Vatican ‘won’t turn in bishop charged with molesting Dominican boys

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Santo Domingo.- The Vatican on Friday rejected a Warsaw Office of the Prosecutor’s request to hand over its former envoy to Dominican Republic, the Pole Jozef Wesolowski, to face charges of sexual abuse filed by five Dominican boys.

Quoting the AFP, French newspaper Le Monde reports that Pope Francis declined Warsaw’s request to extradite the Polish national to face accusations by Dominican authorities.

Wesolowski was whisked out of the Dominican Republic and sent to Rome once local journalist Nuria Piera uncovered the scandal, which could also be linked to another Polish priest, (Padre Alberto) Wojciech Gil, charged with pedophilia in Juncalito, a town in a rugged region of Santiago province.

"The Holy See’s response is concise and fits in a half-page," reports Polish TV channel N24. "The letter’s authors noted that the Vatican is investigating the Catholic hierarch about the alleged practice of pedophilia."

http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2014/1/10/50183/Vatican-wont-turn-in-bishop-charged-with-molesting-Dominican-boys

[Arugula Latte]

1. Big surprise. The Vatican is still as corrupt as they come

in spite of Mr. Wonderful the Pope.

Disgusting.

[Ohio Joe]

2. Yay pope!

oh wait... I guess he really is just talking shit and not really changing anything. It will be interesting to see how his supporters rationalize this though.

[theHandpuppet]

22. Hater!

Isn't that the standard response?

[Zorra]

3. Church trumps State. nt

[malthaussen]

9. Yeah, and to think Thomas a'Beckett is a saint.

The war between Church and State continues to rage. Will no one free us of these troublesome priests?

-- Mal

[dgibby]

4. Time for a rendition? n/t

[Le Taz Hot]

5. I've praised him in his attempts to raise awareness

about income inequality. I'll condemn him here for this action. The Catholic Church has had plenty of time to "investigate." This is just more of the same. Shame on him.

[stevenleser]

15. Completely with you here. nt

[Bluenorthwest]

6. I don't see how the Francis boosters can be ok with this, sorry.

nt

[ananda]

7. This is worse than not OK.

It's condoning pedophilia.

The church needs to completely cut the clergy who do this.

[arcane1]

14. Correction: the church needs to turn the clergy over to law enforcement.

[dsc]

8. Imagine for a moment that there was a country called gaylandia

and it pulled a stunt like this. I have my doubts its leader would be considered person of the year, just saying.

[Bluenorthwest]

10. This is Fancis who says gay parents are a form of child abuse. Think about that folks.

Francis is a morally vapid and ethically absent man.

[Demo_Chris]

11. There were easily over ten THOUSAND child rapist priests just in America...

The Vatican ADMITS to at least 7000. Even assuming they are telling the truth, extrapolating from this (based on the normal reporting percentages) it is safe to assume that at a MINIMUM one out of every three American Priests were directly raping children or were aware it was taking place and took part in the cover up.

And that's here in America. In other nations it was much worse. There, they didn't stop at rape. In other countries they got downright medieval in their torture. They did shit so foul I hesitate to even type it.

The Catholic Church continues to shelter these monsters and provide them access to children. Which is why some of us are so sickened when we read the glowing adoration showered on this Pope. Fuck him, and frankly fuck anyone who defends him.

[arcane1]

12. This is what happens when a religious organization is treated like a pretend country.

[el_bryanto]

13. That's unfortunate - in theory he's being investigated by the Vatican

But without that actually panning out it looks like obstruction of justice.

Bryant

[LadyHawkAZ]

16. Renault, though! n/t

[TeeYiYi]

17. Is this the darling pope thread of the day?...

...Because it sure is darling.

TYY

[Vashta Nerada]

18. I'm shocked. SHOCKED!!!!11111

Where's the pope defenders now?

[Bluenorthwest]

19. Where are all of Francis' boosters?

Francis Superstar has come to the rescue! Why are they not here to praise him?

[theHandpuppet]

20. Gee, what a surprise

NOT.

http://newsfirst.lk/english/2013/12/vatican-rejects-united-nations-child-sex-abuse-inquiries/7445

[Lint Head]

21. I think that's why Rush Limbaugh went to the Dominican Republic with Viagra.

I've read and heard that the Dominican Republic is very lax with their child sex laws.