RE: Damned Pervert Priests - and other assorted Holy Scumbags
October 20, 2022 at 9:17 pm
(This post was last modified: October 20, 2022 at 9:19 pm by Fake Messiah.)
Son of JRR Tolkien was a Catholic priest who molested kids
Quote:A victim of child sexual abuse while he was an altar boy says children are still at risk and the Catholic church must do more to protect them.
The individual was abused by Father John Tolkien, a priest in charge of a church in Stoke-on-Trent.
He gave evidence to an independent inquiry which calls for the prosecution of those who work with children who do not report child sexual abuse.
The abuse at 11 years old "completely ruined my life", he said.
The victim, who wishes to go by the name of Daniel, said he had kept quiet about his abuse for 50 years "which was horrible".
Father Tolkien, the son of novelist JRR Tolkien, had manipulated him, he said, by describing the acts as "special prayers which will elevate you on a level towards God".
The archdiocese was apparently aware of the alleged abuse by Father Tolkien but did not report it until decades later, the inquiry heard.
The priest later died facing no charges.
Between 1970 and 2015, there were 3,000 complaints and 133 convictions. Millions were paid in compensation to victims.
The Catholic Council offered an "unreserved apology" to all victims and said it was reaffirming its commitment to the "continued refinement and improvement of our safeguarding work to protect all children and the vulnerable".
Daniel also said he was campaigning to have a Stoke-on-Trent road, named after the priest, to be "taken down".
Tolkien Way, close to the church where the victim suffered abuse, "is not named after the author", he explained.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-stok...e-63326718
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
