 | Pope's Strong Words Over Clergy Abuse SelectPlusPope's Strong Words Over Clergy AbusePope's Strong Words Over Clergy AbuseThe Associated PressPope Benedict XVI issues a strong apology to victims of clergy abuse during a mass in Australia. His words came with more force than past apologies, observers say. (July 19)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] [Notes:Dateline: Sydney, Australia][Notes:VO setup shot of mass]AN APOLOGY FROM POPE BENEDICT THE 16TH ... SAYING HE IS DEEPLY SORRY FOR THE PAIN OF PARISHONERS SEXUALLY ABUSED AT THE HANDS OF CLERGY.THE STRONGLY-WORDED APOLOGY CAME DURING A SATURDAY MASS IN AUSTRALIA.SOT: Indeed, I am deeply sorry for the pain and suffering the victims have endured and I assure them that as their pastor I do share in their suffering ... This is an unequivocal condemnation, they've caused great pain and damaged the church's witness.BUT HIS APOLOGY WAS MET WITH SHARP CRITICISM BY SOME OF AUSTRALIA'S CATHOLICS.THEY SAY THE POPE NEEDS TO DO MORE TO PREVENT FUTURE ABUSE. THEY WANT THE CHURCH TO PROVIDE HELP.SOT: He didn't tackle the real issues we're very concerned about and that is the issue of him taking responsibility, direct responsibility, to ensure that all the archdioceses provide practical, unlimited help to the victims of the Catholic church.IT'S NOT KNOWN HOW MANY VICTIMS OF CHURCH ABUSE THERE ARE IN AUSTRALIA ... THE NUMBERS ARE BELIEVED TO BE IN THE THOUSANDS. VICTIMS SAY THE CHURCH HAS COVERED UP THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM ... FIGHTING COMPENSATION CLAIMS IN COURT.IT IS POSSIBLE THE POPE MAY ALSO MEET WITH ABUSE VICTIMS DURING HIS AUSTRALIAN STAY.THE POPE HAS EXPRESSED REGRET FOR CLERGY ABUSE BEFORE ... BUT THIS TIME, HIS WORDS WERE STRONGER. ___ ___, The Associated Press.(****END****) ANCHOR VOICE:-------------------------VIDEO PRODUCER: Nicole Grether, Lee Powell------------------------------VIDEO SOURCE: AUS POOL/WORLD YOUTH DAY/IMG--------------------------VIDEO APPROVAL:------------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: No access Australia----------------------------------SCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE: Australia-Pope------------------------------------ |
 | Pope Apologizes for Abuse in Australia SelectPlusPope Apologizes for Abuse in AustraliaPope Apologizes for Abuse in AustraliaThe Associated PressPope Benedict XVI said he was "deeply sorry' for the sexual abuse of children by Australia's Catholic clergy, delivering a strongly-worded apology Saturday that described their acts as evil and a grave betrayal of trust. (July 19)This video contains ONLY natural sound. No script is available. |
 | Keith Allen Will Burn in Hell 1 of 5 This is a documentary of an untraditional flavor made by Keith Allen on the Westboro Baptist Church. He goes to Topeka and acts like an idiot, but is able to reveal the "sinful" nature of the church's leadership and its members. The leader, Shirley, does admit to having committed a specific sin, what Christians call one of the worst. I don't find this odd in the least. Since the revelation of child abuses conducted by Catholic priesthood and clergy of other faiths, I am sure many are now open to idea that anyone, as could have been reasonably concluded before these events, is capable of the worst inhumane acts. The revelation of Shirley's "youth" proves Westboro baptists are not unlike any of the people they accuse or condemn. This is the great hypocrisy of organized worshiping, to expect even the zealous to be perfect. I think one reason people take sides against them is because of their extreme lack of candor on this matter, though ironically the moderate who resists criticism is tacitly doing the same thing. Atheists are capable of self-contradiction, but they thrive in correction. Contradiction, especially derived through evidence, is a great tool to discovering great truths, scientific or not. In the matter of "hypocrisy," I take issue with what Hitchens calls, "the essential principle of totalitarianism," made by "laws that are impossible to obey." The act of assigning commandments that are impossible to keep is immoral. It is common knowledge that the "strict" are fallible, yet God gave even them reason to fear judgment. If this is true of those who actually try to keep them with full intent, as the Westboro Baptists do, what does that mean for the holiday believers? It means that they will be met by atheists, agnostics, and whoremongers (among other faiths of course) in the Hell that waits them. Sound fair to you? Aside from this issue of manifest hypocrisy: Christianity in general must answer for the crimes of this "extremism." Adherents must answer because their literature provides the iconography, diction, and lexicon of people such as these. Listen to them speak. With each claim they cite chapter and verse. Don't anyone tell me these are the rantings of a lost group taking the "metaphors" in the Bible too literally. Moderation in Christian thinking allows for statements like these because it has to. The one idea separating fanatic from moderate is apology, and I'll bet you know which type of believer I'm referring to. |
 | Keith Allen Will Burn in Hell 2 of 5 This is a documentary of an untraditional flavor made by Keith Allen on the Westboro Baptist Church. He goes to Topeka and acts like an idiot, but is able to reveal the "sinful" nature of the church's leadership and its members. The leader, Shirley, does admit to having committed a specific sin, what Christians call one of the worst. I don't find this odd in the least. Since the revelation of child abuses conducted by Catholic priesthood and clergy of other faiths, I am sure many are now open to idea that anyone, as could have been reasonably concluded before these events, is capable of the worst inhumane acts. The revelation of Shirley's "youth" proves Westboro baptists are not unlike any of the people they accuse or condemn. This is the great hypocrisy of organized worshiping, to expect even the zealous to be perfect. I think one reason people take sides against them is because of their extreme lack of candor on this matter, though ironically the moderate who resists criticism is tacitly doing the same thing. Atheists are capable of self-contradiction, but they thrive in correction. Contradiction, especially derived through evidence, is a great tool to discovering great truths, scientific or not. In the matter of "hypocrisy," I take issue with what Hitchens calls, "the essential principle of totalitarianism," made by "laws that are impossible to obey." The act of assigning commandments that are impossible to keep is immoral. It is common knowledge that the "strict" are fallible, yet God gave even them reason to fear judgment. If this is true of those who actually try to keep them with full intent, as the Westboro Baptists do, what does that mean for the holiday believers? It means that they will be met by atheists, agnostics, and whoremongers (among other faiths of course) in the Hell that waits them. Sound fair to you? Aside from this issue of manifest hypocrisy: Christianity in general must answer for the crimes of this "extremism." Adherents must answer because their literature provides the iconography, diction, and lexicon of people such as these. Listen to them speak. With each claim they cite chapter and verse. Don't anyone tell me these are the rantings of a lost group taking the "metaphors" in the Bible too literally. Moderation in Christian thinking allows for statements like these because it has to. The one idea separating fanatic from moderate is apology, and I'll bet you know which type of believer I'm referring to. |
 | Keith Allen Will Burn in Hell 4 of 5 This is a documentary of an untraditional flavor made by Keith Allen on the Westboro Baptist Church. He goes to Topeka and acts like an idiot, but is able to reveal the "sinful" nature of the church's leadership and its members. The leader, Shirley, does admit to having committed a specific sin, what Christians call one of the worst. I don't find this odd in the least. Since the revelation of child abuses conducted by Catholic priesthood and clergy of other faiths, I am sure many are now open to idea that anyone, as could have been reasonably concluded before these events, is capable of the worst inhumane acts. The revelation of Shirley's "youth" proves Westboro baptists are not unlike any of the people they accuse or condemn. This is the great hypocrisy of organized worshiping, to expect even the zealous to be perfect. I think one reason people take sides against them is because of their extreme lack of candor on this matter, though ironically the moderate who resists criticism is tacitly doing the same thing. Atheists are capable of self-contradiction, but they thrive in correction. Contradiction, especially derived through evidence, is a great tool to discovering great truths, scientific or not. In the matter of "hypocrisy," I take issue with what Hitchens calls, "the essential principle of totalitarianism," made by "laws that are impossible to obey." The act of assigning commandments that are impossible to keep is immoral. It is common knowledge that the "strict" are fallible, yet God gave even them reason to fear judgment. If this is true of those who actually try to keep them with full intent, as the Westboro Baptists do, what does that mean for the holiday believers? It means that they will be met by atheists, agnostics, and whoremongers (among other faiths of course) in the Hell that waits them. Sound fair to you? Aside from this issue of manifest hypocrisy: Christianity in general must answer for the crimes of this "extremism." Adherents must answer because their literature provides the iconography, diction, and lexicon of people such as these. Listen to them speak. With each claim they cite chapter and verse. Don't anyone tell me these are the rantings of a lost group taking the "metaphors" in the Bible too literally. Moderation in Christian thinking allows for statements like these because it has to. The one idea separating fanatic from moderate is apology, and I'll bet you know which type of believer I'm referring to. |
 | Keith Allen Will Burn in Hell 5 of 5 This is a documentary of an untraditional flavor made by Keith Allen on the Westboro Baptist Church. He goes to Topeka and acts like an idiot, but is able to reveal the "sinful" nature of the church's leadership and its members. The leader, Shirley, does admit to having committed a specific sin, what Christians call one of the worst. I don't find this odd in the least. Since the revelation of child abuses conducted by Catholic priesthood and clergy of other faiths, I am sure many are now open to idea that anyone, as could have been reasonably concluded before these events, is capable of the worst inhumane acts. The revelation of Shirley's "youth" proves Westboro baptists are not unlike any of the people they accuse or condemn. This is the great hypocrisy of organized worshiping, to expect even the zealous to be perfect. I think one reason people take sides against them is because of their extreme lack of candor on this matter, though ironically the moderate who resists criticism is tacitly doing the same thing. Atheists are capable of self-contradiction, but they thrive in correction. Contradiction, especially derived through evidence, is a great tool to discovering great truths, scientific or not. In the matter of "hypocrisy," I take issue with what Hitchens calls, "the essential principle of totalitarianism," made by "laws that are impossible to obey." The act of assigning commandments that are impossible to keep is immoral. It is common knowledge that the "strict" are fallible, yet God gave even them reason to fear judgment. If this is true of those who actually try to keep them with full intent, as the Westboro Baptists do, what does that mean for the holiday believers? It means that they will be met by atheists, agnostics, and whoremongers (among other faiths of course) in the Hell that waits them. Sound fair to you? Aside from this issue of manifest hypocrisy: Christianity in general must answer for the crimes of this "extremism." Adherents must answer because their literature provides the iconography, diction, and lexicon of people such as these. Listen to them speak. With each claim they cite chapter and verse. Don't anyone tell me these are the rantings of a lost group taking the "metaphors" in the Bible too literally. Moderation in Christian thinking allows for statements like these because it has to. The one idea separating fanatic from moderate is apology, and I'll bet you know which type of believer I'm referring to. |
 | Keith Allen Will Burn in Hell 3 of 5 This is a documentary of an untraditional flavor made by Keith Allen on the Westboro Baptist Church. He goes to Topeka and acts like an idiot, but is able to reveal the "sinful" nature of the church's leadership and its members. The leader, Shirley, does admit to having committed a specific sin, what Christians call one of the worst. I don't find this odd in the least. Since the revelation of child abuses conducted by Catholic priesthood and clergy of other faiths, I am sure many are now open to idea that anyone, as could have been reasonably concluded before these events, is capable of the worst inhumane acts. The revelation of Shirley's "youth" proves Westboro baptists are not unlike any of the people they accuse or condemn. This is the great hypocrisy of organized worshiping, to expect even the zealous to be perfect. I think one reason people take sides against them is because of their extreme lack of candor on this matter, though ironically the moderate who resists criticism is tacitly doing the same thing. Atheists are capable of self-contradiction, but they thrive in correction. Contradiction, especially derived through evidence, is a great tool to discovering great truths, scientific or not. In the matter of "hypocrisy," I take issue with what Hitchens calls, "the essential principle of totalitarianism," made by "laws that are impossible to obey." The act of assigning commandments that are impossible to keep is immoral. It is common knowledge that the "strict" are fallible, yet God gave even them reason to fear judgment. If this is true of those who actually try to keep them with full intent, as the Westboro Baptists do, what does that mean for the holiday believers? It means that they will be met by atheists, agnostics, and whoremongers (among other faiths of course) in the Hell that waits them. Sound fair to you? Aside from this issue of manifest hypocrisy: Christianity in general must answer for the crimes of this "extremism." Adherents must answer because their literature provides the iconography, diction, and lexicon of people such as these. Listen to them speak. With each claim they cite chapter and verse. Don't anyone tell me these are the rantings of a lost group taking the "metaphors" in the Bible too literally. Moderation in Christian thinking allows for statements like these because it has to. The one idea separating fanatic from moderate is apology, and I'll bet you know which type of believer I'm referring to. |
 | Pope in Australia for World Youth Day SelectPlusPope in Australia for World Youth DayPope in Australia for World Youth DayThe Associated PressPope Benedict XVI has raised expectations he will apologize directly to victims of clergy sexual abuse during a visit to Australia this week for a Roman Catholic gathering of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims. (July 14)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] [Notes:boat full of pilgrims pulling into dock]They are arriving by the boatload... [Notes:bus full of pilgrims] And the busload [Notes:groups of pilgrims]Pilgrims from around the world are pouring into Australia for the World Youth Day festivities with Pope Benedict. [Notes:nats up - guitar player] For many, the celebrations are already underway. [Notes:pope on plane]The Pope arrived Sunday after a 20 hour plane ride from Italy. [Notes:Rudd and Benedict] Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd greeting him at the airport before Benedict headed for a retreat. His first public events aren't until Thursday.SOT: Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Archbishop of Sydney: "He has a few days to recover from the longest flight that he has undertaken and I am sure that he will be in fine form for his official welcome on Thursday." [Notes:close of Pope's folded hands]One thing the Pope know he must address is the clergy sex-abuse scandal. SOT: Pope Benedict: "I will essentially say the same things as I said in America.There are things that always bad and pedophilia is always bad." [Notes:nats of protestors] A member of the group Broken Rites welcomes a Papal apology, but says words are not enough.SOT: Chris MacIsaac, Broken Rites: "Of-course its welcomed, but it must come with action. For too long the victims have been re-abused by church hierarchy."Activists in Australia say there could be thousands of victims of clergy abuse in that country.Pope Benedict will spend 10 days down under - including a Mass before an estimated crowd of 200-thousand during the World Youth Day festival. ___ ___, The Associated Press |
 | AP Top Stories SelectPlusAP Top StoriesAP Top StoriesThe Associated PressHere's the latest news for Saturday July 19: Obama in Afghanistan; Iran nuclear talks underway; Pope apologizes for Australian clergy sex abuse; Angelina Jolie and twins leave hospital.[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]This is A-P NewsMinute.Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is in Afghanistan. The Illinois senator arrived in Kabul as part of an official congressional delegation. His first visit to the country comes less than four months before the general election.A high-ranking U.S. diplomat was among the officials at talks on Iran's nuclear program. The multi-national talks took place in Switzerland. Iran ruled out freezing uranium enrichment, but agreed to resume talks in two weeks.Pope Benedict says he is deeply sorry for the pain and suffering caused to victims of clergy sex abuse. He's in Australia for World Youth Day celebrations. The apology came during a Mass in Sydney. He called the acts of abuse a grave betrayal of trust that had caused great pain.Officials at a hospital in Nice, France say Angelina Jolie and her twins, Knox and Vivienne, have left the hospital. The hospital says the mother and her babies are doing very well. The twins were delivered by C-section ten days after Jolie checked into the hospital. ___ ___, The Associated Press with AP NewsMinute. (****END****) |
 | AP Top Stories SelectPlusAP Top StoriesAP Top StoriesThe Associated PressHere's the latest news for Saturday July 19: Obama in Afghanistan; Iran nuclear talks underway; Pope apologizes for Australian clergy sex abuse; Angelina Jolie and twins leave hospital.This is A-P NewsMinute.Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is in Afghanistan where he plans to meet with President Hamid Karzai. On the way he made a stop in Kuwait where he ate and played a little basketball with troops stationed there. He's on a tour of the Middle East and Europe. A high-ranking U.S. diplomat is among the officials at talks on Iran's nuclear program. The multi-national talks are taking place in Switzerland. There is optimism that the talks will help entice Iran into ending activities that could lead to nuclear weapons.Pope Benedict says he is deeply sorry for the pain and suffering caused to victims of clergy sex abuse. He's in Australia for World Youth Day celebrations. The apology came during a Mass in Sydney. He called the acts of abuse a grave betrayal of trust that had caused great pain.Officials at a hospital in Nice, France say Angelina Jolie and her twins, Knox and Vivienne, have left the hospital. The hospital says the mother and her babies are doing very well. The twins were delivered by C-section ten days after Jolie checked into the hospital. ___ ___, The Associated Press with AP NewsMinute |
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