Priest accused of turning home into 'erotic dungeon' where he held orgies with teens:
May 22, 2010 - 10:38AM
               

A Polish priest living in Brazil has been arrested on charges of pedophilia and of turning his home into an "erotic dungeon" where he organised orgies with teenagers, Brazilian media reported.
The cleric, identified only by his initials MMS, is "a person compulsively attached to sex with adolescents", the judge overseeing the case, Alexandre Abrahao Teixeira, said in his decision to issue a preventive detention order on Friday.
The priest ran a church in the west of Rio de Janeiro state and used his spiritual authority over the youths to prey on them, the judge said.

The priest's house was transformed into "a sort of erotic dungeon where these youths were thrown into orgies", he said.
The investigation was opened in 2007 when one teenager told police the priest persuaded him to engage in kissing, then to be handcuffed to a bed and engage in oral sex and attempted anal sex.
If convicted, the priest could be jailed for 10 years.
Church officials in the state declined to comment on the case, which, if confirmed, would add to a growing pedophile scandal implicating Catholic priests in several countries to the increasing discomfort of the Vatican.
AFP

lol this is what i think of all priests, especially like catholic priests no offense, but Lots of shows do that to mock them

omg 10 years? I thought the worst he would get is transferred like we do here in the United States

This is all a sham. They should convict all these Catholic priests, why have they not been sentenced? What makes these US pedophile priests above the law. Authorities should also go after the Pope himself. He should get jail time for trying to cover up all these sex crimes. The Pope should not be immune just because he is a Head of State. He had known all along about these incidents and countless times turned a blind eye.

[ Last edited by  geoduck at 25-5-2010 01:27 ]

There's a statute of limitations in the U.S. (meaning there's a limited time frame to be able to report a crime)
Most of these priests didn't commit these crimes recently.  Most of these accusations are from 40+ year old people, saying they were molested 30+ years ago.  If/when it goes to trial, what evidence is there after 30 years?  Why report it now, instead of 10,20,30 years ago?

I'm not trying to defend Catholic priests, or anything. (I actually detest the man-made Church in general)
Just pointing out the legal aspect of the situation.

Think the crimes the priests had committed are despicable as the victims were children and are only coming out now. Cannot imagine the physiological trauma they must've had been through. Exceptions should be made in such cases. If Nazi war criminals are still hunted down today they should apply the same laws to the priests as well.

[ Last edited by  geoduck at 25-5-2010 09:14 ]

It's certainly more exceptional than say reporting a stolen TV twenty years after the fact. If it were that easy to come forward straight away, we'd have a lot more 14 year olds on the news and lot more priests in gaol.
The sad reality is it's very hard to get up the courage to do it...and what's more often times these kids will come from staunchly catholic families who wouldn't hear a bad word about a priest, and blame the children for making up horrible stories.

I think the underlying "elephant in the room" is that the root cause of the problem is the explicit culture of putting forgiveness for sins in pride of place ... it's a noble ideal, but is corrupted by the way that it attracts and then provides a safe harbour for precisely the sort of person that is going to act out abusive behaviour that society in general is actively trying to clean up ... and worst of all it's a culture which has not changed for centuries.  The unavoidable conclusion is that it is still causing exactly the same issues right now today, with new cases that are only going to be reported in 30+ years' time.  

I've met a couple of victims, people who did not go to the authorities and were trying to handle the feelings of violation and confused guilt internally, and quite frankly it's a fucking mess.  

It's a recipe for disaster ... a disaster that will continue until the top guy decides enough is enough and begins to put in checks and balances, including discovering new cases through a process of internal inquiry, and then hanging them out to dry in public instead of continuing the farcical pretence of handling the problem internally.  

Personally I have nothing against the Catholic religion, people need religion and it seems to give comfort and inspiration to many.  But until the custodians of the religion show they have the will to keep their house in order, they risk losing first the respect and then all the power and money they once had.  And I for one hope that happens VERY SOON

ANOTHER ONE! wow the priests are all coming out now...everytime you hear something about a priest its mostly related to a sex offense or some pedophilia thing..not cool at all..

I thought about being a priest once.  I guess it is good I found another calling!!!

LOL.....pandaboy, cannot imagine you being a priest. How would you ever be able to adopt a celibate life and not support the livelihood of so many Chinese WGs.

rather ironically, I think the news provides exactly the answer to that question you're looking for ...

It's very despicable for priests to take advantage of teens through their position.  I think in a society, the people who are the most sex deprived are those who will go to any measure to obtain it.  So frankly, mongering is good for men.  If they are not able to use this outlet to release themselves, then they would feel like priests and be sex craved.  hehe.