Gossip the forgotten sin?

[Guest Helen]

Just a question, if anyone has any thoughts..
I am amazed by a post someone put up on a Catholic Forum (another one) that was gossip.
The OP put up a post that read "dissapointment in catholics"

I could not believe the reason why. It could have been in the inquirer or the star.
She said her "friend" was having an affair and taking the Eucharist, then left her husband and took the kids and now she's lost her faith and she's mad at the priest and and and.....
I could not believe her! Is this not "gossip"? or worse?
She is attacking a priest and a woman in her personal family crisis so she can "get support"?
It turns out, after reading her posts she has a fixation on other peoples marriages.
So many people started "hand holding" her and joined in with the priest bashing and the finger pointing on this woman.
I told her to stop exploiting someone else's sin for support.
I think this not Catholic. Is it?
The intimate details were tacky.
Am I old fashioned?

[cappie]

I prefer to talk about Calumny & Detraction as the word gossip doesn't seem to have the same gravity but all are to some extent greater or lesser sins depending on the circumstances

Detraction

Detraction reveals something about another person that is true but harmful to that person’s reputation.

[b]The fact that something is true does not justify its disclosure.[/b] We may not reveal another person’s secret faults or defects unless there is proportionate good involved.

[b]Detraction is a sin against justice because it robs a person of his reputation.[/b] Each person has a strict right to his reputation, whether deserved or not.

Because detraction is a sin against justice, it requires reparation. The detractor must try to repair the damage to the victim’s reputation, and also to restore any temporal loss from the detraction, such as loss of employment or customers.

Calumny

Calumny reveals something about another person that is false and harmful to his reputation.

[b]The sin against truth is a violation of the Eighth Commandment, Ex 20:16 “You shall not bear false witness.”[/b]

The sin against a person’s reputation is a sin against justice. Each person has a strict right to his reputation, whether deserved or not.

Sins against justice require reparation. The calumniator must try to repair the damage to the victim’s reputation, and also to restore any temporal loss from the calumny, such as loss of employment or customers.

Canon 220 No one may unlawfully harm the good reputation which a person enjoys, or violate the right of every person to protect his or her privacy.