Sex Crimes And The Vatican
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01/09/2012 00:41
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Documentary of investigation into allegations that a secret church
directive, issued by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger before he became Pope
Benedict XVI, is being used to silence the victims of child sex abuse by
Roman Catholic priests. Colm O'Gorman, who was raped as a 14-year-old
boy by his local parish priest in Ireland, travels to America, Brazil
and the Vatican City to uncover more.
Take this in account with the
Conspiracy of Silence and you see a pattern of child abuse and ritual
sex with children seen in Satanism found in both political and religious
structures and covered up for them. It is quite scary to see what people
can get away with. These videos are regarding instances where people are
caught, what about all the rest and the boys talked about parties of
these abuses showing a much larger issue at play here. It is a glimpse
of the darkness for which
God's wrath is coming on these evil men. I would also like to point out that since the perception in many
non-believers minds that the Roman Catholic Church represents
Christianity, this information will probably be used against believers.
Keep in mind that our foundation is the Bible and not the teachings of
men. Read the Word of God and live by the Word of God. 0:38:47
Runaway Priests: Hiding In Plain Sight
From Africa to Latin America to Europe to Asia,
these priests have started new lives in unsuspecting communities,
often with the help of church officials. They are leading parishes,
teaching and continuing to work in settings that bring them into
contact with children, despite church claims to the contrary. The
global movement has gone largely unnoticed - even after an abuse
scandal swept the U.S. Catholic Church in 2002, forcing bishops to
adopt a "zero tolerance" policy and drawing international attention.
Starting this week and continuing in coming months, we report the
results of a yearlong investigation that reaches all six occupied
continents. Key findings include: Nearly half of the more than 200
cases we identified involve clergy who tried to elude law
enforcement. About 30 remain free in one country while facing
ongoing criminal inquiries, arrest warrants or convictions in
another. Most runaway priests remain in the church, the world's
largest organization, so they should be easier to locate than other
fugitives. Instead, Catholic leaders have used international
transfers to thwart justice, a practice that poses far greater
challenges to law enforcement than the domestic moves exposed in the
2002 scandal. Police and prosecutors, however, often fail to take
basic steps to catch fugitive priests. Church discipline, such as
the U.S. bishops' new policy, doesn't keep all offenders out of
ministry. Dozens of priests who are no longer eligible to work in
this country have found sanctuary abroad.
Sex crimes and the Vatican
BBC One
(September 29, 2006)
A secret document which
sets out a procedure for dealing with child sex abuse scandals within
the Catholic Church is examined by Panorama. Crimen Sollicitationis was
enforced for 20 years by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger before he became the
Pope. It instructs bishops on how to deal with allegations of child
abuse against priests and has been seen by few outsiders. Critics say
the document has been used to evade prosecution for sex crimes.
Crimen Sollicitationis was written in 1962 in Latin
and given to Catholic bishops worldwide who are ordered to keep it
locked away in the church safe. It instructs them how to deal with
priests who solicit sex from the confessional. It also deals with "any
obscene external act ... with youths of either sex." It imposes an oath
of secrecy on the child victim, the priest dealing with the allegation
and any witnesses. Breaking that oath means excommunication from the
Catholic Church. Reporting for Panorama, Colm O'Gorman finds seven
priests with child abuse allegations made against them living in and
around the Vatican City. One of the priests, Father Joseph Henn, has
been indicted on 13 molestation charges brought by a grand jury in the
United States. During filming for Sex Crimes and the Vatican, Colm finds
Father Henn is fighting extradition orders from inside the headquarters
of this religious order in the Vatican. The Vatican has not compelled
him to return to America to face the charges against him. After filming,
Father Henn lost his fight against extradition but fled the headquarters
and is believed to be hiding in Italy while there is an international
warrant for his arrest. Colm O'Gorman was raped by a Catholic priest in
the diocese of Ferns in County Wexford in Ireland when he was 14 years
old. Father Fortune was charged with 66 counts of sexual, indecent
assault and another serious sexual offence relating to eight boys but he
committed suicide on the eve of his trial. Colm started an investigation
with the BBC in March 2002 which led to the resignation of Dr Brendan
Comiskey, the bishop leading the Ferns Diocese. Colm then pushed for a
government inquiry which led to the Ferns Report. It was published in
October 2005 and found: "A culture of secrecy and fear of scandal that
led bishops to place the interests of the Catholic Church ahead of the
safety of children." The Catholic Church has 50 million children in its
worldwide congregation and no universal child protection policy although
in the UK there is the Catholic Office for the Protection of Children &
Vulnerable Adults. In some countries this means that the Crimen
Sollicitationis is the only policy followed. The Vatican has refused
repeated requests from Panorama to respond to any of the cases shown in
the film.
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