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Priest says Paedophilia Was Good for Children
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| September 4, 2001
| Independent News Staff
Posted on 09/05/2001 12:51:36 PM PDT by t-shirt
Priest says paedophilia was good for children
September 04 2001 at 05:40PM
Aix-en-Provence, France - A Roman Catholic priest on trial in this southern French town for failing to disclose the sexual abuse of minors has argued that the paedophilic acts that took place in his parish were actually good for the children.
Father Hubert Barral, 67, who heads the parish in the village of Vernegues, faces up to five years in prison if convicted on a charge of failing to assist a person in danger and failing to report a crime.
The trial is taking place amid mounting criticism of the French Roman Catholic Church, which has been accused of not taking charges of paedophilia seriously.
In his testimony, Barral defended the man accused of having sexually abused or raped two minor children, as well as a boy over the age of 18 who had psychological problems, describing the rapes as "moments when the children flowered". The alleged crimes took place between 1986 and 1998.
The victims included a British boy who was aged six when his mother abandoned him at the church in 1986 and a 12-year-old runaway.
Arrested and charged for the rapes was Marc Ruther, a 49-year-old drifter. Ruther admitted to the charges against him and said he often gave his victims dagga before raping them.
Investigators said Barral had also told one of the children that making love was a way of being in touch with God. - Sapa-AFP
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Does it get any more twisted an evil?
This priest has to be a pedophile also.
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posted on
09/05/2001 12:51:36 PM PDT
by
t-shirt
To: t-shirt
Oh for the good old days when this piece of garbage would have been burned at the stake.
To: t-shirt
I don't think you guys are "diverse" enough in your thinking. [/Tasteless Sarcasm]
3
posted on
09/05/2001 12:56:50 PM PDT
by
SunStar
To: Aristophanes
Only if he floated.
To: t-shirt
Since when does being raped equal making love? What a sicko.
To: Aristophanes
Yes, I suspect that the Inquisition would have known what do do with this fellow.
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posted on
09/05/2001 12:59:19 PM PDT
by
Cicero
To: Cicero
I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THE SPANISH INQUISITION!
To: t-shirt
Sickening. Unfortunately there are a lot of people out there who would agree with the "priest."
To: t-shirt
Some people just need killin'.
9
posted on
09/05/2001 1:00:24 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
To: Aristophanes
And he deserves it!
10
posted on
09/05/2001 1:00:40 PM PDT
by
t-shirt
To: t-shirt
There are sick Catholics, Baptist and all kinds out there. Thank God they are extreemly rare.
11
posted on
09/05/2001 1:02:24 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
To: t-shirt
We've accepted other deviant behavior as normal. How much longer before the liberals start agreeing with the pedophiles that sex between adults and kids is good for the children?
To: t-shirt
"De-flowered", he meant to say...
Geezus. Reasons to be Protestant.
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posted on
09/05/2001 1:04:48 PM PDT
by
maxwell
To: Republic of Texas
I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THE SPANISH INQUISITION! Nobody expects a Spanish Inquisition...
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posted on
09/05/2001 1:04:50 PM PDT
by
RepoGirl
To: t-shirt
Also from the way I read this, the child said the priest said it. The priest did not say it to the investigator.
Being a child can be manipulated into saying anything by adults, I don't know what is true here!
We had the McMartin BS that was a crock and the children said all kinds of stuff then proven false! Who knows?
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posted on
09/05/2001 1:05:33 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
To: Ol' Sparky
Something to the effect that "It's consensual sex between two people"
I see that coming next...
To: t-shirt
*sigh* This is just what we Catholics need...the press will eat this up. "See, we told you all Catholic priests were child molesters." I can just hear it now.
To: Angelique Victoria Delsoul Jackie222 incindiary Sandy AuntB JudyB1938 Askel5 Eva AnnaZ Mercuria
My guess is that this thread is about to be filled with what the Gay & Lesbian Task Force would call hate speech.
?????
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posted on
09/05/2001 1:06:13 PM PDT
by
t-shirt
To: t-shirt
Dagga?
To: all
What's "dagga"? Is that Britspeak for "roofies"?
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posted on
09/05/2001 1:08:11 PM PDT
by
Xenalyte
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