Pope Benedict XVI Needs to Resign

I hinted in my post last week about the Catholic Church's ever-growing sexual abuse scandal that Pope Benedict XVI might want to think about resigning to save face.  With new revelations that the Associated Press has obtained a letter from the pope, then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, which advises against laicizing priest Stephen Kiesle, who pleaded no contest to charges of lewd conduct for tying up two boys in a church rectory and molesting them, I believe that Pope Benedict XVI has no other choice.

The Catholic Church's Response to Ever-Widening Sex Abuse Scandal Falls Short

Yet again Nate writes a post that paves the way for a Kane rant.  Nate's post last week about the Catholic Church comparing criticism it is receiving over new revelations of institutionalized sex abuse within its dioceses to the persecution of Jews throughout history got me thinking about how out-of-touch the Church's response has been to this recent round of abuse allegations.

When I first read that the Church was comparing itself to the plight of Jews throughout history I thought, how ironic.  Why would an institution that has received a lot of criticism for remaining "neutral" during the Holocaust compare its current situation of receiving genuine criticism for acts committed under its umbrella of responsibility to death camps and Nazism?