I'm a catholic, and rarely molest children nowadays. However, as I already said, people have gone into Princess Diana mode again; pretending the deceased was always liked by them, when a few months before it was ok to laugh and point. Considering noone here particularly knew him, there is no reason to change (or worse, suddenly form) an elevated opinion. Yes, have respect for the dead, but its only because the media have put on a big show that anyone cares at all.
It affects my community as my family and most people around me are catholics, its not affecting any other community, so stop caring too much, your emotions are being affected by the current light shed on him, and they 24/7 tributes on TV; other people, you don't know telling you what they think.
If the death of Harold Shipman was covered in such a way, with people who knew him paying tributes on tv constantly, you'd soon have a tear in your eye for him too.
Personally I think he was a good man, but totally wrong on some things, and won't forget easily that he never met a single victim of the child sex abuse carried out by his own priests.
Think of what he did, or didn't do, not what people are saying about him. Form an opinion based on actions, and don't mimic or get caught up in the current tone.
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