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Catholics:
Transgressions And Money
How one rapist built an empire worth billions
Excerpt:
For years, Father Marcial Maciel evaded numerous
accusations of sexual abuse -- even as he built a
rich and powerful order of the Catholic Church.
Maciel's Legion of Christ now controls assets worth
billions of dollars. A new investigative report
explores whether Maciel's ability to bring in money
influenced his treatment by the Vatican.
This shithead is like Charlie Sheen or PittsburgH's
Ben Roethlisberger - but worse.
As long as he was making money for "the network'
they allowed him to commit the worst of crimes.
After Maciel died in 2008, the Legion admitted
that Maciel fathered a daughter. Several men came forward
saying they were his sons. But that was overshadowed
by years of reports -- ignored by the Vatican -- that
Father Maciel sexually abused young seminarians.
That won't even get the Pope's attention.
How's he expected to sift thru hundreds (or thousands)
of rape complaints per day?
Investigative journalist Jason Berry's series
on Father Maciel in the National Catholic Reporter suggests that
his ability to raise money may have played a
role in keeping Maciel in the priesthood, despite accusations made against
him.
Nooooo.
Are you trying to say this worldwide, organized
rape scam is about money?
"He seems to have had this militant sense of spirituality,
and he was a genius at fundraising," Berry says.
"From the earliest years of his involvement with
high church officials, he always had money, lots of it."
But Maciel's trouble in the church began early.
Berry lists an addiction to morphine
and accusations of making sexual advances
at young seminarians as early as 1956.
Son of a bitch.
Those raping Catholics let this monster attack
little boys for 53
years?
Wild guess of three times a week is 150 rapes
per year - times 53 years?
That's between 7,000 and 8,000 rapes, if my estimates
are close.
...but "he always
had money" so the bastards looked the
other way.
I assume Eric Holder and Obama want to "look forward" on this, too?
If YOU have kids in the Catholic Church, you're
gambling.
Why would you gamble with the sexual sanity of
your kids?