Ayizondaba ukuba iCawa yamaRoma Katolika inengxaki yesini. Akuyondlwan’ iyanetha ukukhuthaza indlela yokuziphatha ngokwesondo yangaphambili kwihlabathi langoku. Kwimixholo enjengokuphulula amaphambili, ukulawulwa kokuzalwa, ukuba neentlobano zesini ngomlomo, iintlobano zesini ngaphambi komtshato, ubugcisa bokuzala, ukuqhomfa, kunye nobufanasini iCawa iye yala ngokuqinileyo ukufudukela kwixesha langoku kwaye ngenxa yoko iye yajamelana nokugxekwa okukhulu ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwamanqanaba ayo.
Kodwa njengokuba inqabile ukushukuma kwiziseko zemfundiso yezakwalizwi yezokwabelana ngesondo iye yala ngokuqinileyo ukujongana esidlangalaleni nangokunyaniseka nomba osele ubambe icawa yase-US kwindawo ekufutshane: zombini izityholo kunye nokwamkelwa kokuphathwa gadalala kwabantwana. ngababingeleli.
Ngelixa izityholo zokuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo kwabantwana – phantse rhoqo amakhwenkwe– ngabefundisi bamaRoma Katolika sele zisematheni isithuba esingaphezulu kwamashumi amabini eminyaka ukutyhilwa kwempatho-gadalala exhaphakileyo kwi-archdioceses yaseBoston yothuse neyona cawa iqaqadekileyo negxekayo. amalungu kunye nabahlalutyi becawa.
Ukususela ngo-1992 ngokusasazwa kweendaba ngokubulawa kwezityholo ngakulowo wayesakuba ngumfundisi uJames R. Porter, uKhadinali uBernard F. Law uye waba nomdla kwindlela ii-archdioceses eziwusingathe ngayo lo mba.
Uphando oluqhubekayo, kunye namatyala olwaphulo-mthetho ajongene noJohn Geoghan – ngoku ojongene nezityholo ezingaphaya kwekhulu lamatyala okuxhatshazwa kwabantwana ngokwesondo – kwenze kwacaca ukuba kule minyaka ingamashumi amabini idlulileyo iKhadinali uMthetho uye waphinda wabeka abefundisi abatyholwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo. Ukuphathwa gadalala kumarhamente amatsha endaweni yokuwagcina kude namarhamente aselula, ukuba i-archdiocese ithe cwaka yalungiselela iindawo zokuhlala ezingaphandle kwenkundla, ziphelele phakathi kwamashumi amathathu ukuya kwamashumi amane ezigidi zeedola kubuncinci abefundisi abangamashumi asixhenxe abatyholwa ngokuxhaphaza abantwana kwaye nge-6 kaMatshi babhengeze ukuba hlawula imali ethelekisekayo kumadoda athi axhatshazwe nguJohn Geoghan kule minyaka ingamashumi amabini idlulileyo.
Kuqikelelwa ukuba ezi nzame ziphuma enkundleni zinokuphela zixabisa ii-archdioceses ngaphezu kwekhulu lezigidi zeerandi. Kwaye oko akuthethi ukubala naziphi na iindleko ezinokuthi zenziwe ngamatyala olwaphulo-mthetho kwixesha elizayo.
Ukuwa kolu thotho lwamahlazo kuye kwaba kukhulu. Ngelixa uninzi lweendawo zokuhlala zigutyungelwe yi-inshorensi, ngokuya ngokuya abanye abarhwebi be-inshorensi besala ukuhlawula amabango besithi ingxaki ibangelwe kukungakhathali kweCardinal Law kunye ne-archdiocese.
Kwilizwe lonke ezinye iidayosisi – iDallas kunye neSante Fe ngokukodwa– ziye zaqhutywa zade zabhanga ngenxa yamabango okuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo.
Ngokutsho kohlolisiso olwenziwa yiBoston Globe, amaKatolika aseBoston angamashumi amane anesibhozo ekhulwini akholelwa ukuba ufanele arhoxe, amashumi amathandathu anesine ekhulwini acinga ukuba iCawa inomdla ngakumbi ekukhuseleni abefundisi emva koko incede abantu abaye baxhatshazwa, yaye amashumi asixhenxe anesibhozo ekhulwini akholelwa ukuba iinkokeli zecawa. baye bawagubungela amatyala okuxhatshazwa ngokwesini ngabefundisi.
Kodwa njengoko oku kuyingozi kakhulu kwiCawa yamaKatolika – eBoston nakwilizwe lonke– enkulu ngakumbi, kwaye ekuhambeni kwexesha okuneziphumo ezithe chatha, isiphumo kukuxelelwa okumangalisayo oku kuthabathile kwimpembelelo enkulu yezopolitiko yecawe. .
Ngelixa amaziko onqulo amaninzi aye azama ngamandla ukuphembelela umgaqo-nkqubo woluntu nentlalontle kule minyaka idlulileyo, iCawa yamaRoma Katolika iye yaphumelela ngokukodwa ekuphembeleleni ngokuchasene nomthetho owawufuna ukukhulula umthetho ophathelele isini, ukuveliswa komntwana kunye nemiba enxulumene noko. Ngelixa oku kuyinyani kwabaninzi, ukuba akunjalo, izixeko zase-US imeko yaseBoston iye yaphawuleka ngakumbi. Ngokwembali indlu yowiso-mthetho yaseBoston ibikade ingamaKatolika ubukhulu becala – okwangoku ingamashumi asixhenxe anesihlanu epesenti yamaRoma Katolika – kwaye ngokungaqhelekanga iba sesichengeni sempembelelo ka-Archbishop kunye ne-ofisi yeChancery.
Umzekelo umthetho oyilwayo ochasene nocalucalulo lwamafanasini waziswa kwindlu yowiso-mthetho kaRhulumente ngo-1972. Awuzange upasiswe ngo-1989, kwaye unyaka nonyaka owona mthetho uphambili, nowona usebenzayo, ukuphembelela ngokuchasene nawo wawusenziwa yi-archdiocese. Ebudeni belo xesha kukho iingxoxo eziphindaphindiweyo zokubhangisa umthetho we-sodomy wenkulungwane ye-XNUMX weMassachusetts.
Kwaye nangona umda we-bill uye wanqunyulwa kule minyaka zizigqibo zenkundla, i-Massachusetts House of Representatives ayizange isebenze kuyo nayiphi na imizamo yokurhoxisa ngenxa ye-lobby eqinile, eqhubekayo evela kwi-archdiocese.
Kodwa oku akukhona nje malunga nemiba ye-gay kunye ne-lesbian. I-archdiocese yaphembelela ngamandla, kwaye ngempumelelo, ngokuchasene nomthetho oyilwayo weDomestic Partnership (obiyandisa izibonelelo zokhathalelo lwempilo kumaqabane angatshatanga omsebenzi karhulumente) hayi nje ngokuba inika izibini ezingamafanasini “amalungelo awodwa” kodwa ngenxa yokuba zinika amalungelo adla ngokugcinelwa izibini ezitshatileyo. kwizibini ezingatshatanga. Ukuphembelela yayisesona sizathu sokuba Owayesakuba yiRhuluneli uCellucci ale ukutyikitya ibhili.
Nangona iinzame ze-archduchess 'indlu yowiso-mthetho yeSizwe ipasise umthetho oyilwayo ogunyazise abaqeshi babucala ukuba babonelele ngokhuseleko lokukhulelwa kwizicwangciso zabo zeinshorensi yezempilo. Icebo lagxekwa yiCawe – nangona laliqulathe ukukhululwa kwimibutho yezenkolo – ngenxa yokuba layenza buthathaka indima yomtshato nosapho.
ICatholic Action League, imibutho engenzi ngeniso esebenzisana ngokusondeleyo neKhardinali noobhishophu abakhulu kwimibandela yemigaqo-nkqubo kawonke-wonke yachazwa kwingxelo yeendaba: “Ukususela kuhlaselo lwango-9/11, kuye kwakho ingxokozelo ehlaziyiweyo, ingakumbi phakathi kwabo babambelele kwisithethe nakumaRiphabhlikhi, malunga neli lizwe. amanqanaba aphezulu okufudukela kwelinye ilizwe, ukanti bayala ukuqaphela oonobangela bezentlalo nezoqoqosho bengxaki yokufudukela eMelika.
Indlela exhaphakileyo yokuqhomfa kunye noqingqo-nzala ibangele ukwehla kwezinga lokuzala kwabantu besizwe saseYurophu naseMelika. Kwanesizukulwana sesibini se-Hispanics siqala ukuva iziphumo zayo. Imithetho kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo yoluntu ekhuthaza ukusetyenziswa kwezicwangcisi yindlela yokuzibulala kwabantu kunye ne-euthanasia yoluntu. "
IBoston ayisiyiyo imeko ikhethekileyo yendlela iCawa yamaRoma Katolika ephembelela ngayo umthetho kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo wentlalo, nangona imbali yecawa kubomi bayo bezopolitiko iyenza ibe ngumzekelo omhle wamandla amakhulu enawo.
Into ecacayo ngoku, nangona kunjalo, kukuba amahlazo okuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo kunye nokupapashwa kwabo kakubi kuya kuthintela ngakumbi icawa yaseMelika yamaKatolika ekuthabatheni umgangatho wokuziphatha kwimiba enxulumene nesondo, amalungelo okuzala, ukuziqhelanisa ngokwesondo, okanye isini.
Ngeendlela ezininzi oku kukukhawulezisa nje inkqubo esele iqalisiwe ziinzame zamatshantliziyo alwela amalungelo abasetyhini kunye namagqabantshintshi, kunye namandla embali. Kule minyaka ilishumi idluleyo uhlolisiso luye lwabonisa ukuba amaKatolika azaziyo, ahamba icawa sele ezikhwebule ngokupheleleyo kwiimfundiso zeVatican eziphathelele isini:
amashumi asixhenxe ekhulwini akavumelani nembono yecawa ngoqingqo-nzala;
abangamashumi amathandathu anesithathu ekhulwini abavumelani nemfundiso yayo ngoqhawulo-mtshato; amashumi amahlanu anesine ekhulwini akavumelani nokusalela kwawo ukuba neentlobano zesini ngaphambi komtshato,
yaye amashumi amahlanu ananye ekhulwini akavumelani nokuma kwawo nxamnye nobufanasini.
Ngelixa iCawe iwagcinile amandla ayo okuphembelela – nangaphandle kwegunya lesihlalo sokuyixhasa - kude kube ngoku iqinisekile ukuba iphulukene noninzi lwayo ngenxa yala manyundululu okuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo.
Nangona kuye kwathethwa kakhulu ngentlungu yamaxhoba kula matyala, kuye kwakho imvakalelo esisiseko yolwaneliseko phakathi kwabaqhubela phambili ukuba iCawa kunye nolawulo lwayo ekugqibeleni lufumana ushicilelo olubi olulufaneleyo.
Ukusabela okunjalo, nangona kuqondakala ngokupheleleyo, kuyinto encinane. Inyaniso yeyokuba impembelelo embi yamatyala okuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo abandakanya abefundisi bamaKatolika sisiqalo sesiphelo sempembelelo yeCawa kumgaqo-nkqubo wezentlalo nomthetho wase-US.