CINEMATOGRAPHER.DIRECTOR.PHOTOGRAPHER.FILMMAKER

"The CHURCH says media should not immediately name a suspected priests on the basis of mere allegations. For priests, their only investment is their good name. While the MEDIA says priests who are suspected of committing criminal offense are treated like an ordinary suspect, whether he is a pastor or monsignor."

Both church and media have their own point. Both can shape and change the way living. It is hard to judge which of them is correct. For me, media only do their job. Media is a business and it is a competition. That’s why every media needs a story to sell, which is unusual to the public. But they must know what kind of story they would publish. Media should not immediately name a suspected priest on their basis of mere allegations, because at first priest is person and a person is not perfect, no one is exempted to commit a sin and they are not a ordinary people. Second is no one  could already believe a priest if his name has already a bad record. But priest must also know their responsibility to be a role model of each believer of God. They must also think that not only their self are to be affected but the parish or the church where they belong could also be affected. For my own opinion, media can be called traitor if he or she writes bad issues against his or her church.