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Italian woman locked up for having baby [for 18 years]
The Telegraph, UK ^
| June 14, 2008
| By Malcolm Moore in Rome
Posted on 06/14/2008 1:59:53 PM PDT by CarrotAndStick
Italian police have freed a woman who had been imprisoned for 18 years by her family after becoming pregnant out of wedlock. Maria Monaco, 47, was said to be suffering severe psychological trauma after being kept in "indescribable" conditions. She has been taken for treatment to a hospital in Naples.
Ms Monaco's 80-year-old mother, Anna Rosa Golino, her 44-year-old brother, Prisco, and 54-year-old sister, Michelina, were all arrested on charges of kidnapping and mistreatment.
The police said Ms Monaco's family, who live in the small southern town of Santa Maria Capua Vetere, had "punished" her because she was unmarried when she had an affair which led to her pregnancy.
Ms Monaco gave birth to a son in December 1990. The boy, who is now 17, was immediately given to other relatives who raised him. The identity of the boy's father is unknown.
Police discovered her imprisonment after a tip-off from neighbours.
She was confined to a small room on the first floor of a house in the suburbs of the town. The room was bare apart from a single bed and police photographs showed a bathroom smeared with excrement.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: honor; locked; outofwedlock; woman
This picture released by Italian police shows (L-R) Golino Annarosa, Monaco Michelina and Monaco Prisco, the parents of Maria Monaco. Photo: AFP
To: CarrotAndStick
Hmmmm....a happy bunch of gutter slime.
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posted on
06/14/2008 2:03:11 PM PDT
by
alice_in_bubbaland
(Obamamaniacs idiot's one and all !)
To: CarrotAndStick
Alas it’s not only the religion of peace that mistreats women.
Shame.
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posted on
06/14/2008 2:05:41 PM PDT
by
aristotleman
(....in wolves' clothing....stealing ur prey.....)
To: CarrotAndStick
Sounds similar to that Austrian abomination Fritl.
Makes you wonder how many other people are being kept as slaves by their families across the world.(and I’m not even including the mohammedans)
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posted on
06/14/2008 2:05:59 PM PDT
by
Dr.Zoidberg
("Shut the hell up, New York Times, you sanctimonious whining jerks!" - Craig Ferguson)
To: Dr.Zoidberg
Yah, the Muzzies just kill them since they are so honorable and all....
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posted on
06/14/2008 2:08:23 PM PDT
by
alice_in_bubbaland
(Obamamaniacs idiot's one and all !)
To: CarrotAndStick
Maria Monaco, 47, was said to be suffering severe psychological trauma after being kept in "indescribable" conditions. Ya think......
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posted on
06/14/2008 2:09:17 PM PDT
by
rockabyebaby
(PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR INFIDEL STEPHENJOHNBANKER)
Comment #7 Removed by Moderator
To: alice_in_bubbaland
mohammedan and honor are two mutually exclusive terms.
If we stop to consider every woman or child kept as a slave by the mohammedans today, then we must conclude that over half of the population of arab lands is in bondage.
As deplorable as that is, I was trying to limit myself to those groups of people who aren’t normally expected by their faith to embrace such acts of barbarism as religious obedience.
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posted on
06/14/2008 2:16:40 PM PDT
by
Dr.Zoidberg
("Shut the hell up, New York Times, you sanctimonious whining jerks!" - Craig Ferguson)
To: Dr.Zoidberg
And the entire female population of Saudi Arabia.
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posted on
06/14/2008 2:16:55 PM PDT
by
tbw2
("Sirat: Through the Fires of Hell" by Tamara Wilhite - on amazon.com)
To: aristotleman
Alas its not only the religion of peace that mistreats women. Shame.
Gee Skippy, I guess that makes it ok...
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posted on
06/14/2008 2:23:21 PM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: Grizzled Bear
Alas its not only the religion of peace that mistreats women. Shame.Gee Skippy, I guess that makes it ok...
I don't think he's saying it's okay. He's saying that it's a shame that there are other religions than the Religion of Peace that mistreat women. In other words, it's a shame that the problem is more widespread than just among followers of the RoP.
To: alice_in_bubbaland
Yah, the Muzzies just kill them since they are so honorable and all Off with your head infidel!
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posted on
06/14/2008 2:35:57 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(McCain, my penultimate choice in the primary and only choice in the general)
To: aristotleman
"Alas its not only the religion of peace that mistreats women."
Sheesh...this is a rarity, in the ROP its mandated for all every day. Please tell us you forgot a /S or something.
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posted on
06/14/2008 2:42:18 PM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Election '08, the year McCain defined the word "dilemma")
To: CarrotAndStick
The police said Ms Monaco's family, who live in the small southern town of Santa Maria Capua Vetere, had "punished" her because she was unmarried when she had an affair which led to her pregnancy.
Evil hiding behind religion.
To: CarrotAndStick
What is it with Europe and locking people in dungeons?
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posted on
06/14/2008 2:53:26 PM PDT
by
CzarNicky
(The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
To: CzarNicky
It’s the “Castle Doctrine”.
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posted on
06/14/2008 4:19:35 PM PDT
by
junkman_106
(Once is chance, twice is coincidence, thrice is enemy action ---007/Ian Fleming)
To: Las Vegas Ron
(....some posts just don’t need a /sarcasm tag.....)
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posted on
06/14/2008 4:52:30 PM PDT
by
aristotleman
(....in wolves' clothing....stealing ur prey.....)
To: aristotleman
(....some posts just dont need a /sarcasm tag.....)
True, but that one did. You seen some of the posts here lately?...getting hard to tell :^)
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posted on
06/14/2008 5:13:42 PM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Election '08, the year McCain defined the word "dilemma")
To: Dr.Zoidberg
Makes you wonder how many other people are being kept as slaves by their families across the world. It can happen in any culture that believes children are the property of their parents - which is, unfortunately, a majority of them.
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posted on
06/14/2008 6:04:59 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
("One man's 'magic' is another man's engineering. 'Supernatural' is a null word." -- Robert Heinlein)
To: CarrotAndStick
When chastity belts are outlawed......
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