Pope faces fresh claims of child sex abuse cover-up
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Fresh pedophilia cover-up claims hit Pope Benedict XVI late Wednesday as church files suggested he had failed to take action against a US priest accused of molesting up to 200 deaf boys.The documents obtained by The New York Times include correspondence between the accused priest, who worked at a school for deaf children in the US state of Wisconsin, and the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1996.
Ratzinger, then part of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was alerted to the accusations against Reverend Lawrence C. Murphy in two letters written to him by the Wisconsin archbishop.
But he failed to respond to the letters, and a secret canonical trial authorized by his deputy was halted after Murphy wrote to the future pope begging that the proceedings be stopped, the Times said.
"I simply want to live out the time that I have left in the dignity of my priesthood," Murphy wrote to the future pope, according to files. "I ask your kind assistance in this matter."
The documents contain no response from Ratzinger, and Murphy died two years later still a priest, the newspaper said.
Murphy worked at the school from 1950 to 1974, and despite multiple allegations against him was afterwards moved to another diocese where he was allowed to continue working freely with children, the Times reported.
The church files are included in four lawsuits against the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, brought by five men whose lawyers handed the long-secret documents to the newspaper over opposition from the Catholic Church.
The latest revelations come amid a wave of scandals over long-running sex abuse involving Catholic clergy in several other countries, including Ireland, Austria, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
The scandals have been inching closer to the pope himself.
In a case in his native Germany, the Munich and Freising diocese said recently that while archbishop there in 1980, Ratzinger approved giving church housing to a priest suspected of child sex abuse while he received "therapy."
The pope on Saturday apologized for child sex abuse carried out by Irish priests in a pastoral letter, but victims there argued it did not go far enough to address the scandal.
On Wednesday, an Irish bishop who was private secretary to three popes begged forgiveness from victims of child sex abuse in his diocese, as the Vatican accepted his resignation.
Bishop John Magee, who stepped aside a year ago pending an investigation into abuse claims, said he hoped that the probe's findings would help "towards healing for those who have been abused."
The Wisconsin church documents, the Times said, show that three successive archbishops in the state were informed that Murphy was sexually abusing children but the incidents were never reported to authorities, either criminal or civil.
Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi told the Times that the cases were "tragic" and said Murphy had abused "particularly vulnerable" children.
But he also pointed to the late notification of the Vatican in 1996, and noted that years earlier authorities had investigated and dismissed the case.
Victims of Catholic priests say they are angered not only by the scale of abuse committed by clergy, but also by what they deem a pattern of complicity and complacency by senior Vatican officials.
They say high-ranking church officials failed to take abuse claims seriously and effectively covered up crimes, rather than punishing priests and admitting their abuses.
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Pope Benedict apologises for Irish priests' sex abuse | |||
Pope Benedict XVI has apologised to victims of child sex abuse by Catholic priests in Ireland. In a pastoral letter to Irish Catholics, he acknowledged the sense of betrayal in the Church felt by victims and their families. The Pope said there had been "serious mistakes" among bishops in responding to allegations of paedophilia. The pastoral letter is the first statement of its kind by the Vatican on the sexual abuse of children. It follows revelations of paedophilia within the Irish Catholic Church, which have rocked the institution.
Scandals involving Catholic priests have been reported in other countries, including the Pope's native Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Austria and the US. Addressing the victims of abuse, the Pope wrote: "You have suffered grievously and I am truly sorry." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8577740.stm | |||
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Pope's sex abuse letter breaks Vatican taboo | ||
In an unusual Vatican document, Pope Benedict has issued a heartfelt personal apology to the people of Ireland and to thousands of victims of sexual abuse in past decades by Roman Catholic priests there. He has also rebuked Irish bishops for "grave errors of judgement" in dealing with the problem. "I can only share in the dismay and sense of betrayal that so many of you have experienced on learning of these sinful and criminal acts," the Pope wrote. About 15,000 Irish people who attended church-run schools and institutions when they were children and claim to have been abused by priests and teachers have received so far over one billion euros in compensation from a state redress board. The final number of victims and of the sums of money paid out by the Church and the Irish government could be much higher. "You have suffered grievously and I am truly sorry," Pope Benedict wrote. | ||
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"Our Lord, and admit them into the gardens of Eden that You promised for them and for the righteous among their parents, spouses, and children. You are the Almighty, Most Wise." [Holy Quran 40:8]
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எப்போதும் உங்கள் ஆலோசனைகளை எதிர்பார்க்கின்றோம்.
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கீழ்கண்ட சுட்டியை க்ளிக் செய்து விடியோ காணுங்கள். இதை தயவு செய்து அனைவருக்கும் தெரியப்படுத்துங்கள் . தாங்களின் இணைய தளங்களில் வலைபதிவுகளில் மீள்பதிவு செய்யுங்கள்.
சுட்டி:-
உண்மையானது குர்ஆனா? பைபிளா?
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அன்பின் வன்ஜூர் அவர்களுக்கு, அஸ்ஸலாமு அலைக்கும் வரஹ்மதுல்லாஹ், உங்களது வருகைக்கும் ஆலோசனைகளுக்கும் நன்றிகள் பல. நான் ஏற்கனவே இந்த வீடியோவின் ஆங்கிலத்தைப் பார்த்திருக்கிறேன். இப்போதுதான் தமிழ் கிடைத்திருக்கிறது, இன்ஷா அல்லாஹ் அதனை இன்று பார்ப்பதற்கு ஆரம்பிக்கிறேன். -------------------------------- இந்த பகுதிக்கு வரும் நண்பர்கள் இந்த செய்தியினூடாக இந்த வீடியோயை பார்ப்பார்கள் என நினைக்கிறேன். உங்கள் முயற்சிக்கும் சேவைக்கும் எமது பிராத்தனைகள். நன்றி.
சிறார் துஷ்பிரயோகம் உண்மையே"
பெல்ஜியம் பேராயர் ஆந்த்ரே ஜோஸஃப் லியொனார்
பெல்ஜியத்தின் ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்கத் திருச்சபையின் பாதிரிமார்கள் சிலரால் சிறுவர்கள் பாலியல் துஷ்பிரயோகத்துக்கு உள்ளாக்கப்பட்டது பரவலாக நடந்துள்ளது என்பதை அத்திருச்சபையின் தலைவர் ஒப்புக்கொண்டுள்ளார்.
பாலியல் துஷ்பிரயோகக் குற்றச்சாட்டுகள் பற்றி விசாரிக்கும் பொலிசாரிடம் தாங்கள் நெருங்கி ஒத்துழைக்க விரும்புவதாக பேராயர் ஆந்த்ரே ஜொஸெஃப் லியொனார்ட் கூறினார்.
துஷ்பிரயோகத்துக்கு ஆளானவர்களுடன் சமரசத்துக்கு வருவதற்கான புதிய மையம் ஒன்றை திருச்சபை அமைக்கப்போகிறது என்று பேராயர் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளார்.
பாதிக்கப்பட்டவர்களின் ஒவ்வொரும் அனுபவித்திருந்த துன்பங்களை அவரவர் நிலையில் புரிந்துகொள்வது முக்கியம் என்று அவர் கூறினார். தவறுகளில் இருந்து திருச்சபை பாடம் கற்றுக்கொள்ள வேண்டும் என்று அவர் தெரிவித்தார்.
பெல்ஜியத்தில் கத்தோலிக்கப் பாதிரிமார்கள் மற்றும் திருச்சபையின் கட்டுப்பாட்டின் கீழ்வரும் பள்ளிகளின் ஆசிரியர்கள் சிறார்களைப் பாலியல் ரீதியில் துஷ்பிரயோகம் செய்துவந்துள்ளதாக பக்கச்சார்பற்ற விசாரணை ஆணையம் சென்ற வாரம் தகவல் வெளியிட்டு பெரும் பரபரப்பை ஏற்படுத்தியிருந்தது.
பெல்ஜியத்தின் அனைத்து மாறைமாவட்டங்களிலுமே தசாப்தங்கள் கணக்கில் இப்படியான துஷ்பிரயோகங்கள் நடந்துள்ளன.
பாலியல் கொடுமைகளுக்கு ஆளானவர்களில் ஒரு சிலர் பச்சிளம் குழந்தைகளாக இருந்தபோதே இந்தக் கொடுமைகள் அவர்களுக்கு ஆரம்பித்திருந்தனவென்று அது கூறியிருந்தது.
தாங்கள் அனுபவித்த துன்பங்களின் விளைவாக இச்சிறார்கள் 13 பேர் தற்கொலை செய்துகொண்டதாகவும் விசாரணை ஆணையம் தெரிவித்திருந்தது.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/tamil/news/story/2010/09/100913_belgiumchurch.shtml
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