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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 329967 United States 11/22/2007 03:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Catholic Church Computer Seized in Child Porn Probe FBI agents raided the rectory at Sacred Heart Catholic church in Florissant Wednesday night. FBI spokesman Keith Lourdeau confirmed the raid but wouldn't say what agents were looking for. But St. Louis Archdiocese spokeswoman Terry Edelmann said a computer was seized from the rectory, the residence of the parish priest. "A computer was taken and is being investigated," Edelmann said. "They apparently are looking for child pornography." She said no arrests have been made. Florissant police would not comment. The parish in north St. Louis County is large and also includes a school. [link to www.foxnews.com] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 329967 United States 11/22/2007 03:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Former altar boy says priests ran boys' prostitution ring A former altar boy sued the Vatican, the Miami Archdiocese and two Roman Catholic priests Monday, saying he was forced to participate in orgies as a teen-ager 30 years ago. Jose Albino Currais Jr. said the Revs. Ricardo Castellanos and Alvaro Guichard held orgies at the Church of the Little Flower in Miami in which they had sex with numerous teen-age boys. Currais, 45, also said Castellanos operated a teen prostitution ring, arranging for Currais and other boys to have sex with visiting seminarians from Rome. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 329967 United States 11/22/2007 04:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Priest says paedophilia was good for children Aix-en-Provence, France - A Roman Catholic priest on trial in this southern French town for failing to disclose the sexual abuse of minors has argued that the paedophilic acts that took place in his parish were actually good for the children. Father Hubert Barral, 67, who heads the parish in the village of Vernegues, faces up to five years in prison if convicted on a charge of failing to assist a person in danger and failing to report a crime. The trial is taking place amid mounting criticism of the French Roman Catholic Church, which has been accused of not taking charges of paedophilia seriously. In his testimony, Barral defended the man accused of having sexually abused or raped two minor children, as well as a boy over the age of 18 who had psychological problems, describing the rapes as "moments when the children flowered". The alleged crimes took place between 1986 and 1998. The victims included a British boy who was aged six when his mother abandoned him at the church in 1986 and a 12-year-old runaway. Arrested and charged for the rapes was Marc Ruther, a 49-year-old drifter. Ruther admitted to the charges against him and said he often gave his victims dagga before raping them. Investigators said Barral had also told one of the children that making love was a way of being in touch with God. - Sapa-AFP [link to www.int.iol.co.za] |