Belgium hears ex-bishop Vangheluwe play down abuse [View All]

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Source: BBC

Former Belgian bishop Roger Vangheluwe has gone live on TV to talk about how he sexually abused two boys but does not see himself as a paedophile.

Emerging from hiding, he revealed he had molested two of his nephews, and not one, as he confessed last year before resigning as bishop of Bruges.

He does not face prosecution because the abuse occurred decades ago.

"It had nothing to do with sexuality," he said, in comments that caused indignation among politicians.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13089763

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He did this for 13 years. And is currently supposed to be undergoing "spiritual and psychological treatment". Which, to his way of thinking, is appearing on TV to say it's not a big deal molesting children. And anyway, he says he paid one victim a lot of money, so what's the problem?