Damned Pervert Priests - and other assorted Holy Scumbags

[Fake Messiah]

Victims of Catholic clergy sex crimes testify in Baltimore federal court, bravely demonstrating how law enforcement and church bosses failed repeatedly to stop this depravity.

Eight men and women, who are survivors of child sex abuse by Catholic priests, attended a bankruptcy hearing held Monday morning for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, describing the torment they went through. A total of 14 people have since told their stories publicly.

Another survivor told the judge and a packed courtroom how helpless and trapped she felt after being raped by a priest. He told her it will be "our little secret."

A man who was abused explained he felt terrified that a highly regarded person of authority abused him and how that abuse turned his world upside down and into a life of solitude.

Another woman said a priest turned her into a human sex doll. She said: "He stole my innocence, my childhood. (I live) a life with no meaning, no hope."

A common theme thread through the testimony was that life stopped for the survivors. And, because of the church's influence, the survivors said they felt they couldn't tell anyone for fear no one would believe them.

Some of the survivors said it felt like a slap in the face when they complained to the archdiocese and the church offered counseling.

So far, as many as 320 people have filed a claim against the archdiocese. The deadline to do so is May 31.

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/clergy-se...y/60847568

[Fake Messiah]

Hundreds come forward about sexual abuse, misconduct by priests, Michigan report says

A new report released May 22 by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel details dozens of sexual abuse allegations dating back to 1971 within the Diocese of Kalamazoo. Two reports preceded this one, the Diocese of Marquette and the Diocese of Gaylord, and more reports are expected to come in the investigation, Nessel said in a news release.

The new report details accusations of sexual misconduct or abuse against 19 priests toward children and adults, according to the report.

In one instance, a priest with a known history of sexual misconduct was transferred to Kalamazoo despite having performed sex acts with a 16-year-old boy shortly after the priest was ordained in New York, according to the report.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-w...75680.html

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Catholic priest admits in French court to years of sexual crimes on minors, ending in 2018. Long after Vatican told the world things were cleaned up.

His Society of St. Pius X is an extremist international sect.

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/...ith-minors

[Fake Messiah]

Pope Francis shocks bishops by allegedly saying gay men should not be admitted to church seminaries because 'there's already too much fuckery'

Pope Francis has allegedly shocked bishops in Italy by using an offensive slur when saying that homosexual men should not be admitted to church seminaries because there is already 'too much' gay sexual activity.

The pontiff told a closed-door meeting at an episcopal conference at the Vatican that homosexual men should not be allowed into colleges to train for the priesthood, Italian media reports.

Bishops at the meeting were reportedly taken aback by the language the 87-year-old used to make the statement - the derogatory word 'frociaggine', which roughly translates to fuckery.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...aries.html

[Ravenshire]

Pope Francis shocks bishops by allegedly saying gay men should not be admitted to church seminaries because 'there's already too much fuckery'

Pope Francis has allegedly shocked bishops in Italy by using an offensive slur when saying that homosexual men should not be admitted to church seminaries because there is already 'too much' gay sexual activity.

The pontiff told a closed-door meeting at an episcopal conference at the Vatican that homosexual men should not be allowed into colleges to train for the priesthood, Italian media reports.

Bishops at the meeting were reportedly taken aback by the language the 87-year-old used to make the statement - the derogatory word 'frociaggine', which roughly translates to fuckery.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...aries.html

Well, he's not wrong, but it's still a shitty thing to do. Maybe, instead of trying (and failing) to dictate who can fuck whom, he should just do away with the whole celibate clergy thing.

[Fake Messiah]

A former Santa Fe priest accused of child sex abuse kills himself before a hearing set to take place Friday

Balizan was accused of sexting a minor to coerce and entice them into sexual activity with him.

The Archdiocese of Santa Fe issued the following statement on his death:

“The Archdiocese of Santa Fe is saddened by the news of former priest Daniel Balizan having taken his life. We pray for comfort for his family and those who cared for him. May God have mercy on his soul."

https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/santa-fe-...ound-dead/

[Nanny]

Pope Francis shocks bishops by allegedly saying gay men should not be admitted to church seminaries because 'there's already too much fuckery'

[snip] the derogatory word 'frociaggine', which roughly translates to fuckery.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...aries.html

Frociaggine = a word that can mean a bundle of sticks or an offensive term for a gay man.

[Fake Messiah]

Kansas Catholic priest found guilty of sexual abuse of minors by church officials, 20 years after victims brought allegations.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/ar...13204.html

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For decades, Catholic priests, brothers and sisters raped or molested Native American children who were taken from their homes by the U.S. government and forced to live at remote boarding schools, a Post investigation found.

At least 122 priests, sisters and brothers assigned to 22 boarding schools since the 1890s were later accused of sexually abusing Native American children under their care, The Post found. Most of the documented abuse occurred in the 1950s and 1960s and involved more than 1,000 children.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investiga...g-schools/

[Fake Messiah]

Fever of bankruptcy sweeps US Catholic church, as yet another California diocese says it's broke because of so many sexual abuse cases.

Church bosses never used the courts to punish predator priests. But they love how courts now protect their wealth.

https://www.kget.com/news/local-news/cen...ankruptcy/

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How My Family Survived Sexual Abuse Within the Jehovah’s Witnesses

Growing up, a man was sexually abused by an older church member. Then his daughter suffered the same fate.

For the latest episode of VICE’s Informer series, we spoke to an anonymous former Jehovah’s Witness “elder”—or senior male religious leader—about the prevalence of sexual abuse within the church and what he says is the organization’s reluctance to tackle the problem for fear of bringing the church into disrepute.

“There is a cover-up of sexual abuse. I now know and can tell you with certainty that it is very, very prevalent,” said the man, who is based in the UK and was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness from the age of 5.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3wjwx/s...ess-church

[Fake Messiah]

A priest who taught at BC High wrote in praise of clerical celibacy. He’s now been charged with raping a child.

In 2002, as celibacy for Catholic priests became a subject of public debate amid the scandal over child sexual abuse in the church prompted by a Boston Globe Spotlight Team investigation, the Rev. Kevin R. White wrote on the Globe’s Opinion page that “celibacy is ultimately an expression of great love.”

“Celibates urge us to trust that God’s promise of love and grace makes us rich enough and wanting for nothing more,” White wrote in the essay, which was published March 6, 2002. “Celibates stake everything on God, convinced that God is worth a life.”

White, then a theology teacher at the private Catholic boys’ high school in Dorchester, recalled taking his vows of “perpetual poverty, chastity, and obedience as a Jesuit” and said he later had “come to realize only through the living of my vows that I also vowed to ... empty myself for the benefit of others.”

White, 62, of Weston, was indicted last week by a Suffolk County grand jury on a charge of rape of a child. Prosecutors allege that White forced a boy under the age of 16 to perform oral sex on him on an unknown date during the 2008-2009 school year.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/06/07/m...g-student/

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Augustinian Catholic order paid $2 million settlement over rape accusations against priest but left his name off sex abuser list

The Catholic religious order won’t explain why the Rev. Richard McGrath, who was accused of sex abuse and having child pornography on his phone, isn’t on the group’s newly posted public listing.

McGrath subsequently was accused in a lawsuit of having “repeatedly orally and anally” raped a student years earlier. The priest denied those accusations but refused to say when questioned under oath for a deposition whether he had ever viewed child pornography, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

Church officials settled that suit with the accuser in late 2023 for $2 million but said they weren’t admitting any wrongdoing.

The Chicago Sun-Times reported last year that more than a dozen people have settled legal claims with the order and the Archdiocese of Chicago, the arm of the church for Cook and Lake counties led by Cardinal Blase Cupich, over child sex abuse accusations against Rev. John D. Murphy.

But Murphy has never been included on Cupich’s public listing of Catholic clergy members deemed to have been credibly accused of child sex abuse, which the archdiocese has described as comprehensive.

Murphy, who was never charged with any crime, has been living in West Dundee across from a Catholic parish and school.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdo...rd-mcgrath

[Questor]

A priest who taught at BC High wrote in praise of clerical celibacy. He’s now been charged with raping a child.

In 2002, as celibacy for Catholic priests became a subject of public debate amid the scandal over child sexual abuse in the church prompted by a Boston Globe Spotlight Team investigation, the Rev. Kevin R. White wrote on the Globe’s Opinion page that “celibacy is ultimately an expression of great love.”

“Celibates urge us to trust that God’s promise of love and grace makes us rich enough and wanting for nothing more,” White wrote in the essay, which was published March 6, 2002. “Celibates stake everything on God, convinced that God is worth a life.”

White, then a theology teacher at the private Catholic boys’ high school in Dorchester, recalled taking his vows of “perpetual poverty, chastity, and obedience as a Jesuit” and said he later had “come to realize only through the living of my vows that I also vowed to ... empty myself for the benefit of others.”

White, 62, of Weston, was indicted last week by a Suffolk County grand jury on a charge of rape of a child. Prosecutors allege that White forced a boy under the age of 16 to perform oral sex on him on an unknown date during the 2008-2009 school year.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/06/07/m...g-student/

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Augustinian Catholic order paid $2 million settlement over rape accusations against priest but left his name off sex abuser list

The Catholic religious order won’t explain why the Rev. Richard McGrath, who was accused of sex abuse and having child pornography on his phone, isn’t on the group’s newly posted public listing.

McGrath subsequently was accused in a lawsuit of having “repeatedly orally and anally” raped a student years earlier. The priest denied those accusations but refused to say when questioned under oath for a deposition whether he had ever viewed child pornography, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

Church officials settled that suit with the accuser in late 2023 for $2 million but said they weren’t admitting any wrongdoing.

The Chicago Sun-Times reported last year that more than a dozen people have settled legal claims with the order and the Archdiocese of Chicago, the arm of the church for Cook and Lake counties led by Cardinal Blase Cupich, over child sex abuse accusations against Rev. John D. Murphy.

But Murphy has never been included on Cupich’s public listing of Catholic clergy members deemed to have been credibly accused of child sex abuse, which the archdiocese has described as comprehensive.

Murphy, who was never charged with any crime, has been living in West Dundee across from a Catholic parish and school.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdo...rd-mcgrath

What amazes me is the previous lack of outrage against religious organizations that have a history of financial, political, and sexual abuse when it has been plain for decades, if not centuries, that all of thise horrors have been going on in plain sight, and swept under the carpet simply because no one dared say anything about it.

I fear it is only because they claim to be religious in some way that they have been exempted by those who do not wish to see the evil that is being done as a matter of course. One then can place politics as form of religion, since it mimics religion so well.

The label of being religious is not, and should not be, an excuse to ignore what is the worst of human behavior. Religion is not in and of itself necessarily benign, it it?