Sorry to bring up the ever-nauseating topic of christianity's abuse, but just came across a lot of unpleasant news that is nevertheless informative:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2116154.stm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Philippines Church apologises for sex abuse</b> (2002)
The Philippines Catholic Church has apologised for sexual abuse by hundreds of its priests over the last 20 years.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->When sexual scandals involving Catholic priests in the US came to light earlier this year, the Philippines media began reporting on abuses by local priests.
(I think it is precisely because India is not converted yet, that such events in Indian churches only rarely breaks into the news. Besides, christos in Sonia government and the christo ibn-cnn and other media in India won't want the negative publicity stallling their 'India for christ' conversion drives.)
Monday's statement was the first official response from the Church in the Philippines, where at least 85% of the 76 million-strong population is Catholic. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->It's not only the once-pagan Asian country of Phillipines that is thus horrendously marred by the introduction of christoislamism.
<b>Hong Kong</b> too is having a bad time:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1988744.stm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>HK investigates new child abuse claims</b> (2002)
Hong Kong police have said they are investigating new allegations of child sex abuse involving Catholic priests.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Also
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1967892.stm <b>More HK priests accused of abuse</b> (2002)
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2026716.stm <b>Former HK priest charged with abuse</b> (2002)
This icky religion should be kept away from Asia and the rest of the unconverted world.
Those pieces of news linked to a whole stream of BBC reports on the catholic church's sexual terrorism against kids and women. Including:
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2077422.stm <b>Catholic priests sorry for NZ abuses</b>
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2042698.stm <b>Record award for Church abuse victims</b>
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2035823.stm <b>Church admits hush payments</b>
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2046070.stm <b>Bishops agree sex abuse safeguards</b> (Too late)
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2043022.stm <b>US bishops sorry for sex abuse</b> (Too late. Disband)
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1885380.stm <b>Pope denounces 'evil' sex priests</b> (Too late. Disband.) Pope is to blame hence evil, having the power to stop it but doing nothing except vocalising/sermonising at best: first the popes tried to hush it up; then insisted the church, not the law, should have the right to 'try' the priests - again protecting the priests involved; then they just denounce their own priestly paedophiles and rapists as 'evil'. Again, this does zip.
Also, if the pope denounces 'sex priests' as 'evil', then what about all the rapist and paedophile popes in the past? ( http://freetruth.50webs.org/C2a.htm#EarlyPopesSummary )
When will he excommunicate all of them publicly?
As ever, the following is just the tip of the iceberg:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/1945848.stm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Tuesday, 23 April, 2002, 16:42 GMT 17:42 UK
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>A global scandal</span>
[Image caption:] The Pope has denounced the "sins of our brothers"
(Enough apologetics from the pope and his media-men. Time to close down the business, it's infested with rats.)
Although the sexual abuse scandal engulfing the Catholic Church in the US has received the most media attention, similar cases have occurred in other countries.
Most of the cases centre on Europe and Latin America, where the Church remains a pillar of the established order in many societies.
<b>The countries involved include: </b>
<b>Australia:</b> Australia's most senior churchman, Sydney Archbishop George Pell, was forced to admit offering thousands of dollars to the family of alleged child victims of sexual abuse by priests.
From our archive: Bishop admits abuse money offer
The Church has publicly apologised to British and Maltese child migrants who suffered physical and sexual abuse in religious institutions between the 1930s and 1960s.
From our archive: Australian church apologises to child migrants
<b>Austria:</b> The Church has admitted that accusations of paedophilia levelled against its former head, Archbishop of Vienna Hans Hermann Groer, are substantially true.
From our archive: Austrian bishops label cardinal a paedophile
<b>France:</b> In 2001, a court gave a three-month suspended sentence to Bishop Pierre Pican, who was accused of covering up for a paedophile priest.
From our archive: Bishop convicted in paedophile case
<b>Ireland:</b> Bishops have backed a wide-ranging investigation into child abuse over the past 60 years after more than 20 priests, brothers and nuns were convicted of molesting children. The Bishop of Ferns resigned following heavy criticism of his handling of sex abuse allegations.
From our archive: Irish cardinal 'regrets' abuse
<b>Poland:</b> The hint of scandal has even reached the Pope's native land, where a Roman Catholic archbishop has been accused of sexually abusing seminarians and priests. He denies the allegations.
From our archive: Polish archbishop 'molested students'
<b>South Africa:</b> The head of the Church has admitted that about a dozen priests have been accused of sexually abusing children, but that the cases happened "many years ago".
From our archive: South Africa's Catholics admit sex abuse
<b>UK:</b> The Church in England and Wales has set up an independent committee to advise it on how to stop sexual abuse after a number of cases involving paedophile priests. The Archbishop of Wales resigned after criticism of his handling of paedophile cases.
From our archive: Catholics tackle paedophile priests
<b>Brazil:</b> Church officials in the world's largest Roman Catholic country have admitted that paedophilia is a problem. "The problem of sexual appetite is one that afflicts every human being," said Bishop Angelico Sandalo Bernardino.
<b>Mexico:</b> The Church has been accused of covering up cases of sex abuse and even paying money to silence the victims. One cardinal was lambasted by the country's press after suggesting that the church should not wash its "dirty laundry" in public.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->And on this same BBC page ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/1945848.stm ), see the numerous links on the right-hand side:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Roman catholic abuse scandal</b>
<i><b>US abuse</b></i>
- Bishops' solution http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2046289.stm
- Cardinals' remedies http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1949141.stm
- Vatican role http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2046198.stm
- US fears http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1944738.stm
- Finances hit http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1923484.stm
- Bitter divisions http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from...ent/1940044.stm
<i><b>Around the world</b></i>
- Suing the Pope http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/corr...ent/1879407.stm
- Church shaken http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1917451.stm
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Even so, all of the above are but a few instances of the sexual violence of the Catholic Church in those few years, mainly 2002 - not even taking into account the many other christian denominations. Though abuse is organised (at denominational church level) in other christian denominations, it is institutionalised (at Vatican level, which is head of all catholic churches) in catholicism.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2116154.stm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Philippines Church apologises for sex abuse</b> (2002)
The Philippines Catholic Church has apologised for sexual abuse by hundreds of its priests over the last 20 years.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->When sexual scandals involving Catholic priests in the US came to light earlier this year, the Philippines media began reporting on abuses by local priests.
(I think it is precisely because India is not converted yet, that such events in Indian churches only rarely breaks into the news. Besides, christos in Sonia government and the christo ibn-cnn and other media in India won't want the negative publicity stallling their 'India for christ' conversion drives.)
Monday's statement was the first official response from the Church in the Philippines, where at least 85% of the 76 million-strong population is Catholic. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->It's not only the once-pagan Asian country of Phillipines that is thus horrendously marred by the introduction of christoislamism.
<b>Hong Kong</b> too is having a bad time:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1988744.stm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>HK investigates new child abuse claims</b> (2002)
Hong Kong police have said they are investigating new allegations of child sex abuse involving Catholic priests.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Also
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1967892.stm <b>More HK priests accused of abuse</b> (2002)
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2026716.stm <b>Former HK priest charged with abuse</b> (2002)
This icky religion should be kept away from Asia and the rest of the unconverted world.
Those pieces of news linked to a whole stream of BBC reports on the catholic church's sexual terrorism against kids and women. Including:
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2077422.stm <b>Catholic priests sorry for NZ abuses</b>
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2042698.stm <b>Record award for Church abuse victims</b>
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2035823.stm <b>Church admits hush payments</b>
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2046070.stm <b>Bishops agree sex abuse safeguards</b> (Too late)
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2043022.stm <b>US bishops sorry for sex abuse</b> (Too late. Disband)
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1885380.stm <b>Pope denounces 'evil' sex priests</b> (Too late. Disband.) Pope is to blame hence evil, having the power to stop it but doing nothing except vocalising/sermonising at best: first the popes tried to hush it up; then insisted the church, not the law, should have the right to 'try' the priests - again protecting the priests involved; then they just denounce their own priestly paedophiles and rapists as 'evil'. Again, this does zip.
Also, if the pope denounces 'sex priests' as 'evil', then what about all the rapist and paedophile popes in the past? ( http://freetruth.50webs.org/C2a.htm#EarlyPopesSummary )
When will he excommunicate all of them publicly?
As ever, the following is just the tip of the iceberg:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/1945848.stm
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Tuesday, 23 April, 2002, 16:42 GMT 17:42 UK
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>A global scandal</span>
[Image caption:] The Pope has denounced the "sins of our brothers"
(Enough apologetics from the pope and his media-men. Time to close down the business, it's infested with rats.)
Although the sexual abuse scandal engulfing the Catholic Church in the US has received the most media attention, similar cases have occurred in other countries.
Most of the cases centre on Europe and Latin America, where the Church remains a pillar of the established order in many societies.
<b>The countries involved include: </b>
<b>Australia:</b> Australia's most senior churchman, Sydney Archbishop George Pell, was forced to admit offering thousands of dollars to the family of alleged child victims of sexual abuse by priests.
From our archive: Bishop admits abuse money offer
The Church has publicly apologised to British and Maltese child migrants who suffered physical and sexual abuse in religious institutions between the 1930s and 1960s.
From our archive: Australian church apologises to child migrants
<b>Austria:</b> The Church has admitted that accusations of paedophilia levelled against its former head, Archbishop of Vienna Hans Hermann Groer, are substantially true.
From our archive: Austrian bishops label cardinal a paedophile
<b>France:</b> In 2001, a court gave a three-month suspended sentence to Bishop Pierre Pican, who was accused of covering up for a paedophile priest.
From our archive: Bishop convicted in paedophile case
<b>Ireland:</b> Bishops have backed a wide-ranging investigation into child abuse over the past 60 years after more than 20 priests, brothers and nuns were convicted of molesting children. The Bishop of Ferns resigned following heavy criticism of his handling of sex abuse allegations.
From our archive: Irish cardinal 'regrets' abuse
<b>Poland:</b> The hint of scandal has even reached the Pope's native land, where a Roman Catholic archbishop has been accused of sexually abusing seminarians and priests. He denies the allegations.
From our archive: Polish archbishop 'molested students'
<b>South Africa:</b> The head of the Church has admitted that about a dozen priests have been accused of sexually abusing children, but that the cases happened "many years ago".
From our archive: South Africa's Catholics admit sex abuse
<b>UK:</b> The Church in England and Wales has set up an independent committee to advise it on how to stop sexual abuse after a number of cases involving paedophile priests. The Archbishop of Wales resigned after criticism of his handling of paedophile cases.
From our archive: Catholics tackle paedophile priests
<b>Brazil:</b> Church officials in the world's largest Roman Catholic country have admitted that paedophilia is a problem. "The problem of sexual appetite is one that afflicts every human being," said Bishop Angelico Sandalo Bernardino.
<b>Mexico:</b> The Church has been accused of covering up cases of sex abuse and even paying money to silence the victims. One cardinal was lambasted by the country's press after suggesting that the church should not wash its "dirty laundry" in public.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->And on this same BBC page ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/1945848.stm ), see the numerous links on the right-hand side:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Roman catholic abuse scandal</b>
<i><b>US abuse</b></i>
- Bishops' solution http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2046289.stm
- Cardinals' remedies http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1949141.stm
- Vatican role http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2046198.stm
- US fears http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1944738.stm
- Finances hit http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1923484.stm
- Bitter divisions http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from...ent/1940044.stm
<i><b>Around the world</b></i>
- Suing the Pope http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/corr...ent/1879407.stm
- Church shaken http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1917451.stm
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Even so, all of the above are but a few instances of the sexual violence of the Catholic Church in those few years, mainly 2002 - not even taking into account the many other christian denominations. Though abuse is organised (at denominational church level) in other christian denominations, it is institutionalised (at Vatican level, which is head of all catholic churches) in catholicism.