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In 2002, Father Graff was arrested in Briscoe County, Tex., where he had continued his ministry, for sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy, the grand jury report says. He died of injuries from an accident while in a Texas prison awaiting trial.
Chile: Police Raid Catholic Church Headquarters Over Sex Abuse CasesWhen is this going to stop honestly. When will the church learn that as soon as there is abuse these people needs to be prosecuted.
Chilean prosecutors also said it had requested from the Vatican information relating to nine clergy members accused of abuse.
The Chilean government asked the Vatican Tuesday to hand over documents related to accusations of sex abuse committed by clergy in Chile against minors, as local prosecutors stepped up raids of Roman Catholic Church offices in Santiago.
Chilean prosecutors said in a statement that the Chilean foreign ministry, through its embassy in Italy, had requested from the Vatican information relating to nine clergy members accused of abuse.
Police on Tuesday also searched Chile's Episcopal Conference - the offices of the Church leadership - an effort prosecutors said was intended to look for evidence of accusations made about members of the Marist Brothers religious community.
In a bishops assembly earlier this month, the Episcopal Conference said it was committed to collaborating with civil authorities on abuse cases.
An ongoing scandal into accusations of sexual abuse and cover-up within the Church in Chile has prompted Pope Francis to begin an investigation that has led to the resignations of several bishops and priests.
Chilean prosecutors have said they are investigating 38 cases of sex crimes committed by clergy and lay people against minors and adults. There are 73 people under investigation and 104 victims, most of whom were minors at the time of the abuse.
Prosecutor Raul Guzman told reporters Tuesday that police had collected documents and computers from the Episcopal Conference and had begun to process the information.
The raid is the latest of several on offices of senior church figures in Chile, as prosecutors seek evidence to support accusations of sexual abuse by clergy not reported to the civilian police.
Albert wrote:I do not think it is an issue of celibacy, but more so I believe we have pederasts actively targeting priesthood to commit this.
Albert wrote:I do not think it is an issue of celibacy, but more so I believe we have pederasts actively targeting priesthood to commit this.
JohnRawls wrote:You are correct here. Orthodox priests have the decency to order hookers instead of raping underage children.
MadMonk wrote:What the Catholic Church has done is not protecting child molesters, it has been protecting themselves. Stupid and immoral pieces of garbage, the upper echelons of their hierarchy should all be shot for crimes against humanity. The Pope, the Cardinals and the Vatican should all burn.
skinster wrote:Ugh.
We need to talk about men. But as usual we won't.
Rich wrote:Agreed, that's why some of us oppose homosexual male couple adoption. The majority may be innocent, but child protection must come before political correctness.
Zagadka wrote:The majority of heterosexual couples don't abuse kids, too. But some do! You clearly are not understanding the difference between "gay" and "pedophile".
What, you think that dads don't abuse their daughters?
But when assessed per capita, is their really a comparison though?
Conclusion
The empirical research does not show that gay or bisexual men are any more likely than heterosexual men to molest children. This is not to argue that homosexual and bisexual men never molest children. But there is no scientific basis for asserting that they are more likely than heterosexual men to do so. And, as explained above, many child molesters cannot be characterized as having an adult sexual orientation at all; they are fixated on children.
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