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APNewsBreak: Pope defrocked 400 priests in 2 years (Benedict XVI)
Associated Press ^
| Jan 17, 2014 2:47 PM EST
| Nicole Winfield and John Heilprin
Posted on 01/17/2014 12:00:12 PM PST by Olog-hai
A document obtained by The Associated Press on Friday shows Pope Benedict XVI defrocked nearly 400 priests over just two years for molesting children.
The statistics for 2011-12 show a dramatic increase over the 171 priests removed in 2008 and 2009, when the Vatican first provided details on the number of priests who have been defrocked. Prior to that, it had only publicly revealed the number of alleged cases of sexual abuse it had received.
The document was prepared from data the Vatican had been collecting to help the Holy See defend itself before a U.N. committee this week in Geneva.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: benedictxvi; catholic; childmolesters; defrocked; un
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posted on
01/17/2014 12:00:12 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Does AP mean to say “laicized?”
The last time I heard “defrocked” was in some Richard Burton movie, or thereabouts.
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posted on
01/17/2014 12:02:56 PM PST
by
OpusatFR
To: Olog-hai
BTW, may I send my thoughts to the UN: Frock yourselves.
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posted on
01/17/2014 12:03:51 PM PST
by
OpusatFR
To: Olog-hai
comments from the Muslim community: "Hey!.. that's more for us."
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posted on
01/17/2014 12:05:06 PM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi :-)
To: Olog-hai
He was doing God’s work. Bless him for his moral courage and willingness to act.
To: Buckeye McFrog
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posted on
01/17/2014 12:10:48 PM PST
by
onyx
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To: Olog-hai
I wonder how many in the US and if they had to register as sexual offender.
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posted on
01/17/2014 12:11:30 PM PST
by
PoloSec
( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
To: Olog-hai
A document obtained by The Associated Press on Friday shows Pope Benedict XVI defrocked nearly 400 priests over just two years for molesting children. The statistics for 2011-12 show a dramatic increase over the 171 priests removed in 2008 and 2009, when the Vatican first provided details on the number of priests who have been defrocked. Prior to that, it had only publicly revealed the number of alleged cases of sexual abuse it had received. The document was prepared from data the Vatican had been collecting to help the Holy See defend itself before a U.N. committee this week in Geneva.
Isn't it (supposed to be) the local bishops' job to remove offending priests?
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posted on
01/17/2014 12:14:46 PM PST
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: Alex Murphy
After it all blew up in the media. Before this they were just moved from one unsuspecting parish to another.
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posted on
01/17/2014 12:35:10 PM PST
by
Gamecock
(Celebrating 20,000 posts of dubious quality.)
To: Alex Murphy
To a great extent it is the local Bishop’s job, but actual laicization requires a decision from Rome—the Bishop can suspend the man from ministry, command him to do (or not do) certain things, and petition Rome, but the actual decision regarding laicization comes from Rome.
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posted on
01/18/2014 8:14:36 AM PST
by
Hieronymus
( (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G.K. Chesterton))
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