• U.S. bishops quietly reinstating priests accused or convicted of sexual abuse
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[url]http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125420225[/url] [quote]While the Roman Catholic sexual abuse scandal unfolds in Europe, the Catholic Church in the U.S. is under renewed scrutiny. In the wake of its own scandal almost a decade ago, the U.S. church says it has reformed its policies for handling sexual abuse allegations and will remove from ministry every priest who is credibly accused of abuse. But some of those priests are now being quietly reinstated. One Case That Settled Juan Rocha was 12 years old when he says he was molested by his parish priest, the Rev. Eric Swearingen. He eventually brought his complaints to the bishop of Fresno, Calif., John Steinbock. When Steinbock said he didn't find the allegations credible, Rocha sued the priest and the diocese in civil court. In 2006, the jury found 9 to 3 that Swearingen had abused Rocha. But it could not decide whether the diocese knew about it. Rather than go through a new trial, the two sides settled. At the time, Steinbock said he thought the jury got it wrong, and that while the Catholic Church should protect children, "doing this cannot be done in such a manner as to punish innocent priests." "Bishop Steinbock continues Swearingen in ministry to this day, choosing to believe the priest is innocent, choosing to protect the priest, and choosing to disregard entirely the judicial finding by a jury that found he had committed the crime of sexual abuse against Juan," says Rocha's attorney, Jeffrey Anderson. Today, Swearingen serves as priest at Holy Spirit parish in Fresno, where he also oversees the youth ministry. Swearingen did not return phone calls, and Steinbock declined requests for an interview.[/quote] :a2m::hf::catholic:
It's too bad that stuff like this will never hit the mainstream news channels in any large capacity. Catholics need to know what kind of vile filth they're supporting.
And somehow the church wonders why it's losing followers.
[QUOTE=Hiccuper;21095308]And somehow the church wonders why it's losing followers.[/QUOTE] no they just cry and point fingers at myths like demons and satan.
This is why I'm Athiest. Among other things, anyway.
Why is it that every priest is either a pedophile or a sexual offender? I'm sick of it.
[QUOTE=Hoboharry;21096521]Why is it that every priest is either a pedophile or a sexual offender? I'm sick of it.[/QUOTE] Agreed. Inb4 this thread gets accused of "Catholic bashing" when in reality people are expressing their disgust in the catholic church.
for fucks sake. why are catholics somehow sex drivin freaks. Im definatley not even though I fap a lot doesnt make us look good....
[QUOTE=Mr_Sun;21096644]for fucks sake. why are catholics somehow sex drivin freaks. Im definatley not even though I fap a lot doesnt make us look good....[/QUOTE] They might as well not even care about their religion at all. They probably only became Priests because they felt that they could gain the trust of children a lot easier. The Pope covering up this crap doesn't really help.
[QUOTE=Hoboharry;21096521]Why is it that every priest is either a pedophile or a sexual offender? I'm sick of it.[/QUOTE] Only the ones that are reach the news.
[QUOTE=Hoboharry;21096521]Why is it that every priest is either a pedophile or a sexual offender? I'm sick of it.[/QUOTE] Because to Catholics a priest having sex with a woman who he is married to is a sin and he will burn in hell for all of eternity if he does, but having sex with young boys is OK.
[QUOTE=Mr_Sun;21096644]for fucks sake. why are catholics somehow sex drivin freaks. Im definatley not even though I fap a lot doesnt make us look good....[/QUOTE] HAHAhaa ha... Every "catholic" i've met has has either an insanely wierd fetish, or just generally been a sex driven maniac.
[QUOTE=bravehat;21097735]HAHAhaa ha... Every "catholic" i've met has has either an insanely wierd fetish, or just generally been a sex driven maniac.[/QUOTE] Because if you're a catholic, you automatically have this unique "sex-drive". Most hetero man regardless of beliefs have weird fetishes etc. The ones you met probably have a high testosterone level or some shit. No, I am not a Christian.
Dude, I'm not saying men, I mean pretty much every catholic I've met.
So glad I renounced my faith in the Roman Catholic Church when I was 12, I heard about shit like this and didn't want to be part of that group of people.
[QUOTE=bravehat;21097820]Dude, I'm not saying men, I mean pretty much every catholic I've met.[/QUOTE] You're either lying, misjudged the people you're talking about, or know some very peculiar people. Going with the first one
The first chick i was with was uber catholic. She had a blood fetish, and one night when she was drunk and flirting with me she whispered in my ear she wanted to cut my arms open and drain every drop of blood in me and drink it. And said it again to me when she was sober and biting my neck. :catholic:
It's the catholic's no sex/masturbation policy. If they could just masturbate without thinking dirty thoughts everything would be ok.
[QUOTE=bravehat;21098329]The first chick i was with was uber catholic. She had a blood fetish, and one night when she was drunk and flirting with me she whispered in my ear she wanted to cut my arms open and drain every drop of blood in me and drink it. And said it again to me when she was sober and biting my neck. :catholic:[/QUOTE] That's one person. Bit hard to generalise from.
Yeah I went to 2 catholic schools, not a single person that could be described as remotley normal. Myself included :v:
John Steinbock, haha.
I wonder if it's pedophiles taking advantage of the church [i]or[/i] the sexual deprivation developing the pedophile preferences. Possibly both. Also this is completely stupid and bullshit, I'm amazed that they just won't let these people go.
I'm amazed that the church hasn't been decimated yet.
[IMG]http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20100331&t=2&i=84450237&w=460&r=2010-03-31T010500Z_01_BTRE62U030G00_RTROPTP_0_EXCHANGES-SUMMIT[/IMG] "These pedo-priests man, have dicks [I]like [B]this [/B][/I]long. Those kids are [I]screwed[/I]."
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;21100200][IMG_thumb]http://i39.tinypic.com/r09mpc.jpg[/IMG_thumb] "These pedo-priests man, have dicks [I]like [B]this [/B][/I]long. Those kids are [I]screwed[/I]."[/QUOTE] I groaned when I saw this picture again, and I was about to tell you that the joke is already old, but after a while of staring at it I laughed. Hotlinking is bad though, yo. Here's a link to one hosted on TinyPic. [noparse][IMG]http://i39.tinypic.com/r09mpc.jpg[/IMG][/noparse]
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