So, on appeal the Archbishop of Guam was found guilty by a Vatican tribunal:
04 April 2019: CDF upholds guilty verdict of Guam archbishop for abuse of minors” & related article
Tut. Tut. Bad boy!!
Exactly what kind of message is the Vatican sending here?
Here we have an Archbishop who molested children, was found guilty by a Vatican tribunal no less….and ‘they’ still believe he’s fit to be a priest?!!!!
What will it take? What will it take for Church officials to decide that the very presence of clerical sexual predators in the priesthood is an insult to God, Church, all decent priests, the faithful and all who have suffered sexual abuse at the hands of Roman Catholic priest victims?
Unconscionable.
I have said it before and will say it again, when I hear that every known clerical sexual predator will be defrocked/laicized I will believe that Church officials are serious about protecting children and ridding the Church of sexual predators. If canon law does not currently allow for such action, then, for the love of God, change the code.
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Previous convicted serial molester Father Gilles Deslaurier had a court date in Alexandria, Ontario on Wednesday. His next court date is:
08 May 2019: 9 am, “to be spoken to,: Alexandria courthouse ( 110 Main St N, Alexandria, Ontario) ‘
Please keep the complainant and all victims of Father Gilles Deslaurier in your prayers.
Enough for now,
Sylvia