A Catholic priest charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Minnesota is working in his home diocese in India and has no plans to return to the U.S. to face the courts, he and his bishop told The Associated Press on Monday. Once again the Vatican seem to think that those they have preaching for them are above normal human rights ?
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Ugh. Makes me want to lick an electrical outlet. Religion and the harm it does is purely sickening. But its cool, I guess. "God will forgive them."
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Yes it does have it's own justice system, it's called do nothing and hide what you can.
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Link please. More information would be nice, of course. If, for example, said priest was having major surgery on the day in which this 14 year old claims to have been sexually assaulted, then the priest really would have no reason to return. Always remember that an accusation is not the same as guilt. People seem to have forgotten that recently. As for having its own justice system - not really. Each individual is subject to the laws of the land in which they are living.
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Injustice system more like!
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If the U.S. wants him, let the U.S. arrange with India an extradition. What do you want the Vatican to do -- kidnap the guy?
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Yes it does. What you do is take the witch and if they refuse to admit their witchery you tie them to the stake and pile wood up around them and....... oh wait. i just read the rest of your question. What do you mean 'above human rights'. When has the church ever infringed anyones rights?
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Well... http://www.startribune.com/world/89900257.html It's quite common for foreigners to refuse to return to a country where they expect to face criminal charges - whether innocent or guilty. However, why doesn't the court demand his extradition? If such were the case, I wonder what his bishop's reaction would be? As it is, all his bishop is doing is abiding by the law. I'm not saying that's the most moral choice - but there seems to be no coverup here. It seems more along the lines of a simple case of "innocent until proven guilty." If you go to page 2, you'll see that the priest (naturally) denies the charges. So - isn't this simply a case of awaiting a legally-binding summons - that is, an extradition? The fact that the charges were not made until after he had returned to India also speak (very slightly) in his favor. It doesn't seem as if he "escaped" to India to avoid prosecution - merely that he chose to remain there to avoid prosecution. Now - innocent or guilty, wouldn't you do as he has done? If I (innocent) were charged with *that kind* of crime and was in a situation where I did not have to face such charges, I would probably choose to remain in that situation - wouldn't you? Jim
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The Doctrine of Celibacy means that the priest is a better Human being than anyone else, and therefore has the Divine Right to perform *Hocus Pocus* (sic) and turn The Communion Wafer and Wine into the ACTUAL Body and Blood of The Lord Jesus Christ (sic)! . I am not making this up- that is what they believe! There is NO WAY that a Roman Catholic can believe that a Protestant Church Communion has equal standing with theirs' -and be permitted by law to drive later the same day. . If it were accepted that "anybody" can dispense Communion, it seems they believe, their Big-for-nothing Church would collapse! A few controlled "scandals" to sway public opinion (WHAT happened? REALLY?) and it gets announced they're dropping celibacy? Is that the Plan? The other SuperHuman Power only Celibate Roman Catholic priests have is the Power to Forgive Sins. . Why should this not apply to the CLERGY, as well as to the LAYMEN AND WOMEN? If we say it doesn't, then the entire concept must be a sham!
