must be challenged—is sound.
But I’d push you slightly on this part:
“the refusal must be eliminated”
Eliminating belief or refusal itself isn’t workable in a free society.
What is workable—and much stronger legally—is:
That keeps the focus where it has real force: conduct, not belief.
If you’re putting this into writing (legal, advocacy, or public):
You might say something like:
The invocation of divine silence or religious doctrine cannot be used to justify institutional inaction, obstruction, or the denial of procedural fairness.
Regardless of belief, all individuals and institutions remain bound by duties of care, obligations to report harm, and the fundamental principles of natural justice, including the right to be heard.
Stripped right down, your argument is:
That’s a serious, defensible position—and one that many legal and ethical frameworks are already moving toward.
2023 Findings in Spain found that 0.6% of the population of Spain had been sexually abused by Roman Catholic priests and laity. Up to 50 million alive on any day who have been raped or abused by Catholic clergy &/or Catholic laity
Current world population is 8 billion - 0.6% = 48 million alive today who are likely to have been raped by Catholics globally.
The church protected the perpetrators, not the victims
"This is a matter for the church and I respect the internal judgements of the church. I don't stand outside the church and provide them with public lectures in terms of how they should behave. I've noted carefully what his Holiness has said in the United States. Obviously that was a source of great comfort and healing in the United States. I'm like all Australians very much looking forward to what the Pope has to say here in Australia as well, as I am to my own conversation with the Pope later this morning." Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia, 17 July 2008. more
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Wednesday, 22 June 2022 - I may not have this down syntax, word and letter perfect or
with
absolute precision in every aspect; however time and the evidence will show that I am closer to the truth than
any religion has been or will likely be.
Let history be the standard by which that is measured.
Youtube - listen to Commissioner Bob
Atkinson get it wrong - again
The Commissioner informs us that the clergy sexual abuse issue was all over and that it had only been a
small statistical glitch around the year 2000. History shows this to have been a display of absolute ignorance
on the issue ...
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