RE: Damned Pervert Priests - and other assorted Holy Scumbags
November 13, 2023 at 12:42 am
(This post was last modified: November 13, 2023 at 1:06 am by Fake Messiah.)
In Chile, justice eludes victims of Catholic clergy sex abuse years after the crisis exploded
The Karadima case shook the Vatican itself and marred Pope Francis’ trip to Chile in 2018. Instead of applause, he was greeted with unprecedented protests against a papal visit. The scenario worsened when Francis accused Karadima’s victims of slander. He later admitted he made “grave errors” in judgment and invited them to Rome to beg their forgiveness.
According to polling firm Latinobarómetro, the decline in confidence in the Chilean Catholic Church is one of the largest in Latin America. It fell from 77% in 1996 to 31% in 2020. Currently half of Chile’s 18 million population identify as Catholic and the number of religiously unaffiliated rose from 18% in 2010 to 35% in 2020.
“This wasn’t a crisis, this was a cultural break from the Catholic Church,” said Chilean historian Marcial Sánchez. “Chilean society felt cheated by the church.”
There has been little justice in cases of clerical abuse. Some offenders were defrocked, but few have received criminal convictions, according to advocates. Some died before receiving any punishment from the church or the courts.
Not long after the pope’s visit, Helmut Kramer joined other victims to launch “Red de Sobrevivientes Chile” (Chile’s Survivors Network), which widened its scope to support victims abused in foster homes, scout groups and sports clubs.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wir...-103331441
Interpol starts manhunt for Argentine Catholic priest on the run since August, wanted for years-long sexual assaults on girl. One of the reasons they can't find him is because the Catholic Church is hiding him
The Karadima case shook the Vatican itself and marred Pope Francis’ trip to Chile in 2018. Instead of applause, he was greeted with unprecedented protests against a papal visit. The scenario worsened when Francis accused Karadima’s victims of slander. He later admitted he made “grave errors” in judgment and invited them to Rome to beg their forgiveness.
According to polling firm Latinobarómetro, the decline in confidence in the Chilean Catholic Church is one of the largest in Latin America. It fell from 77% in 1996 to 31% in 2020. Currently half of Chile’s 18 million population identify as Catholic and the number of religiously unaffiliated rose from 18% in 2010 to 35% in 2020.
“This wasn’t a crisis, this was a cultural break from the Catholic Church,” said Chilean historian Marcial Sánchez. “Chilean society felt cheated by the church.”
There has been little justice in cases of clerical abuse. Some offenders were defrocked, but few have received criminal convictions, according to advocates. Some died before receiving any punishment from the church or the courts.
Not long after the pope’s visit, Helmut Kramer joined other victims to launch “Red de Sobrevivientes Chile” (Chile’s Survivors Network), which widened its scope to support victims abused in foster homes, scout groups and sports clubs.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wir...-103331441
Interpol starts manhunt for Argentine Catholic priest on the run since August, wanted for years-long sexual assaults on girl. One of the reasons they can't find him is because the Catholic Church is hiding him
Quote:the victim's lawyer, Héctor Silveira, asked the court “ for various measures on suspicion that members of the Argentine Catholic Church were covering pedophile Carlos Eduardo José to remain a fugitive ”, as stated in the case.
As the basis of suspicions, the lawyer provided the file with evidence that would demonstrate that the hip operation that José carried out on June 1 last and that forced the postponement of the hearing, it was covered by the prepaid medicine company of the Argentine Episcopal Conference called “Asociación Ecclesíástica San Pedro”, with which “Carlos Eduardo José has in force the prepayment of the Catholic Church in Argentina”, Silveira told the news agency Telam.
“This is an exclusive prepayment for active priests, as stated in the Statute of social work”, said the lawyer. This information was formally presented to the prosecutor Ricardo Romero, who elevated it to the Court.
https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/policia...una-menor/
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"
