Ngokwamazwi kaPope Saint Gregory Omkhulu, “Akakho umntu owenza okubi eCaweni ngaphezu kwakhe, abanewonga okanye isikhundla sobungcwele, benza ububi” (Ukhathalelo lobufundisi).
Njengoko uYesu Kristu watshoyo UMateyu 18:5, Othe wakhubekisa noko amnye waba bancinane bakholwayo kum;, ngekumlungele kanye ukuba agalelwe ilitye lokusila elikhulu entanyeni yakhe, antywiliselwe enzulwini yolwandle.
Iziganeko eCaweni, njengehlazo lamva nje lokuxhatshazwa ngokwesini komfundisi, bangqine ukuba nesono kwemvelo yomntu, kodwa nakwinyaniso yokuba umtyholi uzama ngamandla ukutsala imiphefumlo emininzi kangangoko anako ukuyihla iye emhadini kunye naye ngaphambi kokubuya kukaKristu.. Ukuba utshaba lusebenza nzima luzama ukutshabalalisa imiphefumlo ngaphakathi eCaweni akufanele kusimangalise, kuba ubonakala esebenza nzima ngaphandle, ngokunjalo. USathana wazi kakuhle ukuba ukuwa kwenkokeli yobuKristu kunempembelelo yokutshabalalisa ukholo lwabo bamngqongileyo (bona UMateyu 26:31). Ngoxa amaqhinga akhe esilela ukubakhubekisa ababingeleli abaninzi abakhaliphileyo abaye bahlala bethembekile kuYehova, ufuna nje abambalwa ababuthathaka ukuze adale isiphithiphithi.
Yoyikeka njengoko Specter of scandal eCaweni, nangona kunjalo, ayifanele ibangele nabani na ukuba aphulukane nokholo lwakhe. Kananjalo mayingaze isetyenziswe ukubuza ubungcwele beBandla umbuzo. IBandla silibiza ngokuba ngcwele, kungekhona ngenxa yobungcwele bamalungu ayo, kodwa ngenxa yobungcwele boMseki wakhe, UYESU khristu (bona uIsaya 6:3; UYohane 8:46; kwaye i Incwadi yeZityhilelo 4:8).
Ngomfanekiso kaKristu, uThixo oyinyaniso nomntu oyinyaniso, iCawe inesimo sobuthixo nesomntu.
Ubume bakhe bobuthixo-iimfundiso zakhe kunye neesakramente, Ezo zinto azinikwe nguThixo—zigqibelele.
Ubume bayo bobuntu—amalungu ayo—ngawo ebizwa ukuba ugqibelele, kwaye bakwinkqubo yokwenziwa njalo (bona UMateyu 5:48 kwaye ICatechism yeCawa yamaKatolika 1550). ICawe ayinakubekwa tyala ngaboni abangaguqukiyo phakathi kwayo, abaphila ngokungathobeli imfundiso yakhe kwaye behlekisa ngeesakramente, kodwa iinkokeli zeBandla zinako kwaye kufuneka ziphendule ngokusilela ukuba ngamagosa afanelekileyo.1
UYesu walumkisa abalandeli bakhe ukuba kwakuya kubakho ihlazo eBandleni lakhe, ethelekisa uBukumkani bamazulu nentsimi ezele yingqolowa nokhula UMateyu 13:24. Kumzekeliso, abakhonzi benkosi baye kumbuza,
“Mhlekazi, akuhlwayelanga imbewu entle na entsimini yakho? Ukhula njani ke ngoko??”; inkosi iyaphendula, “Utshaba olwenzileyo le nto.” Kwaye xa izicaka zizinikela ukuya kuwubutha ukhula, Inkosi iyaphendula, "Hayi; hleze nithi, ekuhlanganiseni kwenu ukhula, nincothule nengqolowa. Yekani kukhule kokubini ndawonye de kube sekuvuneni; ngexa lokuvuna ndoxelela abavuni, Hlanganisani kuqala ukhula, nilubophe lube zizithungu, lutshiswe, kodwa yihlanganiseleni kuvimba wam ingqolowa. (13:27-30)
Amalungu eCawa, ngoko, bafanele bakulungele ukunyamezela ukuziphatha okulihlazo kwabathile phakathi kwabo kude kube ukubuya kweNkosi.
Ngoxa iCawa yamaKatolika, kwaye ngokukodwa oobhishophu nababingeleli, ngokufanelekileyo baye bafumana indelelo nengqumbo ngenxa yehlazo lakutshanje labefundisi eliye labakho, abaninzi abasazi isibakala sokuba oobhishophu baye bathabatha amanyathelo aqatha ukuze baphelise ukuxhatshazwa kwabantwana ngabefundisi ebutsheni beminyaka yee-1990., ngaphezu kweminyaka elishumi ngaphambi kokuba ibali lokuqala lokuxhatshazwa livele kwiBoston Globe 2002.
Ngethamsanqa–ngexesha lokubhala–ngenxa yemigaqo-nkqubo kunye neenzame ezenziwe ngoobhishophu, akukho nalinye ityala lokuxhatshazwa elinokufunyanwa kwiArchdiocese yaseBoston, undoqo wobunzima, emva 1993.2. Uphando olwenziwe yi Washington Post, ngaphezulu, yabonisa oko kwixesha elidlulileyo 40 iminyaka ngaphantsi kwe 1.5 ekhulwini labefundisi abakhutheleyo baye batyholwa ngokuxhaphaza abantwana ngokwesini.3 Ngokufanayo, uphando olwenziwe yi New York Times wafumanisa ukuba 1.8 ipesenti yababingeleli abamiselwa ukusuka 1950 ukuya 2001 ebemangalelwe.4 Uphononongo lukwabonise ukuba izinga lezehlo zokuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo kwabantwana liphezulu kweminye imisebenzi kunye namaziko, njengokufundisa, nakumabandla angengowamaKatolika.5
Ngokucacileyo, naliphi na izinga loxhatshazo olungentla 0.00% ngaphakathi eCaweni, kwaye naphina kwenye indawo ngalo mba, usisono, engalunganga, eyingozi, kwaye kunzima ngendlela engakholelekiyo ukuxolela, kunye nezono eluntwini, nje, unganciphisi okanye nangayiphi na indlela unciphise ukuziphatha okumasikizi a (encinci) iqaqobana lababingeleli nabanye, kodwa njengamalungu eBandla, simele siqonde ukuba izenzo ezinjalo ziya kuchazwa njengelinciphisa igunya analo elikhethekileyo lokuziphatha yaye simele sizabalazele ukwenza indima yethu ukuthintela ukuziphatha okubi okunjalo ukuba kuphinde kwenzeke..
Ngaso nasiphi na isizathu, iNkosi, uye wavumela la mahlazo ukuba enzeka eCaweni. Sinethemba lokuba ngoncedo lwaKhe ezi ziganeko zitshabalalisayo zinokuba yintshatsheli yokuvuselelwa kokholo.. Ngokwenza njalo, Uza, kwakhona, bonakalisa ulawulo Lwakhe olupheleleyo phezu kobubi.
- Kuzo zombini iTestamente eNdala neNtsha, zininzi izehlo zokusilela kweenkokeli. A emfutshane kuludwe luquka uKumkani uDavide owenza amalungiselelo okubulala indoda ukuze athabathe umfazi wakhe (Bona iNcwadi yesiBini kaSamuweli 11:2); EzikaDavide, UKumkani uSolomon, enamakhulu abafazi namashweshwe (Incwadi YokuQala yooKumkani 11:3); ihenyukazi eliyindoda etempileni (Incwadi yesiBini yooKumkani 23:7); nangemihla kaYeremiya, iinkokeli ezahlukeneyo, ababingeleli, yaye abaprofeti babenetyala lokubingelela ngabantwana (UYeremiya 32:32-35). Ngaphandle kwezi kunye namahlazo amaninzi kwiTestamente eNdala, naphezu kokungathembeki kukaSirayeli kuThixo, akazange ayeke ukuba ngabantu bakaThixo abanyuliweyo (bona UYohane 4:22). UThixo uyayigcina iminqophiso Ayenzayo nabantwana Bakhe, naxa besilela ngokulusizi ukubamba isiphelo sesivumelwano (bona Ileta kaPawulos eya kwabaseRoma 3:3-4). Ngokunjalo, kwiTestamente eNtsha, omnye wabaPostile wamngcatsha ngenxa 30 amaqhosha esilivere; UMpostile oyintloko wakhe wakhanyela ukuba uyamazi; baza bonke ngaphandle komnye wabanye bamshiya ngexesha lakhe lentswelo enkulu (bona Phawula 14:43). Emva koVuko, UTomas oNgcwele wala ukukholelwa ukuba iNkosi ivukile (UYohane 20:24-25); UPetros oNgcwele wayenetyala loburhalarhume (bona uPawulos Ileta eya kwabaseGalati 2:11-14); kunye noPawulos oNgcwele wavuma, “Andiziqondi izenzo zam. kuba endikuthandayo, andikwenzi;, kodwa ndenza kanye into endiyithiyileyo” (kaPawulos Ileta eya kwamaRoma 7:15). Abaseki beBandla yayingaMadoda Awileyo, ngokunjalo. ↩
- C.T. UMaier noRobert P. Lockwood, “Impendulo yeCawe kuxhatshazo lwezesondo yaqala kwakudala ngaphambi kwentlekele ka-2002,” Katolika yasePittsburgh, Isilimela 8, 2007, pp. 1, 6 ↩
- “Ukuxhatshazwa kwabefundisi kumxholo: Ootishala baxhaphaza abafundi ngokwesondo rhoqo kakhulu,” LifeSiteNews.com, EyoMdumba 6, 2004; ecaphula ingxelo yeCatholic League for Religious and Civil Liberties. ↩
- ibid. ↩
- “Kwi 2002, I-Christian Ministry Resources yanikela ingxelo ngohlolisiso lwesizwe abalwenzileyo olwafikelela kwisigqibo sokuba ‘nangona imixholo ephambili igxininisa kwingxaki yabefundisi kwiCawa yamaRoma Katolika., uninzi lweecawa zaseMelika ezibethwa ngezityholo zokuxhatshazwa kwabantwana ngokwesini ngamaProtestanti. Iziganeko zokuphathwa gadalala ngootishala ziyothusa ngakumbi, njenge 1988 uphononongo oluchazwe kwincwadana ethi The Handbook on Sexual Abuse of Children lutyhila. Yanikela ingxelo yokuba ‘Intombazana enye kwamane, kunye nenkwenkwe enye kwabathandathu, uxhatshazwa ngokwesondo (ngutitshala) by age 18.’” (kwi cit.). ↩