Rhea

Fraud. Inhumane.
She accepted money. Fine, she never "solicited" any. But she accepted it. If she had no intention of giving it to the poor AND did not intend to convey that image, then there is NO REASON to refuse to tell people where it went instead and how much there was.

No, she intends to decieve by not being honest about what she received and where it went. If she did not have this INTENT, then why the subterfuge? Why? Fraud.

Second, if she had no intention of relieving suffering, why re-use needles? If you're going to use needles, use clean ones. If you're not going to treat, don't use ANY. This is creating illness. Inhumane. Criminally negligent at best. No argument makes this right.

Hypocrite as charged.

Conclusion. Intentional acts are wrong, fraudulent, inhumane and cruel.
Does that = evil? I leave that exercise to the reader, I don't care for the term evil as it is too religiously charged.
I will however, use the term despicable.

She did what she did intentionally.
She hid from her donors her real use of the money. Spent actual effort hiding it.
She performed medical malpractice. In spite of donations which would mitigate it.
She prevented vulnerable people from getting help.
And she refused basic needs that she could afford to not refuse.

Despicable.
And horrifying that people are willing to not even consider these actions.

Did you read the congressional transcript I linked to?
Half of these acts, by anyone else leads to governmental inquiry. We KNOW it's wrong. We KNOW it's bad. But, she is beyond reproach and so there is no inquiry. It is allowed to continue.

And I repeat, it is EXACTLY this mindset that allowed the priest scandal to happen. Someone is beyond reproach and the victims accumulate. This is deeply disturbing.

One of the last sane

Good answers.

Debbie T

I looked around at quite a few of the positive web sites about MT. I stumbled across one that made me wonder what this order of sisters are still doing. Are they still working with the sick using dirty needles? Has anything changed since MT has died? Perhaps the focus now needs to be on cleaning up these sister's acts or not allowing them to work with the sick and poor, if the sisters are still abusing them.

I found this appeal

"Don't Let the work end...

Mother Teresa
Missionaries of Charity
54 A, Lower Circular Road
Calcutta-700016, India"

It doesn't specifically ask for money but certainly seems to be a call for help which I would assume means monetarily. But this one does:

You can send cards, letters, and donations to:

Missionaries of Charity
54A Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road
Calcutta 700016, India

What I found further was interesting about MT performing a miracle beyond the grave. And the church accepting it and the controversy over the truth.

Story is
here.

johngalt

I would really to like to read this new book, when or if it comes out. I've only read the good perspective of Mother Theresa's work.

hinduwoman

It is out already. But Amazon does not carry it yet.
Many international publishing house refused to publish it; one even cancelled a contract. Now it remains to see if the bigger shops have the courage to sell it openly.

hinduwoman

Some more from the book:

She sends her residents to state hospitals for medication, some of the mentally handicapped children were sent to another charity which would ferry the children while the Mother's ambulence freeied the nuns to Church, and in one case the orpahange Nav Jeevan had to pay the organization for taking in an older child who could not be adopted. Eviudently for Missionaries of Charity, charity was a one way street --- it was unthinkable that she would give any money to other charities though she would take money from poorer ones.

In 1985, MT went to: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, HK, China, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Switzerland, Usa, Thailand, Egypt, Ehthiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, twice to Vatican, Poland, France, and had a cataract operation in NY. .

No one would be making such a great fuss if MT had not been built up as the very example of saintliness.

lpetrich

I apologize to you people for inflicting this fixation of mine on you, but I simply can't fight it any longer.

Aside from the miracles of appearing to be a great humanitarian and of making money disappear, what miracles has she worked? The Monica Besra "miracle" is the only one that the Vatican has seriously considered. Why not any really big miracles?

Like those allegedly worked by people of centuries past.

Like:

Some little children were teasing MT about what a wrinkled old hag she is. She cursed them in the name of God Almighty, and some stray dogs came and killed several of those pesky kids.

MT was on board an airplane that was flying through some rather bad weather, with similar weather expected all the way to the destination airport. She prays, and the storm clouds go away, resulting in clear flying all the way.

Someone stole some of MT's stuff -- and went blind.

MT lost a crucifix in the streets of Calcutta, but not long after, a stray cat brought it back to her.

MT performed exorcism and magical spit therapy -- and had some easily-documented cures.

MT even raised some people from the dead.

One of the last sane

I find the idea that booksellers would refuse to stock the book very, very disturbing.

Evangelion

Correction: the Vatican is a city-state, just like Singapore. For this reason (and this reason alone) it is indeed entitled to a UN seat. If you wish to see the Vatican removed from the UN, we'd have to kiss Singapore goodbye as well. I don't like it any more than you do, but those are the facts of the case.

It gets better: absolutely no religions whatsoever are treated as governments by the UN.

No, not even the Vatican (which is not a religion anyway.)

hinduwoman

Well there was an aeroplane accident once: but MT was saved though two muslim children died. MT gave thanks for her deliverance but said nothing about the children nor gave any compnesation to their parents.

Cured Monica Besra of her cancer --- people who attribute it to doctors do not know what they are talking about.