“I think I explained it, I did not want to create a situation where it is written that in every parish, in every church, in every monastery, because it is not true, such a generalization” – said Jan Filip Libicki, referring to refer on his entry addressed to Tomasz Terlikowski, who deals with pedophilia in the church.
When asked on the “Twenty past” program, Libicki commented on his own entry.
If you read this post carefully, you can see that it is a kind of bitter irony aimed at Mr. Terlikowski. I think I explained that, I did not want to make a situation where it is written that in every parish, in every church, in every monastery, because it is not true, such a generalization
– he said.
If it was thought that this is some kind of lessening of the suffering of those to whom this suffering was inflicted through the sin of pedophilia in the church, it was not my intention
– added.
Film about John Paul II
He then referred to the TVN movie about St. John Paul II.
As for this movie. I want to say that John Paul II is a saint to me. Saint, it doesn’t mean someone who wasn’t wrong
he said.
He also remembered the story of St. Paul.
It’s hard to get a worse start to holiness. We evaluate life. This does not mean that John Paul II was infallible. He could make mistakes. I believe there are no allegations even in this movie that John Paul II was covering up anything. (…) Sixty or seventy years ago, the perception of pedophilia crimes by many people, by society, was different, the knowledge was different. I wondered what analogy to use. An analogy occurred to me that several hundred years ago many diseases were cured by bloodletting. Today someone would say it is either harmful or nonsensical from the point of view of contemporary medicine. That’s how it was done then. You cannot accept that today you are aware of the suffering of victims affected by the crime of pedophilia and that you look at the standards of sixty years ago from that perspective. Just
– said Jan Filip Libicki.
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