Former Bishop Excuses Self: "I was never naked" and the abuse was never about "real sexuality"

[kpete]

A former bishop's televised admission that he sexually abused two of his nephews caused an uproar in Belgium on Friday, with the prime minister, senior clergy and a prosecutor expressing shock at the way the ex-prelate made light of his offenses.

In an interview that aired Thursday Roger Vangheluwe, the former bishop of Bruges, spoke of his sexual abuse as "a little game," that involved fondling, but no "rough sex."

"I was never naked" and the abuse was never about "real sexuality," said Vangheluwe, 74.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42604574/ns/world_news-europe/

[SpiralHawk]

1. This creep has a wicked case of Republicon Family Pharisee Values

obviously...Sheesh....

[LAGC]

2. "Both cases occurred too long ago to be prosecuted."

Why, again, is there a statute of limitations on these sorts of crimes?

[originalpckelly]

3. I know, like WTF?

Of all the things to have a limit on, this is not one of them.

Not all kids are capable of saying something about it at the time, but might be able to come forward later on.

[Botany]

4. He was screwing an 8 year old boy .... freak!

The Bishop wasn't really screwing the little boy because he wasn't naked, really wasn't attracted to boys, and after
all it was just a bit of intimacy that they shared when they were together.

[LAGC]

5. Try 5 years old!

"...he had abused one of his nephews for 13 years — until the boy was 18."

But it was just "a little game", nothing to leave the priesthood over.

:puke:

[Botany]

6. And now the Vatican has him all "snug as a bug" ....

... in some nice church owned property in France.

That poor boy who is now a man no doubt has all kinds of demons
running through his brain 24/7.

[Raschel]

7. Why isn't this guy in jail? Do they all get a pass because of their stupid, silly costumes?

[DCKit]

9. Series. I'm going to buy a collar and go rob a bank. nt

[Raschel]

13. Make sure you wear some big rings and a silly hat too.

That'll be extra insurance.

[cali]

10. No, it says right in the article why. read it yourself.

[Capitalocracy]

8. Oh, that's OK, then.

As long as he had his clothes on.

:puke:

[niyad]

11. I wish I believed in hell, because that is where this sick pos belongs.

. . . . .
Vangheluwe complained in the hour-long interview that the church was targeted by abuse probes, while other sectors, like sports organizations, were let off too easily.

"Why is it different for priests than for other situations? Why should the church pay compensation and there is no compensation in other professions?" he asked. "The church should not be pushed in a special corner."

The interview took place in a wooded Catholic retreat in Ferte-Imbault in central France, where Vangheluwe has been sent by the Vatican.

Throughout the interview, he sat relaxed, sometimes smiling and at times shrugging his shoulders as if to signal that the events he spoke of were not very serious.




http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42604574/ns/world_news-europe/

okay, I don't follow sports, but is there ANY sport in which these kinds of abuse have taken place at such a level? I mean, not even the boy scouts have this kind of record, at least as far as I know.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

12. A quote.

The perfidy of the human mind is endless. -- Stuart Wilde.