Title: Belgian Cardinal Danneels condoned sex-abuse silence
Post by: Tank on August 29, 2010, 10:47:45 AM
Post by: Tank on August 29, 2010, 10:47:45 AM
Belgian Cardinal Danneels condoned sex-abuse silence (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11123004)
That bastard and the bishop, should both be excommunicated.
QuoteThe former head of the Catholic Church in Belgium tried to stop a victim of sex abuse from going public with their story, Church officials have confirmed.
During a meeting in April, Cardinal Godfried Danneels advised the victim to delay a public statement until the bishop who abused him had retired.
Bishop Roger Vangheluwe, who was also at the meeting, admitted to the abuse in April and resigned...
That bastard and the bishop, should both be excommunicated.
Title: Re: Belgian Cardinal Danneels condoned sex-abuse silence
Post by: Asmodean on August 29, 2010, 11:12:48 AM
Post by: Asmodean on August 29, 2010, 11:12:48 AM
...Excommunicated, then Crusaded against. Yup. Been too long since the last honest-to-zombiegod crusade 
Title: Re: Belgian Cardinal Danneels condoned sex-abuse silence
Post by: humblesmurph on August 29, 2010, 04:41:44 PM
Post by: humblesmurph on August 29, 2010, 04:41:44 PM
This is kind of scary tip of the iceberg type stuff here. Maybe only a few priests did the unspeakable, but how many religious authorities tried to help cover it up? It stands to reason that they would want to delay the inevitable outing of a priest as a fucking monster so they could get in front of the story and do as much damage control as possible. Whatever is best for the Church, right? But the same logic makes it reasonable to try to shut the poor child up all together.
Title: Re: Belgian Cardinal Danneels condoned sex-abuse silence
Post by: Sophus on August 29, 2010, 06:26:18 PM
Post by: Sophus on August 29, 2010, 06:26:18 PM
Somebody will read about this in a textbook some day. "Wait... the twenty first century? Twenty first? Two - one? Really?"
Title: Re: Belgian Cardinal Danneels condoned sex-abuse silence
Post by: Thumpalumpacus on August 29, 2010, 07:02:18 PM
Post by: Thumpalumpacus on August 29, 2010, 07:02:18 PM
"By the fruit shall ye judge the tree."
Title: Re: Belgian Cardinal Danneels condoned sex-abuse silence
Post by: SSY on August 31, 2010, 01:58:30 PM
Post by: SSY on August 31, 2010, 01:58:30 PM
Excommunicated? Why not ban them from their friend's treehouse as well? I think it deserves a real punishment.
Title: Re: Belgian Cardinal Danneels condoned sex-abuse silence
Post by: Tank on August 31, 2010, 03:06:04 PM
Post by: Tank on August 31, 2010, 03:06:04 PM
Quote from: "SSY"Excommunicated? Why not ban them from their friend's treehouse as well? I think it deserves a real punishment.Well yes. I was expecting appropriate punishment in the real world as well
