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2012/05/16 00:14:46
Subject: Vatican 'probes priests' (no pun intended):
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Anointed Dark Priest of Chaos
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From BBC News:
Vatican 'probes Legion of Christ priests over child abuse'
The Vatican is reported to be investigating seven priests of the Legion of Christ order in connection with allegations of child abuse.
In a statement to the AP news agency, the Mexican order said seven cases had been referred to the Vatican's department that deals with sex crimes.
The Legion of Christ's founder, Marcial Maciel, sexually abused many boys and young men over a period of 30 years.
He was disciplined by the Vatican in 2006 over the abuse.
One of the cases being investigated in relation to the seven priests is recent, while others date back several decades, the order said in the statement given to AP.
The investigation will be handled by the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican office that investigates allegations of sexual abuse.
While it is under way, the suspects will be kept away from children.
'Immoral acts'
"Over the past few years, in several countries, the major superiors of the Legion of Christ have received some allegations of gravely immoral acts and more serious offences... committed by some legionaries," AP quoted the statement as saying.
The order has previously insisted that Fr Maciel was an isolated case.
The BBC's Alan Johnston in Rome says that if these new allegations are proven it will show that the rot in the order had spread beyond its disgraced leader.
In 2009, the Church launched an investigation into the order after Fr Maciel, who died in 2008, was also revealed to have fathered a daughter by a mistress.
A year later, Pope Benedict XVI appointed an envoy to implement a complete overhaul of the Legion of Christ, saying it had to be "purified".
The previous pope, John Paul II, long held up Fr Maciel as a model to the faithful, despite persistent allegations of sexual abuse, which were later proven.
In recent years, the Church has been rocked by cases of paedophilia by priests, and accusations that it did not do enough to investigate the allegations.
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2012/05/16 00:35:44
Subject: Vatican 'probes priests (no pun intended):
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Oh COME ON! There was totally a pun intended. 
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2012/05/16 01:11:07
Subject: Vatican 'probes priests (no pun intended):
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Boosting Ultramarine Biker
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Time for a new Inquisition for my church. A real life Ordo Hereticus!
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2012/05/16 14:23:31
Subject: Vatican 'probes priests (no pun intended):
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Anointed Dark Priest of Chaos
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Sgt_Scruffy wrote:Oh COME ON! There was totally a pun intended.
Those BBC reporters are so cheeky...
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2012/05/16 22:51:45
Subject: Re:Vatican 'probes priests (no pun intended):
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Fixture of Dakka
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I'd of guessed it was some kind of victims therapy/revenge based on the title!
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Come again some other day
The devil has my ear today
I'll never hear a word you say" Weak and Powerless - APC
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2012/05/16 22:52:40
Subject: Vatican 'probes priests (no pun intended):
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Servoarm Flailing Magos
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You're missing a closing quote on your title.
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2012/05/16 22:53:33
Subject: Vatican 'probes priests (no pun intended):
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Renegade Inquisitor de Marche
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The Legion of Christ is not a name to engender trust...
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2012/05/16 22:54:13
Subject: Vatican 'probes priests (no pun intended):
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Consigned to the Grim Darkness
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A pity they'll probably never see jail time.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
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2012/05/17 01:01:44
Subject: Vatican 'probes priests (no pun intended):
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Anointed Dark Priest of Chaos
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Melissia wrote:A pity they'll probably never see jail time.
Problem is the Vatican's "department that deals with sex crimes" is in effect an in-house travel agency.
They prefer to relocate the predators and hope people forget about them.
And these are the people that want to preach about morality and sin...
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2012/05/17 01:05:18
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Wing Commander
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CT GAMER wrote:Melissia wrote:A pity they'll probably never see jail time.
Problem is the Vatican's "department that deals with sex crimes" is in effect an in-house travel agency.
They prefer to relocate the predators and hope people forget about them.
And these are the people that want to preach about morality and sin...
How surprising, a church made up of humans which are known to be hypocrites, is hypocritical.
I proscribe to the idea set down by Matthew "If you want to be perfect, give away all you stuff and live the life of a poor hermit"
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2012/05/17 10:59:02
Subject: Vatican 'probes priests' (no pun intended):
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Huge Hierodule
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Well, this is a start...
Still, I shall not be truly happy until they replace all the priests with the Sisters of Battle. An all-female priesthood would actually help prevent child abuse within the church.
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