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Army Chaplain Sentenced For Sodomizing Troops
The Hometown Channel ^ | November 2, 2005 | AP

Posted on 11/02/2005 6:29:17 AM PST by Abathar

BAMBERG, Germany -- A U.S. Army chaplain has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of forcible sodomy against enlisted men.

Capt. Gregory Arflack, a 44-year-old Roman Catholic priest, apologized at his court-martial in Germany. He sobbed and said, "I've had a lot of time to pray and consider what I've done as a priest and an officer and I'm ashamed."

One of the victims, whom Arflack had been counseling about homesickness and family troubles, told the court, "I don't understand how a person of the cloth could do something like that."

He added, "I didn't believe God would allow something like that to happen."

Arflack confessed to plying three soldiers -- ages 18, 19 and 20 -- with alcohol and making unwanted advances. He forced oral sex on one soldier in the bathroom of a bar and on the other two at his home, where they had passed out on his sofa.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abusivepriests; anotherfagpriest; augeanstables; chaplain; courtmartial; dontaskdonttell; homosexualagenda; nevertrustapervert; verdict
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To: Abathar

""I've had a lot of time to pray..."

Isn't that spelled prey? Another Packer fan.

Chill Green Bay.


61 posted on 11/02/2005 1:04:10 PM PST by gathersnomoss
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To: Slicksadick

Arflack?


I can't believe that took 11 posts to pop up


62 posted on 11/02/2005 1:04:31 PM PST by 5Madman2 (There is no such thing as an experienced suicide bomber)
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To: ThomasMore

>>>As a Catholic clergyman, I'm appalled at how many there are considering my faith has always seen this orientation as a disorder<<<

It's not a "disorder"; it's a sin. An ugly, perverted mortal sin.

The "orientation" is toward the sin.

Why the hell can't we call a spade a spade when dealing with these faggot priests?


63 posted on 11/02/2005 1:06:13 PM PST by Palladin (America! America! God shed His grace on Thee.)
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To: Rebelbase

Clergy sexual perversions have done incredible damage to the church.

In some respects it will take a generation to remedy. The church, especially in America, has taken a hard hit, and I am not sure if the US clergy is capable of fixing the problem. There is a very liberal wing in the US clergy who sees no problem whatsoever.


64 posted on 11/02/2005 1:10:27 PM PST by DOGEY
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To: TaxRelief

This sight documents 2600 Priest that have been accused.

http://www.bishop-accountability.org/about-us/2004-10-30-Swanson-ChurchAbuse.htm

This sight reports 147 news reports of accusations by SBC ministers.

http://reformation.com/


65 posted on 11/02/2005 1:15:32 PM PST by Blessed
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To: EnigmaticAnomaly
It is not unique to the Roman Catholic Church. ...it DOES happen in EVERY church...

True.

it just doesn't get reported...

Most of the reports come out of official investigations. Yes, there are examples in every church, but the relative proportion of priests engaged in abuse appears to be much higher in the Roman Catholic church. The RCC has acknowledged an astonishing number of abuse cases. The RCC is experiencing a serious financial impact. This would not happen if the cases could not be proved in court, they would not be paying off if the only problem were media allegations. Other churches have been affected, but not to the same degree. There are websites that cover charges of abuse in other churches, but the sheer numbers don't seem to compare. The RCC needs to figure out why this has happened and clean house rather than trying to spread blame.

66 posted on 11/02/2005 1:22:25 PM PST by wideminded
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To: Abathar; Denver Ditdat; NYer

Ping!


67 posted on 11/02/2005 1:24:19 PM PST by Clemenza (In League with the Freemasons, The Bilderbergers, and the Learned Elders of Zion)
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To: r9etb

ping!


68 posted on 11/02/2005 1:24:31 PM PST by Clemenza (In League with the Freemasons, The Bilderbergers, and the Learned Elders of Zion)
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To: EnigmaticAnomaly
Hate to break the news to you, but Catholics have been busted for lewd acts moreso than any other denomination. The Lavander Mafia has taken over the preisthood.

Denial aint just a river in Egypt.

69 posted on 11/02/2005 1:25:49 PM PST by Clemenza (In League with the Freemasons, The Bilderbergers, and the Learned Elders of Zion)
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To: Wuli

All of these "priest/sodomy" cases involve homosexuals.


70 posted on 11/02/2005 1:26:37 PM PST by Clemenza (In League with the Freemasons, The Bilderbergers, and the Learned Elders of Zion)
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To: Clemenza
I'm sorta wondering why you pinged me personally to a thread about a sodomite priest named Arflack.... Is it my bright red stiletto heels, perhaps? Dear, I haven't worn those for aaages..... ;-)
71 posted on 11/02/2005 1:30:35 PM PST by r9etb
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To: TaxRelief
The only reason the Catholic church had more than it's fair share, compared to other religions, is because of its size.

This is undoubtedly a factor, but how many of these other churches are having to sell off a lot of their assets to pay abuse claims? As I recall there was an Episcopal diocese in Canada that had a lot of abuse claims stemming from a home for children that they ran many years ago, but it's hard to think of many others. In contrast the RCC has problems in many states.

The Lutheran Church (ELCA) has its membership concentrated in a few states in the midwest where they are sometimes the dominant religion or close to it. If they were having as serious a problem as the RCC, there would be a multitude of abuse cases and diocesan bankruptcies in these states, but you don't hear about this from the media or the courts.

72 posted on 11/02/2005 1:39:55 PM PST by wideminded
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To: uncbob
Well maybe but once homosexuals find a safe harbor profession they flock to it They discovered one in the priesthood --in chorus dancers--interior decorating--etc etc

Ironically, the priesthood provides a "beard" that those other professions don't provide. It confers automatic respect, and one never has to explain to Mama, or the world at large, why they don't date or never married.

73 posted on 11/02/2005 1:41:53 PM PST by RedWhiteBlue
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To: Clemenza
"Hate to break the news to you, but Catholics have been busted for lewd acts moreso than any other denomination. The Lavander Mafia has taken over the preisthood. Denial aint just a river in Egypt."

Hmmm...I am not sure I am the one in denial here, Clemenza. Are you so naive as to believe everything you don't read? You obviously seem to fall into that camp of folks who believe that the RCC priests perpetrate these crimes moreso than any other religion but probably have no idea how often these things occur in other religions/sects. Yes, you HEAR more about RCC priests committing these crimes than any other denomination, but are you in a state of mind such that you will swallow this hook, line, and sinker without using any individual thought and reasoning? Other incidents do not get reported on a national scale because the RCC is in the limelight of mainstream scrutiny due to its defiance of left-wing values... Please fight the temptation to graze in the pastures with the other sheeple, blissfully ignorant to the reality being glossed over by the MSM...

74 posted on 11/02/2005 1:46:44 PM PST by EnigmaticAnomaly ("“When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, don't wait until it has struck before you crush it)
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To: EnigmaticAnomaly
1. If "defiance of left wing values" were a problem, the MSM would be going after the Southern Baptists and the Mennonites, not the "big tent" that is the Catholic Church.

2. The prevalence of a disproportionate amount of Gays in the Catholic Clergy has been known for some time, and has been documented.

3. Look at police reports in any city for reports of clergymen getting busted for sexual misconduct. Catholic Priests make up the largest share of offenders. The Miami Herald once did a story that showed the number of Priest who have been busted for sexual misconduct (largely with other men) compared to other faiths.

4. Maybe if those nancy boys in robes and collars wouldn't have covered for their bretheren all of these years, then the Catholic priesthood would not have this reputation.

75 posted on 11/02/2005 1:51:09 PM PST by Clemenza (In League with the Freemasons, The Bilderbergers, and the Learned Elders of Zion)
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To: Abathar
I only clicked on this topic to ease my mind. See, I was thinking, this is can't be a RC priest because the Pope and the Bishops have routed out all of the homo's who aren't celibate. Wrong again.

Until the RCC allows married men to become priests and for the Parrish to interview the men who will be their pastor, the RCC in USA will continue to have a deficit of men, not homo's, willing to do the Lord's work. In my Parrish community alone, for about 4500 Catholic families, in 2012, it is predicted there will be only two Priests, and they will be near retirement age.
76 posted on 11/02/2005 1:53:36 PM PST by Final Authority
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To: Abathar

oh, but they'll say they are not gays. they are heteros who are repressed.


77 posted on 11/02/2005 1:55:02 PM PST by jw777
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To: TaxRelief
In NH, for several decades now, there have been about 145 Priests. In the past several years, over 30 of these Priests have been accused of sex crimes and something like 14 have been sent to jail. The Bishop is a homo and has been filmed walking hand in hand with his partner when he takes days off in Provincetown, MA. His Auxiliary Bishop, Francis Christian, was the administrator under Cardinal law who shuffled the Priests around the country, essentially facilitating their criminal acts.

In NH and in MA, the Priesthood is filthy. On occasion, one may hear about some other clergy (a Protestant denomination) committing a sex crime, but it usually is not pedophilia or homosexuality, but, because of all of the many churches in NH outside of the RCC, it does not even approach 1% of that clergy.
78 posted on 11/02/2005 2:07:21 PM PST by Final Authority
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To: ThomasMore
Any other psychological disorder would exclude a man from Holy Orders immediately. But gays have had a free ride for far too long.

Bump

79 posted on 11/02/2005 2:08:02 PM PST by tuesday afternoon
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To: EnigmaticAnomaly

In the Protestant church there are plenty of allegations of sexual child abuse, but most of the alleged abusers are not clergy or staff, but church VOLUNTEERS.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0405/p01s01-ussc.html


80 posted on 11/02/2005 2:16:48 PM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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