Posted on 03/29/2002 4:41:02 AM PST by ikanakattara
Edited on 05/11/2004 10:57:33 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
A public school counselor who was booted from the Catholic priesthood 25 years ago over accusations of sexual abuse was charged Thursday with exposing himself to students at a St. Louis elementary school.
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce said she expects to file more charges against the counselor, James A. Beine, also known as Mar James. Joyce said she considered Thursday's charges "only the tip of the iceberg" and said almost half of the 50 calls about priests her office has received since last week concern complaints against Beine.
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Even 25 years later. Geez, the Church kicked him out. What more do they want?
This is a good example of a properly resolved case of homosexual abuser priest by the archdiocese. The archdiocese removed him from the priesthood in 1977. What happened with this fellow later and his work near children show how gay-friendly, inclusive, and politically correct we are as a society.
Obviously this isn't just a Church problem, secular society doesn't have any better solutions ---these predators need to be locked up away from children or given the choice to be physically castrated.
Really? I've never heard this before. I would not call this man a priest. Would anyone else?
Like the Catholic Church has control of the Public Schools and who they hire?
The archdiocese removed him from the priesthood in 1977.
I guess that would make him an Ex.
Really? I've never heard this before. I would not call this man a priest. Would anyone else?
It's true. Psalm 110: "You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek."
The power to administer the sacraments persists forever. However, permission to do so can be permanently revoked, as was the case here. In the case of at least two of the sacraments, the absence of permission renders them invalid, not just illicit.
The latter isn't good enough. They want to get their hands on children and will abuse them in other ways. Lock them up.
Prosecution! If the church had properly turned over their information to law enforcement, this man's ability to prey upon children would have been hampered.
Instead, they hush it up, and send him on his merry way to reoffend in other venues
The church has a higher duty, than any other earthly entity or organization to protect children, period. And they have not done so, but instead, sheltered the wolves.
It is an obscenity and an affront to God.
And why would you still blame the Church for what he did in the 25 years after having been kicked out from the priesthood? How about placing some blame on the criminal justice system and some on our messed up permissive society, huh?
...they have not done so, but instead, sheltered the wolves.
Read the article again, please.
Did the church give the criminal justice system a crack at this predator 25 yrs ago, by turning him and their evidence against him over to LEO? NO, they hushed it up and sent him out to prey elsewhere. Rather than prosecute the wolf, they released him on flocks in other venues. Not their problem anymore. (and they had evidence, or they wouldn't have defrocked him.)
Sorry, the church has a duty to protect ALL children, when they have knowledge of a predator, but refuse to process it to LEO, to avoid PR fallout, they are complicit in the behavior of the wolves.
I love the church, but they must do what is right! No more half measures!
The justice system made it perfectly legal to settle some criminal allegations outside of the court of law and prosecution. Ever heard of Michael Jackson?
There are more people to blame. We live in a world that is immoral and self-righteous at the same time.
The guy wasn't even a Catholic anymore, for heaven's sake. It's certainly true that the mark of his ordination remains on his soul, but that's not anything the Church can undo.
The archdiocese got the guy out of the active priesthood 25 years ago, and he's not even a Catholic anymore. How is this in any way the Catholic Church's fault?
Could you explain that to Jesus' face?
You know the Church's duty. It must stop covering up, it has been derelict in protecting the flock and allowed wolves to serve as shepherds.
She has not protected herself, but instead covered her robes with the filth and gore of the crimes of the wolves she sheltered.
God is correcting the church and will heal her wounds, but they are self-inflicted.
Where do you see any evidence that the Church "hushed" anything "up"? The article doesn't say that.
If you commit a crime, it's not your employer's responsibility to go to the police and swear out a complaint. It's the victim's responsibility. The only responsibility your employer might have is to cooperate with law enforcement. You have no evidence that the Archdiocese didn't do that.
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