U.N. Report: Vatican Policies Allowed Priests To Rape Children

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  1. Tarkus

    Tarkus The Thread Stalker

    The United Nations heavily criticized the Vatican on Wednesday for what it said was a systematic adoption of policies allowing priests to rape and sexually abuse tens of thousands of children.

    The devastating report published by the U.N. Committee on the Rights of a Child said the Vatican must "immediately remove" all known or suspected child abusers within the clergy.

    It said the Holy See had "systematically placed preservation of the reputation of the church and the alleged offender over the protection of child victims."

    The report comes after an unprecedented hearing in Geneva on Jan. 16, in which Vatican representatives were questioned by the U.N. committee.

    Its recommendations are non-binding and the U.N. has given the Vatican until 2017 to report back. It criticized the institution for submitting its last report 14 years late.

    "Well-known child sexual abusers have been transferred from parish to parish or to other countries in an attempt to cover-up such crimes," the report said.

    It later added: "Due to a code of silence imposed on all members of the clergy under penalty of excommunication, cases of child sexual abuse have hardly ever been reported to the law enforcement authorities in the countries where such crimes occurred.


    "In many cases, Church authorities, including at the highest levels of the Holy See have shown reluctance and in some instances, refused to cooperate with judicial authorities and national commissions of inquiry."

    http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-n-report-vatican-policies-allowed-priests-rape-children-n22531
     
  2. Tarkus

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  3. Kurt

    Kurt That Server Guy Staff Member Fantasy Guru

    UN: Okay guys no more playing with kids peckers.
    Vatican: Ow man but we donate over 1 million per party per election
    UN: Damn, that's right, lets sit on this till 2017.
    Vatican: PJ Party and Father Bobbies house!

    And we all go to hell now...
     
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  4. smeags

    smeags militant geek

    amazing how other countrieshave been invaded based on human rights violations for decaeds and yet this was, is and will continue to be allowed. foer the vatican as a soveriegn nation. roll a tank and a few trucks and pull that evidence out and let justice be served. fvck catholicism.
     
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  5. Kurt

    Kurt That Server Guy Staff Member Fantasy Guru

    I wouldn't go that far.. very harsh. Catholics as a whole have good intentions, as well as the faith in general.

    How this was handled however, is whats so horrible.
     
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  6. smeags

    smeags militant geek

    the reglion is one of the wealthiest corps & land owners in the world and a portion of that wealth has gone to start and finance wars & protect pedophiles. people are starving around the world as they sit on billions and billions of dollars all while not paying one stinking penny in taxes.

    so they are no different really then any other greedy companies out there.

    this is coming from a person raised catholic.
     
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  7. Omen

    Omen Speeling Be Champions Staff Member

    United nation ins is sham but no excuse for the boy touching