Hundreds of sex abuse victims have come forward in Belgium with harrowing accounts of molestation by Catholic clergy that reportedly led to at least 13 suicides and affected children as young as two, a special commission said…
”Reality is worse than what we present here today because not everyone shares such things automatically in a first contact with the commission,” he told reporters.
Adriaenssens, a child psychiatrist who has worked with trauma victims for 23 years, said nothing had prepared him for the stories of abuse that blighted the lives of victims.
”We don’t just talk about touching. We are talking about oral and anal abuse, forced masturbation and mutual masturbation. We talk about people who have gone through serious abuse,” Adriaenssens said…
The Vatican had no immediate comment.
Consider the ethics of an institution which sets itself up as a leading judge of everyone’s morality – historically incapable of ethical standards in day-to-day behavior.
Friday’s report said 507 witnesses came forward with stories of molestation at the hands of clergy over the past decades. It says those abused included children who were two, four, five and six years old.
Family members or friends said 13 victims committed suicide that ”was related to sexual abuse by clergy,” the report said. Six other witnesses said they had attempted suicide…
Very well. Some people commit sexual abuse. This is not news. Reported incidents go back to the dawn of history. The Emperor Tiberius for example reportable engaged in some pretty extreme man/boy behaviors including killing not a few of his “minnows”. All that needs to be said is that the authorities need to enforce the laws relating to such behavior.
Since I doubt if a single person reading this blog actually is in a position to have any traction with the authorities dealing with the case I’m not even sure that much needs to be said.
Oh I forgot some of the people that post things here search for anything bad they can find about anyone who isn’t an atheist and loudly proclaim it to anyone they can get to listen to them. My bad.
God bless and have a nice day.
Could it be that their Saviour was a little boy rump rider too? You just never know about these imaginary friends, you imagine them doing anything. Can’t they just fucking pray and not prey?
People! We are ALL children of God. He is our Father in heaven.
… an absentee Father who has shirked all responsibility for his creations… and He’s STILL inserting souls into all manner of child molesters, murderers, rapists, and other sadists like there’s no tomorrow.
So Lynn, all those types of molesters you mentioned, just add them to the list of every human born defective. They are ALL GOD”S CREATIONS, therefore GOD’S RESPONSIBILITY. The Shithead left 6,000 (cough) years ago… and He didn’t even say good bye.
Stupid fictional character. I like Harry Potter much better.
Plenty of shock statements. Like little 12 year old kids trying to get attention.
Stupid fictional character
their Saviour was a little boy rump rider
What if you don’t worship the sky faerie?
Grow up.
Actually it was humor, some folks have a sense of one. I did grow up that’s when I stopped believing in fictional beings watching over everything I did to reward or punish me when I die because I didn’t follow some rule made up by a human being. A human being with faults and foibles of their own. I have read the bible cover to cover (went to Sunday school to). Some really interesting things in there, incest, rape, murder, slavery, political intrigue, attempted human sacrifice. My disbelief in god or other higher power came from conscious reasoning not some knee jerk reaction. So do you believe the entire thing or do you pick and choose what you want to believe? If you pick and choose that makes you a hypocrite. At least those who profess to buy the entire thing I can take some pity on for lack of critical thinking skills and intelligence. But the rest? I have no use for. By the way how do you know so much about 12 year old humor?
Mexti, “shocking” is the ability of someone to believe in a supernatural being despite a veritable mountain of contradictory evidence to it’s (His) existence. Behind every “shock statement” (punch line) here, is a truth you are choosing to ignore. It’s not the punch line that disturbs you, it’s the underlying rationale that threatens to disrupt your belief, if only you were to acknowledge, or at least try and address the contradictions. Perhaps it’s time for you to grow up and deal with it.
Clancy, we had similar upbringings and religion experiences. I was taught by nuns in the first 2 grades, attended catechism, and trotted through all the requisite rituals. Sadly, I have 3 very religious sisters who didn’t escape the molestation of their cognition.
There are two types of people in this world that I hate: People who are intolerant of other people’s cultures, and the Catholics.
Obviously, religion was invented by the devil.
The RCC is NOT Christian. They have covered up and shuffled priests around for literally who knows how long? They have done it in Canada, USA, Europe and likely it is happening in Africa and in the far east and even in Latin countries.
And as for the “high brow” insults aimed at those that believe in the Bible, just typical LOW BROW DU commenters in a circle jerk yet again.
Luc is correct BTW and for all the atheists that SWEAR up and down that you are not a religion of your own, you are all out proselytizing something fierce for something that you adamantly state is not a religion.
who’d have though it?
the very same libs that cried out that the right were bigots for protesting the mosque situation are the very same bigots on this thread trashing Christians.
hypocrites thy name is “the left”
Jason you dumbass, RCC were the FIRST christians. Jesus’ apostle Peter was the first pope and the religion has been handed down from that moment. You could say that Protestants aren’t real Christians because they decided to make up their own rules rather than following those established by Peter from Jesus
Peter told Jesus to hold mass in Latin? and to exclude women?
Wow there’s proof of his divinity right there predicting the future and all.
PS–Here’s how to tell a real knuckle dragger: If you don’t accept what I say then you are proselytizing something fierce. Brought to you by the same mind set that can’t read and apply the dictionary. See baby for another instance, and oh yea, murder too.
Creating god in his own image: human kind for 3000 years and killing each other over love and mercy ever since. Nobody fought over the wind god unless it was a fart, and that is certainly understandable. Why does Satan smell like rotten eggs?
Silly Hoomans.
#32 jman said, “You could say that Protestants aren’t real Christians because they decided to make up their own rules rather than following those established by Peter from Jesus”
No, the Protestants are the real Christians because they returned to the teachings of Scriptures rather than the mythology the RCC was teaching. Nowhere in Scripture are prayers to Mary and other saints proscribed. The selling of indulgences, the sexual immorality of the priests (yeah, it was going on then as well), and the restriction of the Bible to priest were just a few things that Martin Luther preached reform.
#7
You are wrong on multiple fronts. First, it is likely that some of these priests would lead normal lives were it not for the sexual repression enforced by their religion. At the very least, a few might find help. Second, they would have far less access to children and finally, if they did act on their impulses they would actually be prosecuted unlike now.
#19
It isn’t just the US. The UK and other European countries are just as guilty.
#28
ROFL.
#34
No, the Protestants are the real Christians because they returned to the teachings of Scriptures rather than the mythology the RCC was teaching.
The Bible says to host evangelical television shows hitting people up for money? Seriously, this is a Meaning of Life moment here…
#34
http://youtube.com/watch?v=I_Vs06Z1Du8
#31
Are you really suggesting that protesting a religious community in New York from setting up a community centre in their city is equivalent to protesting an international conspiracy to protect child molesters?
de Sade warned us with his “120 Days of Sodom” – the rapes, tortures, and murders were commonplace then and even today, but the REAL SCANDAL OF THE BOOK WAS THAT IT POINTED ITS FINGER AT THE “PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY” – a Pries, a Judge, and a Noble Man as the perpetrators of the crimes !!! That’s why they had de Sade locked up – couldn’t have ordinary commoners troubled by the abuse of power – “ABSOLUTE POWER, CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY !!!
#34
“No, the Protestants are the real Christians because they returned to the teachings of Scriptures rather than the mythology the RCC was teaching. Nowhere in Scripture are prayers to Mary and other saints proscribed. The selling of indulgences, the sexual immorality of the priests (yeah, it was going on then as well), and the restriction of the Bible to priest were just a few things that Martin Luther preached reform.”
is that what your televangelists taught you? Absolutely none of that is true
I didn’t have time to come back to this site until now. Wow, Bobbo, you don’t approve of people acting in groups? (post #7). I teach Sociology. The family is a group. Your co-workers, assuming you are or have ever been employed, are a group. Perhaps you were raised by wolves? This would explain a lot about you. I say this with nothing but affection and sociological interest. “Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto” – Terence. As I begin every semester of Soc 101.