There you go… Another scum-bag from the Catholic Church!
The other day I told a friend of mine that there really weren’t that many pedophiles in the Catholic Church. I lied! I didn’t lie intentionally, but after some careful thought, considering that we only hear of maybe 10% of the abuses (for several reasons) I am now convinced that the number of sexual abuse victims for which Catholic priests are guilty runs well into the hundreds if not thousands globally each year. And naturally, these numbers could have been multiplied ten times over in years past, especially in third-world countries.
The Catholic Church is a disgrace to the human race. TGO
Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press
By The Canadian Press | Associated Press
WINDSOR, Ont. – A 90-year-old retired Catholic priest previously convicted of sexually abusing children has pleaded guilty in a Windsor, Ont., courtroom to two more sex crimes.
Father William Hodgson Marshall pleaded guilty today to two counts of indecent assault involving two teenage boys in incidents that took place during the 1950s and ’60s in Saskatchewan.
He’s currently serving a two-year sentence after pleading guilty in 2011 to 17 counts of sexually abusing children while teaching at schools in Windsor, Toronto and Sudbury.
The defence is asking for a conditional sentence while the Crown wants a sentence of nine to 12 months.
The judge is expected to hand down a sentence this afternoon.
About 70 people protested outside the courthouse where Marshall appeared this morning.
Protester Catherine Lewis says the church needs to be accountable.
“The church has to stop covering this up,” Lewis said. “We have to get this out loud and clear … there are too many lives (that) have been ruined,” she said.
“These perpetrators have to pay for what they have done.”
(CKLW)
