Dear Benny - Dan Bull

Dear Joseph Alois Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI,

Bishop of Rome, Sovreign of the State of the Vatican City

and formerly Archbishop of Munich and Freising,

Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

and Dean of the College of Cardinals

I’m not a Catholic

But I’m a chap that thinks some of your actions stink

and want to ask some things.

Will Mr Ratzinger listen to a rap singer?

Maybe — in the past he listened to that chap Hitler.

Sorry, I couldn’t resist, back to business

back in the habit like Lauryn Hill in Sister Act is.

Did you ever see that flick?

It’s fantastic!

I can lend you the VHS if you fancy it.

Damn I’m rambling

Damn I didn’t mean to say «damn»

Damn I just said «damn» again.

I’m a bit anxious I’ll be tagged as discriminatory

similarly to your religion’s history.

I know what it’s like to have a stigma stick to you

you were in the Hitler youth, I was in the local scout troop

'til the parents found out that Baloo liked bare Cubs

a little bit more than he should do.

And that’s what I’d like to discuss with you

the sick stuff some kiddy fiddlers are into.

It’s like sometimes you’re less inclined to find the truth than to hide the

abuse

under your roof.

You’re quick to stick it in when other people sin

so why are you so unwilling to take this one on the chin?

You might think that it isn’t my business

but you’re into forgiveness, so forgive this:

Your hollow apology bothered me horribly

it’d probably be better if you’d not said a fucking thing.

My God, I just swore at the Pope

I’m so sorry, honestly.

Now that’s an apology.

Not just promising to modify your policy moderately

to smother the controvacy you’ve often seen.

It’s sick depraved system failure

it isn’t just as if it’s misbehaviour.

You find out you’re hiring a kiddie rapist

and you don’t even make a criminal complaint

It’s insane!

If this was any other organization

you’d be taken straight down the station

to make a statement.

Now not all papists are rapists

and the clergy isn’t permanently pervy but face it:

There’s a disproportionate amount of cases

it’s almost as if they happen on a daily basis.

You’re the Holy See’s head of state

and loads of people want to see your head on a plate.

Now I won’t go that far, but it’s fair to say

that from this day

things better change

Jesus preached: love one another

but it seems some priests

just wanna bugger

Jesus preached: love one another

but it seems some priests

just wanna bugger

Some priests just wanna bugger