Vatican Youth Seminary Scandal Grows With New Abuse Claims

Crux ^ | 11/16/19 | Nicole Winfield

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ROME - A scandal over alleged sexual molestation and abuse at the Vatican’s youth seminary is growing, with more former papal altar boys alleging inappropriate behavior by priests inside the Vatican walls.

Le Iene, an Italian investigative television program, plans to air the new allegations Sunday; the show provided the broadcast to The Associated Press ahead of time.

The Vatican announced in September that its criminal prosecutor was seeking to indict a former senior seminarian and the then-rector of the St. Pius X seminary on sexual abuse charges.

The announcement came two years after Le Iene first featured former seminarians who alleged that the senior seminarian, now a priest, had molested teen-age boys who lived inside the Vatican and served as altar boys at papal Masses in St. Peter’s Basilica. The testimony suggested a series of priests, bishops and even a cardinal had covered up the case for years.

In the new program, several unnamed former altar boys alleged at least two more priests affiliated with the seminary kissed and fondled three other altar boys in the 1990s. In one case, an alleged victim said a priest sat him on his lap and fondled his penis. In another case, an alleged victim marveled how Le Iene had heard about things he had only told his confessor.

Coupled with previous testimony gathered by Le Iene, the impression given is that of a closed, religious atmosphere in which sexualized touching and groping were normalized for boys as young as 11.

[BlackVeil]

In another case, an alleged victim marveled how Le Iene had heard about things he had only told his confessor.

That is, indeed, rather odd.

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Ping

[Vaquero]

Francis been flying with Epstein before his ‘suicide’?

[dfwgator]

Bergoglio’s got some splainin to do.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Under the previous pope...

“In the new program, several unnamed former altar boys alleged at least two more priests affiliated with the seminary kissed and fondled three other altar boys in the 1990s. In one case, an alleged victim said a priest sat him on his lap and fondled his penis. In another case, an alleged victim marveled how Le Iene had heard about things he had only told his confessor.”

[Clemenza]

All this happened under the reign of “Saint” John Paul II

[dominic flandry]

I felt at the time that the rush to proclaim Pope John Paul II a saint was premature and a mistake. I still think so. He should have been treated like all other saints. Of course making John Paul II a saint makes it harder for Bergolio to contradict what John Paul wrote and did.