Posted on 08/30/2002 5:27:16 AM PDT by marshmallow
Edited on 05/07/2004 7:09:00 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Former Metro cleric, 82, said he had relationships with boys for years.
DETROIT -- A former Metro Detroit priest said Tuesday that he had sexual encounters with "maybe a dozen or two" young boys during his career, but they were always consensual.
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If there were no homosexual priests, sexual abuse problems would drop to just about nothing.
"The boys work in the rectory with the priest and you just get friendly. You sit down in the rectory and have a Coke. It's a mutual deal ... an affectionate thing and a friendly thing."
Oh, sure. Boys always look forward to getting friendly with the parish priest. A little Coke, maybe some video games, a little fellatio...
God, what a sick ($#)#(%*$!!! This man really believes what he's saying.
Everybody lies about sex.
Can't we just move on?
No matter how old Nazi war criminals were, the procedure was to send them to Israel to be tried and executed.
No matter how old these paedophiles are, the procedure should be to send them to Texas, to be tried and executed.
Regards, Ivan
I cannot even imagine being 11, 12 or 13 and letting a priest put his hands on me. I just don't get it. As a matter of fact, when I was 10, and my Catholic school started requiring me to serve as an alter boy on occasion, my mom specificaly warned me about this sort of thing. She told me NOT to allow the priest to get near me while I was in the back with him, and both my parent's always sat in the front row of the church any time I served. They instructed me not to hesitate to kick, punch or scream if the priest started acting funny. They were VERY clear about this stuff with me even though I was only 10 or 11, and this was back in 1980!
What is with the parents of these kids who were being molested. Are they so Catholic and so enamored with the priesthood that they would just hand their kids over without question? Do they teach their kids to be so enamored and so in awe of a guy with a collar that the boys just submit? Thank God my parents, although Catholic, had a mind of their own and some sense and used it.
Texas has so many child molestors and perverts on probation, it's ridiculous. I wish the upcoming Legislature would enact harsher laws for sexual offenders in TX.
Quite frankly, they should be executed. The damage that they do to children is enough to say that they have destroyed a life, and to be brutally honest a paedophile can never be trusted. Make sure they never harm another child again - fire up Old Sparky.
Best Regards, Ivan
Old Sparky has retired. We have death by lethal injection.
Anyone remember which state had Old Yeller? Was it Florida?
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