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Credit: Reuters/Alessia Pierdomenico VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Jewish groups around the world have reacted with shock after Pope Benedict's personal preacher compared attacks on the Church and pope over a sexual abuse scandal to "collective violence" against Jews. World "I am absolutely totally astounded by this. This is folly," said Amos Luzzatto, a former president of Italy's Jewish communities. Rome chief rabbi Riccardo Di Segni, who welcomed the pope in the capital's synagogue last January said: "This is really in bad taste." The pope's personal preacher, Father Raniero Cantalamessa, in a Friday sermon in St Peter's Basilica, said attacks on the Catholic Church and the pope over a sexual abuse scandal were comparable to "collective violence" against Jews. Jewish leaders around the world used words like repugnant, obscene and offensive to describe the sermon, particularly, as Di Segni noted, it came on the day that for centuries Christians prayed for the conversion of the Jews, who were held collectively responsible for Jesus' death. "How can you compare the collective guilt assigned to the Jews which caused the deaths of tens of millions of innocent people to perpetrators who abuse their faith and their calling by sexually abusing children?" demanded Rabbi Marvin Hier of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the international Jewish rights group. Cantalamessa, speaking with the pope sitting nearby, said Jews throughout history had been the victims of "collective violence" and drew comparisons between Jewish suffering and attacks on the Church. "The use of stereotypes, the shifting of personal responsibility and guilt to a collective guilt remind me of the most shameful aspects of anti-Semitism," Cantalamessa quoted from the letter. DAMAGE CONTROL A Vatican spokesman said the comparison "is absolutely not the line of the Vatican and of the Catholic Church." This week's celebrations leading up to Easter Sunday have been clouded by accusations the Church in several countries mishandled and covered up episodes of sexual abuse of children by priests, some dating back decades. Shaken by the crisis, the Vatican has accused the media of an "ignoble" attempt to smear the pope. Some reports have accused him of negligence in handling abuse cases in previous roles as a cardinal in his native Germany and in Rome. Victims of sexual abuse also criticized Cantalamessa. "This ridiculous attempt to hide the crimes of the (Church) hierarchy inside of Jewish suffering shows just how far this Pope seems willing to go to stop the truth from emerging," said Peter Isely, a spokesman for the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP). The Vatican has denied any cover-up over the abuse of 200 deaf boys in the United States by Reverend Lawrence Murphy from 1950 to 1974. The New York Times reported the Vatican and Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict, were warned about Murphy but he was not defrocked. The spiritual head of the Anglican Church, Archbishop Rowan Williams, said on Saturday the Catholic Church in Ireland had lost all its credibility over its response to the sex abuse scandals after an apology by the pope abuse in Ireland that disappointed victims. (Writing by Philip Pullella; Editing by Jon Hemming) World Comments See All Comments (8) | Post Comment Apr 03, 2010 9:34am EDT Claims by the media that the cries of pain by altar and choir boys were ignored by the pope have not been proven. The truth would be revealed if an international hotline was open for those that were sodomized by members of the clergy. The phones must be manned by impartial volunteers to avoid censorship. If enough victims would come forward and voice their anger in Saint Peters Square, the need for altar and choir boys would come to an end. melpol Report As Abusive Apr 03, 2010 9:58am EDT The audacity of the personal priest of the pope to make such a statement really shows how insulated and isolated the Catholic Church hierarchy is from reality. Protected by vast holdings and fantastic surroundings in the Vatican, the conservative bureaucracy is only acting to perpetuate it, and so the individual abuse suffers are secondary to this. Only when people STOP giving money enmasse and the money supply begins to dry up will they even think about changing. apollo1981 Report As Abusive Apr 03, 2010 9:58am EDT Let them complain about the Vatican Lol. They have their own can of worms with their abuse of Palestinians. XMarine Report As Abusive Apr 03, 2010 9:58am EDT Religions kill to maintain power! Pope and the catholic church has been proven to be corrupt and responsible for violence against children. It is time humanity threw away ignorance spewed by the religions and become moral on its own sydney0719 Report As Abusive Apr 03, 2010 9:59am EDT First comment by a Catholic in denial. Yes the pre-pope was in charge, and no he didn’t do what he was supposed to do–turn the offenders over to the police. Last two are by bigots. Is this the best you can do? stainpouch Report As Abusive Apr 03, 2010 9:59am EDT Melpol, do you not read the court transcripts and the settlement papers? Your church paid millions. Why? Because they were guilty! sydney0719 Report As Abusive Apr 03, 2010 10:07am EDT “Let them complain about the Vatican Lol. They have their own can of worms with their abuse of Palestinians.” There is a difference between Israelis and the rest of the Jews in the world. jellis34 Report As Abusive Apr 03, 2010 10:09am EDT While the remarks by Father Cantalamessa were actually taken out of a letter he received from a Jewish friend (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/world/europe/03church.html?hpw), the comparison is in really bad taste. The sex abuse scandal is terrible enough–now there is a scandal erupting over the way the church is responding to the first scandal. All this is overshadowing the good work that the Catholic Church does. Hopefully it can be resolved soon. msonnick Report As Abusive See All Comments (8) Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. 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