Police raid on 3 (arch) dioceses
January 16, 2012 at 12:28 pm
(This post was last modified: January 16, 2012 at 12:40 pm by Rokcet Scientist.)
The Belgian police today raided 3 (arch) dioceses and performed house searches at individual cleric's domiciles (read: high church officials like (arch)bishops). Probably to find compromising materials and church archives on child abuse.
The jury is still out on what they found, but apparently there were pressing reasons to instigate these raids!
The consensus is that this was to find evidence of decades long child abuse in the Belgian RC church which is clearly suspected of hiding such evidence.
The plot is thickening! How much longer before we see (arch) bishops formally in the dock? And why do it country by country? Why not haul the entire Vatican – the pope and all 120 cardinals – into the ICC, the International Criminal Court? Many ex-dictators already paved the way for them!
After that the individual countries can take care of their bishops and other guilty church officials. But we need to start by cutting off the snake's head.
And after that it's the officials of other churches' turn! And mosques, and temples! Let's not forget them!
Original article in Dutch.
Babelfish translation in 'English'.
The jury is still out on what they found, but apparently there were pressing reasons to instigate these raids!
The consensus is that this was to find evidence of decades long child abuse in the Belgian RC church which is clearly suspected of hiding such evidence.
The plot is thickening! How much longer before we see (arch) bishops formally in the dock? And why do it country by country? Why not haul the entire Vatican – the pope and all 120 cardinals – into the ICC, the International Criminal Court? Many ex-dictators already paved the way for them!
After that the individual countries can take care of their bishops and other guilty church officials. But we need to start by cutting off the snake's head.
And after that it's the officials of other churches' turn! And mosques, and temples! Let's not forget them!
Original article in Dutch.
Babelfish translation in 'English'.
