Christian Morality
A question is asked about the Ryan Commission report on child abuse within institutions run by the religious orders in Ireland. After the panel had spoken the questioner responded and his response. No doubt they’ll tell you these weren’t ‘real Christians’ either. Remember, if you’re a closet Atheist living in a Christian community and afraid to [...]
Suffocated, raped and set alight: church leader blames ‘sexual demons’
A Melbourne church youth leader claimed his rape of an unconscious 14-year-old girl, who he later tried to kill, was prompted by his “sexual demons”. The Supreme Court was today told that Michael Tuano Hermogenes, 25, suffocated the girl at her home in Caroline Springs in May last year with her stockings after plying her [...]
Scientologist charged for intimidating alleged sex abuse victim
A SENIOR member of the Church of Scientology has been charged by police for intimidating a young girl who wanted to report sexual abuse allegations within the church. Jan Eastgate, the head of the church’s “International Commission on Human Rights” which attacks psychology, has been charged by NSW Police with perverting the course of justice. [...]
New Vatican guidelines on child abuse by priests – a smokescreen for no change
New Vatican guidelines for the handling of sex-abuse charges against priests that have been sent to over 4000 bishops worldwide were condemned today as a smokescreen signifying no change at all. The guidelines purport to encourage bishops to report any “credible allegations” to civil law-enforcement officials, but in fact the regime of secrecy and delay [...]
Priest Sex-Abuse Case in Archdiocese of Benedicts Adviser
The latest sex-abuse case to rock the Catholic Church is unfolding in the archdiocese of an influential Italian Cardinal who has been working with Pope Benedict XVI on reforms to respond to prior scandals of pedophile priests. Father Riccardo Seppia, a 51-year-old parish priest in the village of Sastri Ponente, near Genoa, was arrested last [...]
Church-funded study finds that clergy child abuse is not church’s fault
The sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church was caused by the influence of sweeping social changes and increasing “deviant behavior’’ of the 1960s and 1970s on priests who were inadequately trained, emotionally unprepared, and isolated, according to a new report commissioned by the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops. Researchers at John Jay College of Criminal [...]
Fundies Force Child Rape Victim to Confess Her Sin
Do you wonder what the Fundamentalist Christians want? In the abstract it is easy enough to answer. They want to dominate us. Just read about the Seven Mountains Movement in theirown words. Yet, far more powerful is a real life story, one that forces us to bear witness to the atrocities they would visit upon us, if [...]
