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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carmencita ago
Just remembered this. There were priests and teachers working together in this child porn ring. It's happening all over the world. Brazileo
https://news.vice.com/article/brazilian-police-bust-darknet-child-pornography-ring
Brazil's federal police has announced that a nationwide investigation over the course of a year into the circulation of child pornography among users of private "darknet" networks has resulted in the arrest of 55 people — including teachers, priests, and at least one member of the military.
"This is the first time that the Brazilian police has done an operation like this, seeking targets in the darknet," Rafael França, coordinator of the aptly named Operation Darknet, told VICE News.
Priests on the Dark net. Wow.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5391417/Catholic-priest-arrested-possessing-child-pornography.html
Remember this one?
Faucher, who retired as a priest three years, was arraigned Monday on 14 different charges, including 10 felony counts of sexual exploitation of a child and two felony counts of distributing sexually exploitative material involving children.
https://thegoldwater(com)com/news/22605-Catholic-Priest-in-the-Vatican-Arrested-for-Child-Pornography
The alarm bells going off inside the Vatican only continue to echo through its halls in relation to the numerous Priests having been accused of engaging in pedophilia-laced activities such as child pornography, and now Vatican police have arrested Fr. Carlo Alberto Capella for the possession of child pornography with the concern that he intended to distribute the illicit materials for sale to unknown buyers.
The Vatican and the Catholic Church have had numerous Priests accused of sexually assaulting children, with even more of them being labeled as engaging in the viewing of child pornography.
A quick search of the internet will show you the dozens of cases of Priests, Cardinals, Bishops, and others employed within the Catholic Church who have faced similar charged in the last several years, raising more than eyebrows when wondering how such a powerful, tax-exempt religious organization not only engages in the sexual abuse of minor children but also then in-turn attempts to cover up the crimes committed against innocent children.
This is the same diplomat who was engaging in the believed production of child pornography last year, after being caught with child pornography inside of Washington, DC while serving a diplomatic mission into the United States of America.
The US State Department had claimed that the high-profile Fr. Carlo Alberto Capella, who was working at the Vatican’s Embassy in Washington, DC had violated federal law by possessing child pornography.
And I am sure there are more. Sad. Very Sad and Sick.
notagame ago
Yes, it's a worldwide network. The sooner we accept that, the sooner investigators can work together in ridding the world of child abuse. Pedos belong in jail!
Konran ago
I only hope that your faith that something more will come from this is eventually fulfilled.
Unfortunately I feel it will be news today and gone tomorrow for still so many out there. It seems impossible to get people to look at something that is so depraved that they can't bear the thought of it for any length of time. Believe me I have tried.
[EDIT: For clarity]
notagame ago
But that's the beauty of this evidence. You can break it up into quotes and tweet it. Nobody that isn't woke is going to want to sit down and read that report, but if you break it up into horrific quotes and the link to read it, it'll work. Guaranteed. Don't even try to shove the whole thing whole at someone. Think about feeding a kid something he is resistant to eating. You bargain with them and ask them to take a bite. That's what this'll be. You're just tweeting a quote without any explanation of which side you're on. Maybe come up with a compelling hashtag. It's a real chance to get through.
Konran ago
I understand that. The problem is people's cognitive dissonance. People I have thought are good and intelligent have looked at a little bit of evidence and then just stopped themselves going further due to the horrific nature of the topic.
For example the fact that 250,000 to 300,000 children go missing in Europe or that between 460,000 to 800,000 children are reported missing in the US every year does grab people's attention. I mean, that's like one kid every 3 seconds (roughly). But then, after looking a little more people clutch at any excuse for this like they're mainly runaways or just immigrant kids. They won't look deeper.
In this particular case people will just say it's a bad group within the church and move on.
I hate to say it.
Of course, I think we should continue to push the message and even if we only convert one person then it's better today than yesterday.
And sorry for being cynical, but after so many years fighting this it is difficult to believe things will change. Though I truly and always find myself hoping that I'm wrong.
notagame ago
This report is rife with things to refute this and to "woke" people up. It clearly states the cover up started at the top. And the group was 300, involved six dioceses, and affected THOUSANDS of children. Further, it states that the cover up started at the top of The Vatican food chain.
I think the problem is that we have to be insistent on getting this out there. We have to be clever in finding ways to get people to look further. It's like anything else, you have to find the right key. So if you understand all this, then find a way to counteract it to get through. Naturally, the propagandists and media will treat it the way they treated the other pedo priest stories, but if you're this intelligent ... you figure it out. Each one of us has to figure out how to get people interested enough.
And if I can find time, I really will post a couple of more cases that went on during the approximate time to show just how pervasive this was. Three hundred pedo priests is not one nameless loser. That's THREE HUNDRED who actively took part in sadististically and ritually molesting, raping, and torturing children ... and filming it to produce pornography for even more sickos! If we can't find a way to get people interested, we're not trying.