https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ex-vatican-diplomat-sentenced-to-5-years-for-child-porn/ar-AAz3NDc?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=U346DHP
A Catholic priest was found guilty by a Vatican court on Saturday and sentenced to five years in prison for possessing and distributing child pornography while working at the Vatican embassy in Washington, D.C.
The sentence was handed down to 51-year-old Monsignor Carlo Capella who was arrested in April after he was recalled to the Vatican last year.
Capella used a Tumblr account to share pictures and videos of child pornography during his time as a Vatican diplomat in Washington. About 40-55 images were found downloaded and stored on his cellphone, computer and online storage. A prosecutor for the case said Capella “knowingly and willingly” acquired “huge quantities” of child pornography.
At the start of his trial the day before, Capella admitted in court that he possessed child pornography while working in the U.S. He told the court he developed a “morbid” desire and was unhappy after coming to the U.S. in 2016, according to Reuters.
“It was never part of my priestly life before,” Capella said. “I am very sorry because my weakness has shamed the Church, my diocese, the Holy See and my family.” HELLO? Who really believes this?
Reuters reports that in August 2017, the U.S. State Department alerted the Holy See, the supreme body of government of the Catholic Church, that a member of the Vatican embassy in Washington was possibly breaking child pornography laws.
Capella was not charged or prosecuted in the U.S. because of diplomatic immunity, which the Vatican refused to wave. He was then recalled by the Vatican and returned to Rome where he was later charged and arrested.
Police in Canada issued an arrest warrant for Capella in September for possessing and distributing child pornography because of a prior visit he made to a Canadian church where authorities thought he accessed child porn on the internet.
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/04/07/vatican-arrests-diplomat-involved-in-windsor-ont-child-porn-scandal.html
Police in Windsor, Ont., said Capella allegedly uploaded child porn to a social networking site while visiting a place of worship from over the 2016 Christmas holiday. In the statement, Windsor police accused Capella of accessing, possessing and distributing child pornography.
PLACE OF WORSHIP? CHRISTMAS?
In addition to his FIVE-YEAR sentence, Capella must pay a fine of 5,000 euro or about $5,833.
ANOTHER SLAP ON THE WRIST * BECAUSE OF * DIMPLOMATIC IMMUNITY * THIS MUST STOP NOW
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InflationSlave ago
5 years is a long time for having and posting pictures. Since there is no cure for teh gay, I assume there is no cure for pedos, so what's the point anyway?
JJNova ago
Your post is the only one that makes sense. He was busted for possession, not production. Looking at images of a murder doesn't make you a murderer.
I wish they would bust more creators.
Shizy ago
sick fucks who are the consumers of the product of child porn drive the market for producing child porn. If these sick fucks weren't "looking at images" then children wouldnt be getting raped to produce them! How the fuck do you not understand that!?!!!
SoSpricyHotDog ago
The point is that the creators are fueled by demand... furthermore, this is very much a situation of "smoke and fire". Does this piece of shit deserve 5 years, 10 years, 30 years??? That's up to the courts if they have no evidence of him engaging in/supporting illegal activities directly.
However, the whole case re: the Catholic Church is very hush hush. We all know it is happening and has happened extensively, yet the evidence/trial details/sentencing is very hard to find. Massive troves of CP in the church likely mean they are acquiring this outside of the church. The sources need to get nabbed/exposed.
My hope is that 5 years is a reflection of this worthless diplomat cooperating and spilling those details.