As stated above, pls watch the video and read through the article. It's so disgusting that these men were preaching to anyone when their hearts were as black and coal. They had no compassion and abused children at will. The only thing I'm happy about is that it's all coming out.
EVERYTHING.
http://fortune.com/2018/08/14/pennsylvania-priests-child-pornography-grand-jury-report/
Among the horrific revelations of a 1,356-page Pennsylvania grand jury report that found more than 1,000 identifiable child victims were abused by over 300 Catholic priests, one stands out starkly: Priests allegedly used church property to produce child pornography.
With one priest, George Zirwas, the grand jury says his diocese knew of complaints starting in 1987 that he purportedly sexually abused children. Zirwas was shuffled among positions until he was placed on “personal leave” in 1995, which lasted until he was murdered in Havana, Cuba, in May 2001. The report claims Zirwas and three other priests created child pornography in parishes and rectories using whips, violence, and sadism while raping their victims.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/catholic-priests-child-pornography-pittsburgh-diocese-pennsylvania-grand-jury-sex-abuse-report-20180815.html?arc404=true
George said he never discussed the nude Polaroids, or the twisted, secret gifts he and the other kids had been given decades ago by the men who preyed on them. These weren’t the kinds of things you could share without feeling humiliated, especially if you grew up tough, like he did on the South Side of Pittsburgh.
But you can’t outrun your nightmares forever. So on Dec. 17 — a week before Roman Catholics around the world celebrated Christmas — George met with a Pennsylvania grand jury and told it about the Rev. George Zirwas, a friendly young priest who once took him to a rectory in Munhall, a borough about 25 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh, and introduced him to some friends: The Revs. Francis Pucci, Richard Zula, and Francis Luddy.
During a conversation about religious statues, the priests told George to get onto a bed and remove his shirt, and strike a pose like Jesus on the cross. Then they instructed him to strip off his pants and underwear, according to a grand jury report released Tuesday by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro.
In the unnerving moments that followed, George claimed that Zula or Pucci began taking photos of him on a Polaroid camera. All of the priests giggled — and then added the photos of George to a collection of photos of other teen boys. According to the grand jury, these men and another priest, the Rev. Robert Wolk, were part of a “ring of predatory priests” who raped children, shared intelligence on potential victims, and manufactured child pornography in parishes and rectories.
“This group of priests used whips, violence, and sadism in raping their victims,” reads one line of the nearly 900-page document, which outlines horrific abuse that occurred in Pittsburgh and five other Catholic dioceses across the state.
The men gave a specific gift to children they favored, something they could wear that would mark them as prime targets for abuse. Zirwas “had told me that they, the priests, would give their boys, their altar boys, or their favorite boys these crosses,” George told the grand jury. “So he gave me a big gold cross to wear.” ,...
According to Tuesday’s report, Zula “engaged in violent sexual activity” with a child at a rectory in the Pittsburgh Diocese. Church records further described parties Zula hosted for children that featured marijuana, alcohol, oral sex, attempted anal sex, and whips. He was sentenced to five years in prison in 1990, and died last year.
UPDATE: Hell just froze over. CNN actually covered this report and very timidly suggested wrongdoing. But it demonstrates that this story is so horrific that they couldn't remain in their usual role of apologists and enablers. No fanciful excuses concocted so here it is. Perhaps the last time you'll see CNN even veering towards the truth.
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Blacksmith21 ago
What horrific, systemic abuse. I hope the abused gain the courage to speak out against the abuse and coverup.
Tip of the iceberg.
notagame ago
I think a little more than the tip is showing in this one.
Remarkable details and presented in a no-nonsense fashion by a determined AG. He does not look happy about this ... at all.
More to come, but this really will set up the what's next to come. And I am very anxious to see who defends this. They will be on my radar forever if they make excuses or become an enabler for this to go on.
Blacksmith21 ago
That's one Diocese out of how many. In the US. WW? Tip of the iceberg?
notagame ago
I don't think you're getting the importance.
The details are depraved. They're perverted, twisted, and show how vile the elite truly are. They mocked their own religion ... and had their victims. Satanists mock Christ, not Christians.
It's up to you as to what you think. I just believe this is the start of an avalanche.
Pizzalawyer ago
I dont think that comment was intended to minimize the Pittsburgh experience but just the opposite. If we multiple this by the number of dioceses nationwide and around the world we are looking at thousands and thousands of perpetrators and perhaps millions of victims.
It was quite appropriate after all that the 1970s construction of the Popes Audience Hall of the Vatican took the form of a serpent. Did the architect play a joke on the Catholic Church? Was this payback for the architect's own childhood abuse by a priest?
notagame ago
Oh, I see. So it was more, "And this is what happened in only one diocese ... so multiply that by X."
Got it.
And I'm sure the church personally requested the snake theme. It was more a joke on the devoted followers who have made them filthy rich and a law unto themselves. So disgusting and so totally the opposite of what Christianity is about. Please remember they are the ones that called Mary Magdelene a whore. Jesus' closest confidante who the other disciples were jealous of they labeled a whore. The tagging still exist today even after the tepid apology.
Vindicator ago
It's really fucking sick. Worse than the Crucifixion.
I guess now we know why Jesus was sweating blood in Gethsemane.
notagame ago
It's worse than sick. How could those kids deal with this? It's not even like they had everyone on their side? They were isolated and left to try to piece back their broken lives on their own. I mean, they couldn't talk about it, could they. If they did, they'd be called liars and/or crazy, and asked why they were saying such horrible lies about priests.
It reminds me of the Larry Nassar case a lot. Remember, that one girl ... can't remember her name at the moment ... but when she came out and told her family what was going on, they turned against her! They first sided with Nassar and accused her of lying. They did eventually reverse their opinion, but with these pedo priests, most families didn't do that. They were so indoctrinated to think these men were holy that any criticism was looked upon with contempt and condemned.
Blacksmith21 ago
Good insight and perspective.