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Texas: Roman Catholic priest faces child sexual abuse and trafficking charges
The Guardian ^ | Wed 21 Feb 2024 06.00 EST | Ramon Antonio Vargas

Posted on 05/19/2024 7:09:03 PM PDT by SoConPubbie

A Roman Catholic priest near the US’s border with Mexico is facing criminal charges on allegations that he sexually molested a child, according to authorities.

Fernando Gonzalez Ortega’s arrest for sexually abusing a minor and of trafficking of persons demonstrates that US Catholic bishops have not yet rooted out all molesters under their command despite reform prompted by the worldwide church’s decades-old clergy molestation scandal, abuse victims and their advocates have argued.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: brownsville; catholicchurch; childabuse; children; texas

1 posted on 05/19/2024 7:09:03 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: SoConPubbie

Abuse Tracker

Daily guide to media coverage of clergy abuse worldwide, and especially in the US Roman Catholic church. More than 100,000 articles blogged since 2006.

https://www.bishop-accountability.org/


2 posted on 05/19/2024 7:27:49 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Jyotishi

Our local Catholic university has a very pretty campus with lots of trees and several outbuildings. I used to go to an Alanon meeting there. Got spooked every time I walked past a nearby building. Turns out that’s the building where defrocked pedophile priests live.


3 posted on 05/19/2024 10:41:20 PM PDT by Veto! (FJB Sucks Rocks)
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Wonder if any connection to this one right next door....https://www.ncronline.org/news/santa-fe-archdiocese-back-court-abuse-survivor-claims-violation-settlement
4 posted on 05/19/2024 11:19:26 PM PDT by know.your.why (<>)
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To: Veto!

Who knew that they give off detectable negative vibes!


5 posted on 05/19/2024 11:38:13 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: SoConPubbie

No... You don’t say?

It’s what they do... It’s what they’ve always done.


6 posted on 05/19/2024 11:42:46 PM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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Nothing unusual here.. all religions have been infected by the left freak shows just like all major institutions.

Eradication is the only answer.


7 posted on 05/20/2024 4:57:23 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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