Pope's preacher compares abuse row to anti-Semitism (1 Viewer)
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This is what I have to read in the paper this morning:
http://www.adressa.no/nyheter/innenriks/article1466901.ece
I know this guy. He used to be the bishop in the church in Trondheim that I used to go to. I also had Sunday school one afternoon after school every week, with him, later with others in the church. There was a group of maybe 15-20 kids that showed up to that. Once we even played football in the church garden with him. To me he always seemed like a kind man.
Now it turns out that some 20 years ago (the dates given are not specific) he molested some kid (name of the victim isn't mentioned). I guess this predates the time when I was in the church, but not by more than a few years.
So now you're saying "oh I see, so now he's in jail where all other child molesters go, right?" How silly of you to say that, don't you know this is the Catholic Church? No, the victim is now in his/her 30s and the article says "has decided not to press charges". Another way to read that is that he/she was bought off to keep quiet, some 60k euro was paid to the victim.
And what does the church have to say about this? "He has been relieved of his position, he will never receive another appointment". However, he's still a bishop and apparently only the Vatican knows where he is.
http://www.adressa.no/nyheter/innenriks/article1466901.ece
I know this guy. He used to be the bishop in the church in Trondheim that I used to go to. I also had Sunday school one afternoon after school every week, with him, later with others in the church. There was a group of maybe 15-20 kids that showed up to that. Once we even played football in the church garden with him. To me he always seemed like a kind man.
Now it turns out that some 20 years ago (the dates given are not specific) he molested some kid (name of the victim isn't mentioned). I guess this predates the time when I was in the church, but not by more than a few years.
So now you're saying "oh I see, so now he's in jail where all other child molesters go, right?" How silly of you to say that, don't you know this is the Catholic Church? No, the victim is now in his/her 30s and the article says "has decided not to press charges". Another way to read that is that he/she was bought off to keep quiet, some 60k euro was paid to the victim.
And what does the church have to say about this? "He has been relieved of his position, he will never receive another appointment". However, he's still a bishop and apparently only the Vatican knows where he is.
but apart from that
i wonder first why were these crimes not investigated by the police? why curia? why internal church investigation in a cloud of secrecy? are they above the law?
secondly, we will never know what was told to these victims, nor we will ever know if these investigations shed any light on any particular perpetrator and what happened to him?
I mean, after all these things that came out in public, we gonna trust catholic tribunals to do the right thing?
i wonder first why were these crimes not investigated by the police? why curia? why internal church investigation in a cloud of secrecy? are they above the law?
secondly, we will never know what was told to these victims, nor we will ever know if these investigations shed any light on any particular perpetrator and what happened to him?
I mean, after all these things that came out in public, we gonna trust catholic tribunals to do the right thing?
First, because there is state collusion with the abusers in both Ireland and Malta.
What's a curia?
The internal investigation was covered in a shorud of secrecy because the church is a naturally secret cabal of wealthy,greedy and disingenuous fucktards.
In Malta and Ireland, it would appear so
That's the benifits of buying off your victims - silence.
Don't trust anybody that claims to hold your salvation in their hands.
What's a curia?
The internal investigation was covered in a shorud of secrecy because the church is a naturally secret cabal of wealthy,greedy and disingenuous fucktards.
In Malta and Ireland, it would appear so
That's the benifits of buying off your victims - silence.
Don't trust anybody that claims to hold your salvation in their hands.
