Vatican ex-envoy Wesolowski dies ahead of abuse trial

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Vatican ex-envoy Wesolowski dies ahead of abuse trial

Source: BBC

Jozef Wesolowski, a former archbishop and Vatican envoy to the Dominican Republic, has died before he could be tried for child sex offences.
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He was accused of paying for sex with children in the Dominican Republic.

Wesolowski, 66, would have been the first high-ranking church official to be tried on paedophile charges. His case was seen as a test of the Vatican's pledge to stamp out abuse.
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Wesolowski was reportedly found dead early on Friday morning. A Vatican statement (in Italian) said preliminary indications were that he had died of "natural causes".

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Wesolowski had already been convicted over abuse by a church tribunal and defrocked as archbishop.

Too bad he didn't die in a prison in the Dominican Republic.

[Cartoonist]

1. So where is he now?

If he accepted Jesus as his savior, he's in Heaven. It's that simple.

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2. I wish hell really existed, and not the one that they believe in.

Because Wesolowski and every pedophile protector in the Vatican would go there.

[Warren Stupidity]

3. vatican diddled and delayed and obstructed. Justice was denied to the victims.

Well played Frank.

[beam me up scottie]

5. Some care more about protecting the Church than its victims.

[AlbertCat]

4. he had died of "natural causes".

Shame?




I doubt it.

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6. Like they were ever going to punish him.

They put on a good show to make it look like they were seeking justice.

[AtheistCrusader]

7. "Only speak good of the dead"

He's dead.
Good.

Shame the Vatican went to such lengths to deny the victims any sort of justice.

[beam me up scottie]

8. The UN called them out on this:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-25748952

[trotsky]

9. Well, Sam Harris said something bad, so that's pretty much the same, right? n/t

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10. Yes, and Richard Dawkins' arrogance is just as vile.

[trotsky]

11. bmus, I don't think you understand.

DAWKINS WORE A T-SHIRT!!!! I mean, really!!!11ones!

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12. Hell they even hate Carl Sagan. If he was alive they'd be posting hit pieces on him.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

13. Good riddance

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14. Indeed.

[hrmjustin]

15. It is a shame he was not tried sooner so he coukd have gone to prison.

[beam me up scottie]

16. They have failed the victims on every level.

From enacting policies requiring officials to protect pedophiles and threatening their victims to refusing to open up their records.

It is unconscionable that they continue to deny the victims justice.

[LiberalAndProud]

17. It occurs to me that child abuse is Biblicaly affirmed.

When Lot raped his daughters, it was because they seduced him. As I notice the pattern in religious response to child abuse, I have come to believe that the root of the problem is with the text.

[beam me up scottie]

18. Some people believe that and really take it to an extreme.

Like the Pearls and their No Greater Joy ministry.

[LiberalAndProud]

20. Too many sects shelter abusers. That much is evident. /nt

[cleanhippie]

19. Might have happend hadn't the church protected him so long.

But you know, politics.

All the while people keep giving time and money and support to this horrific institution.