Vatican sanctioned Nobel laureate bishop after child abuse claims

[yortsed snacilbuper]

VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church’s decadeslong sex abuse scandal caught up with a Nobel Peace Prize winner Thursday, with the Vatican confirming that it had sanctioned the East Timor independence hero, Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo, following allegations that he sexually abused boys there during the 1990s.

The Vatican admission came a day after a Dutch magazine, De Groene Amsterdammer, exposed the claims against the revered Catholic bishop, citing two of Bishop Belo’s alleged victims and reporting there were others who hadn’t come forward in East Timor, where the church wields enormous influence.

Spokesman Matteo Bruni said the Vatican office that handles sex abuse cases received allegations “concerning the bishop’s behavior” in 2019 and within a year had imposed the restrictions. They included limitations on Bishop Belo’s movements and his exercise of ministry, and prohibited him from having voluntary contact with minors or contact with East Timor.

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[JohnSJ]

1. Any bets certain bishops will have no problem giving him communion, unlike what those bishops

who refuse communion to those who believe in a woman's right to choose

[Just A Box Of Rain]

2. I remember when I was in high school (circa summer of 1975) and I got a very high-paying summer job

working nights in a medical lab.

I remember that after I got to know one of my coworkers that he opened up to me that he had been sexually abused by a priest.

I was really shocked. It was hard for me to accept that men who profess to be "men of God" could do such things. But I believed him.

As the dreadful tales of sexaul abuse by priests unfolded over the decades, I never forgot that moment.

I'd been pretty naive prior.

Jesus wept.