APNews Break: Pope Defrocked 400 priests in 2 years

Started by walkstall, January 17, 2014, 03:50:47 PM

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walkstall

Sounds like we could learn how to clean house like Pope Benedict XVI.

VATICAN CITY — A document obtained by The Associated Press on Friday shows Pope Benedict XVI defrocked nearly 400 priests over just two years for sexually molesting children.

The statistics for 2011 and 2012 show a dramatic increase over the 171 priests removed in 2008 and 2009, when the Vatican first provided details on the number of priests who have been defrocked. Prior to that, it had only publicly revealed the number of alleged cases of sexual abuse it had received and the number of trials it had authorized.

While it's not clear why the numbers spiked in 2011, it could be because 2010 saw a new explosion in the number of cases reported in the media in Europe and beyond.


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Pope Obama needs to defrock thousands of people, beginning with himself.
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dadman

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Quote..... Sounds like we could learn how to clean house like Pope Benedict XVI

I wish we could .. however what the pope can do by decree .. America has to implement via the voting booth .. and while Obama holds out his big ole bag of suckers (no pun intended) the mindless masses of mesmerized low-information-voters will continue to empower and entrench their liberal sugar-daddy candy men . . . "we the people" have indeed gone over the cliff . . . how long will it be before we feel the sudden WHAMP !! .. of the ground coming up to hit us .... probably sooner than anyone would like to realize

... God help us all :)