If you have faith now, do not let the abuse of children by priests ruin your faith.
Did God do it? No.
Did priests with serious problems do it? Yes.
Were they protected and moved around by the hierarchy we were supposed to trust? Yes.
Again, did God to it? No.
It is hard for the average Catholic to separate their faith from the actions of the priests, bishops, and the pope. If your faith is challenged by this issue, then you must, absolutely must, ask yourself, "is my faith in God, or in the Church as an institution?" Ask that of yourself, and see whether or not your faith for all these years has rested in the institution and not in God. That is a challenging question, because people will say my faith was in both, but is that the right answer? You have faith in God, and trust in the church, not the other way around. I am reminded of people who still pine for the old Latin church, because their faith is in that and not in God.
Did God abuse children? No.
Did Servants of the Church abuse and cover it up? Yes.
We must be clear in where our anger should be directed. Think of the children over time who did tell, and were beaten by their parents for suggesting such a thing. Why would they do that? Simple, their faith was in the church, and not ultimately in God.
A new missal is about to come out, it may be inferior, but since no one has seen every page of it, we don't know, yet is it important enough to get riled up about when the scandal of abuse is over our heads? No.
Did God ever write a liturgy? No.
Put your faith into proper perspective.
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