Seminary shut over porn scandal

[emad]

BBC News snip:



A Vatican-appointed bishop has closed down an Austrian seminary following allegations of sexual impropriety. Bishop Klaus Kueng said the seminary in St Poelten, near Vienna, had veered away from its mission to train young men into the Roman Catholic Church.

Last month the bishop was appointed by Pope John Paul II to investigate, after a seminary student was charged with distributing child pornography. The affair has shocked Austria and embarrassed the Catholic Church.

On Thursday Bishop Kueng, of the Austrian city of Feldkirch, accused the seminary leadership of "paying too little attention to recruiting requirements". To justify the immediate closing down of the establishment, he said: "A new beginning is necessary."

The authorities say images of child pornography and violent sex were found on the college's main computer and a student's hard drive.

The images are also reported to include pictures of students kissing and fondling each other and their older instructors.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3558796.stm

Edit: See also seemslikeadream's seminal "Sex scandal draws..." at

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=694019

[donsu]

1. but the catholic church loves children.......................

the same as the criminal bushgang loves children.............

[emad]

2. Cradlefodder.....

Bushes love JP2 because Catholic Church makes them seem real good...

[SquireJons]

4. <sarc>

As a catholic pedophile castrate, I resent being compared or associated with the 'bushgang.' Cease and desist your slander or you will hear from our lawyers - once they finish with the several hundred law suits they are currently handling. And if we have any money left.

Signed, JP II

[arcos]

5. oh, they'll have lots of money left for sure...

The Vatican is, after all, one of the biggest corporations on Earth.

[gatlingforme]

8. Yup, the Vatican has alot to reconcile with, but JP2 is too busy

going to sites where he can find a miracle and be cured so he can FU the Catholic Church for another 100yrs.

[slojim240]

11. No wonder "they hate us for our freedom."

thye have reason to hate us. Western craven civilization and religious hypocrisy.

[seemslikeadream]

3. Vatican's "Sexorcist" Gags Scandal Bishop

http://www.dw-world.de/dwelle/allgemein/bilder_show/0,3772,93867_6,00.jpg


The man chosen by the Vatican to investigate the St. Poelten sex scandal in Austria has ordered the local bishop not to speak to the media in a bid to halt the damage to the Catholic Church.

The Vatican's investigator dispatched to Austria to probe the seminary at the center of a sex scandal has ordered the local bishop not to speak to the media in a bid to halt the damage being done by the child porn inquiry.

Bishop Klaus Kueng, Pope John Paul II's own choice, is working at uncovering the truth and depth of the scandal that consumed the St Poelten earlier this month and which has been a staple of the Austrian media ever since photographs of clerics at seminary kissing and fondling student priests were published.

Bishop's comments inflaming situation

Local bishop Kurt Krenn has been adding fuel to the media fire through a number of rash statements, specifically one which caused outrage when the described the incidents in the photographs as pranks and a number of comments slamming Islam.
more
http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1430_A_1282357_1_...


posting just for the amuzing headline

[dand]

6. This doesn't surprise anybody.

The Catholic Church is a protection racket for child rapists, and has been for centuries. They use fear of eternal damnation to stifle dissent, kind of like the US government attacks a person's patriotism to accomplish the same goal.

[Placebo]

7. When do I get to see the pictures?

:P :bounce: :loveya: :P

j/k

[autorank]

9. Send this guy to America

At least he shuts the bad boys down. Its about time!!!!!

[Tight_rope]

10. "had veered away from its mission to train young men"

Just say you fuckers have been at it again molesting young kids. Where is that useless ole fucker who aways has something to say about human rights.