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A former Vatican archbishop accused of paedophilia stored tens of thousands of child porn videos and photos on a computer in his office at the Holy See diplomatic compound in the Dominican Republic, it has emerged.
Details of Jozef Wesolowski's massive child porn stash have been revealed after the 66-year-old was arrested at the Vatican earlier this week.
He is the highest-ranking Vatican official ever to be investigated for sex abuse, and the first top papal representative to receive a defrocking sentence. He has been charged with sexually abusing minors and child porn possession and might face up to seven years in the Vatican's tiny jail.
Vatican detectives analysed the PC Wesolowski used in his office in Santo Domingo, where he served as Holy See envoy from 2008 to 2012 as part of an investigation into the alleged sexual abuse of underage boys.
The probe reportedly revealed a collection of horrors. The Polish native held more than 100,000 sexually-explicit files, Il Corriere della Sera newspaper reported.
Some 160 videos showing teenage boys forced to perform sexual acts on themselves and on adults and more than 86,000 pornographic photos were meticulously archived in several category-based folders, the paper said.
Investigators said that at least another 45,000 pictures were deleted, while a second stash of material was found on a laptop Wesolowski used during his trips abroad.
The former clergyman was placed under house arrest in a pre-trial detention at the Vatican earlier this week. He has been detained in a small room in the basement of the Collegio dei Penitenzieri, a convent located in the same building hosting the Vatican's court and military police in the famous Santa Marta square.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/vatican-paedophilia-scandal-archbishop-jozef-wesolowski-stored-over-100000-child-porn-videos-1467410
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)He had a lot of time and help to do this and what better place to hide it for a power player in the world organization.
This is much, much bigger than just the leadership of the Catholic church or just the Dominican Republic
New York City elite:
Gristinas list of customers included powerful politicians, top-law enforcement, influential lawyers, bankers, entertainment execs and Fortune 500 businessmen, as well as several ultra-wealthy European clients, reports the New York Post.
Some of the sexual encounters included the involvement of children, according to Manhattan Assistant DA Charles Linehan.
http://nypost.com/2012/03/06/hot-mama-is-kink-link-to-rich-da/
NSA and Pentagon: workers tied to child porn
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/07/23/pentagon_workers_tied_to_child_porn/
England: 20 establishment figures 'in elite paedophile ring'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10953043/20-establishment-figures-in-elite-paedophile-ring.html
Franklin satanic cult/sex/drug ring and the GHW Bush white house
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/ring.htm
Too often, we get focused on one festering boil, instead of pulling back and looking at the infectious disease at the root of it.
malaise
(268,982 posts)but the church did cover up a lot of their sexual abuse of children.
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)Last edited Sun Sep 28, 2014, 06:00 PM - Edit history (1)
edited to add: This was written during Benedict's term, but I think things are improving some with Francis, as evidenced by this ArchBishop getting charged.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
reddread
(6,896 posts)of how much the Bush Familia can get away with.
Put to bed that old saw about dead bodies and live boys.
how much more do you need to know?
Hey, whats on TV?
tblue37
(65,340 posts)society turn out to be rapists and child molesters. We all know that forcing sex on helpless and unwilling victims is not about the sex so much as it is about the thrill the rapists get from exercising power and absolute dominance over their victims.
Often the kind of man who rises to the top in a system that richly rewards the abuse of power and the desire to dominate others, while strongly discouraging or even actively penalizing those who seek to nurture or protect the weak and vulnerable, will end up with a hierarchy in which the most brutal and sexually abusive men are in the highest positions.
Those who find their greatest thrill in having the freedom to exercise dominance and to wield power over the weak and vulnerable are probably much more likely than ordinary people to enjoy sexually abusing the weakest, most vulnerable victims they can find.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)multiple accusers of same.
malaise
(268,982 posts)for the exposure of her church's hierarchy would have killed her.
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)that is within all the elite structures of society...banking, religion, military, political, entertainment... etc. as I noted in post 2....
tblue37
(65,340 posts)MFM008
(19,808 posts)Knew about this and others.
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)He was appointed as nuncio to Bolivia on 3 November 1999. On 6 January 2000 he was consecrated Titular Archbishop of Sléibhte by John Paul II. During the course of 2002 he was appointed as nuncio to the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. On 24 January 2008 he was appointed nuncio to the Dominican Republic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Weso%C5%82owski
but i'm saying in post 2 its bigger than the church.
RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)While one hand this is hard to believe, on the other it does not surprise me
There are some real wicked people on this planet. Where better place to hide than in a church?
Looks like this new Pope is, maybe, not a wicked one?
spinbaby
(15,090 posts)Seriously, he had to have been watching the stuff all day every day for YEARS.
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)It's not like either has a real job.