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struggle4progress

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11. Huffington Post got it from the Telegraph, who got it from La Stampa, who
Thu May 24, 2012, 11:27 AM
May 2012

in turn got it from the "world's leading exorcist"! He is a man with many opinions:

... Father Amorth was .. one of the voices that made public warnings to parents about J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels ... At a film festival in Umbria ... he is quoted as saying that yoga is satanic ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriele_Amorth


The Huffington Post is apparently recycling his opinion regarding Emanuela Orlandi

Padre Amorth: "Orlandi, fu un delitto a sfondo sessuale"
Emanuela Orlandi, la ragazza scomparsa nel 1983 a Roma
Il capo degli esorcisti: "Attirata in una trappola"

GIACOMO GALEAZZI
città del vaticano

«E' un delitto a sfondo sessuale», sostiene il capo mondiale degli esorcisti, padre Gabriele Amorth. L'anziano sacerdote, molto stimato da Benedetto XVI, rivela a La Stampa una pista interna per la scomparsa nel 1983 della cittadina vaticana davanti alla chiesa di Sant'Apollinare, da poco riferita riservatamente ai familiari della ragazza.

«Come dichiarato anche da monsignor Simeone Duca, archivista vaticano, venivano organizzati festini nei quali era coinvolto come "reclutatore di ragazze" anche un gendarme della Santa Sede. Ritengo che Emanuela sia finita vittima di quel giro - spiega padre Amorth - Non ho mai creduto alla pista internazionale, ho motivo di credere che si sia trattato di un caso di sfruttamento sessuale con conseguente omicidio poco dopo la scomparsa e occultamento del cadavere». E ancora: «Nel giro era coinvolto anche personale diplomatico di un'ambasciata straniera presso la Santa Sede» ...

http://www3.lastampa.it/cronache/sezioni/articolo/lstp/455110/


Father Amorth: Orlandi's disappearance "a sex crime"
JAMES EQUIPAGGIO
Vatican City

"It was a sex crime," says the world's leading exorcist, Father Gabriele Amorth. The elderly priest, highly respected by Benedict XVI, told La Stampa an inside view, of the 1983 disappearance in front of the church of St. Apollinaris in Vatican City, had recently been reported confidentially to the girl's family ...

"As also stated by the Vatican archivist, Bishop Simeon Duke, feasts were organized in which a policeman of the Holy See was involved as a recruiter of girls. I think Emanuela victim of that round is over (said Father Amorth). I never believed in the international track. I have reason to believe that this was a case of sexual exploitation, murder, and concealment of the corpse. " And further: "It also involved diplomatic personnel of a foreign embassy to the Holy See."

http://www3.lastampa.it/cronache/sezioni/articolo/lstp/455110/

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I am not Catholic but I don't like this blanket condemnation of the Catholic Church. potone May 2012 #1
Liberal Catholics have been "rally(ing) around those ... trying to live up to Christ's teachings" trotsky May 2012 #6
Yep, if you want to live up to Christ's teachings find a different church that does better ButterflyBlood May 2012 #8
I took the first option ButterflyBlood May 2012 #7
I basically agree on this, but with a few reservations LeftishBrit May 2012 #44
I think the more liberal Catholics need to nail some more theses on the church doors. n/t backscatter712 May 2012 #45
I'll believe it when The National Enquirer tells me it's true. rug May 2012 #2
Maybe this will help. cleanhippie May 2012 #3
Thank you. May I return the favor? rug May 2012 #4
Nice red herring. cleanhippie May 2012 #5
I know that well, even though it's not apropos. rug May 2012 #9
Does your hypocrisy know ANY bounds? cleanhippie May 2012 #10
An observation is not a lecture. rug May 2012 #12
Good to know. Now I know you won't take my observation as one. cleanhippie May 2012 #14
Huffington Post got it from the Telegraph, who got it from La Stampa, who struggle4progress May 2012 #11
Does he not speak for the church then? cleanhippie May 2012 #13
Are you asking: does everything, that he ever says, qualify as an official church pronouncement? struggle4progress May 2012 #15
Maybe she wasn't kidnapped for sex parties EvilAL May 2012 #16
Porn Again Christians cbayer May 2012 #17
so. EvilAL May 2012 #18
Just that everything that gets posted on the internet is not necessarily true. cbayer May 2012 #19
I know that, but EvilAL May 2012 #20
I don't know. Who you going to believe. cbayer May 2012 #22
Like I said before, EvilAL May 2012 #25
Yeah, but if he fabricated (or fantasized) the part about her being kidnapped, cbayer May 2012 #26
Yeah, I have a hard time to give him any EvilAL May 2012 #27
EvilAL, it's been a pleasure to talk with you. cbayer May 2012 #34
cheers.. EvilAL May 2012 #38
How many red herrings do they have? n/t trotsky May 2012 #23
It has to be said: the man is nuttier than a Snickers bar muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #21
Of course he is. trotsky May 2012 #24
This story has a lot going for it. A cold case, a creepy priest that the students are warned to dimbear May 2012 #28
I can't wait for the movie. cbayer May 2012 #40
Have to say, though skepticscott May 2012 #29
yeah, if he started when he was 15 EvilAL May 2012 #30
Well, maybe some people skepticscott May 2012 #39
The article has a correction posted on that. laconicsax May 2012 #36
His credibility is an issue Bad Thoughts May 2012 #43
Kinda like our atheist friends supporting any organized atheism after so humblebum May 2012 #31
This isn't a general "how can a religious person support a religious organization" thing. Goblinmonger May 2012 #32
hmmmm EvilAL May 2012 #33
Hey cbayer. laconicsax May 2012 #35
Hope you weren't holding your breath skepticscott May 2012 #42
We've had this discussion with humblebum many times. backscatter712 May 2012 #46
This article doesn't look very credible. laconicsax May 2012 #37
The original Italian source is in #11 muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #41
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