ANOTHER Philly Priest Charged With Raping An Altar Boy

[stromboli]

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/27/justice/p ... ?hpt=us_c2

(CNN) -- A Philadelphia priest who narrowly escaped prosecution during a recent clergy abuse scandal that rocked the city's archdiocese has been arrested on charges that include raping an altar boy.
In a grand jury presentation in 2005, the Philadelphia District Attorney's office revealed allegations against Father Robert Brennan, now 75, that included more than 20 alleged child sex abuse victims, according to Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams.
All of the cases were beyond the statute of limitations, and Brennan was never charged in that case, Williams said at a press conference Thursday.
That investigation led to the June 2012 child endangerment conviction of Monsignor William Lynn, the vicar of clergy for the diocese. The conviction marked the first time a U.S. church leader has been convicted of such a crime.
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Williams said that Lynn would've faced additional charges in connection with this case but that he avoided prosecution by three months due to the statute of limitations.
In this new case, Brennan is charged with rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, and aggravated indecent assault in connection with alleged incidents that took place between 1998 and 2001 when the victim was 11 to 14 years old, according to Williams.
The allegations include digital penetration and oral sex.
He was arrested on September 25 in Maryland, according to a statement released by Williams' office.
"A serial abuser is now behind bars thanks to the brave actions of this young man," Williams said, adding that the young man was prompted to report the alleged abuse in the wake of Lynn's conviction.
Marci Hamilton represents the victim, now 26 years old, and two other alleged victims whose cases could not be prosecuted because they were beyond the statute of limitations.
The archdiocese stripped Brennan of most of his duties in September 2005, though he remained a priest.
The diocese said in a statement that Brennan's laicization is in progress with the Holy See, but did not provide a date when that process began or when Brennan would be formally defrocked.
The diocese says it has "cooperated fully" with the current investigation.
Williams commended the diocese for promptly reporting these most recent allegations.
According to a statement released by Williams' office, the victim reported the abuse to the diocese in January 2013 and it was immediately brought to the attention of authorities.
"It takes tremendous courage for any sexual assault victim to come forward and report the horrors he or she endured," the district attorney said.

This is just bugnuts stupid. That this man isn't immediately put in a position to not harm another child, and that this continues in an atmosphere that is already exposed to the world, is insane.

I do not understand how the Catholic people in Pennsylvania aren't hanging these sick fuckers from trees. Not only that, but the church continues to ignore the problem or deny it.

We have a local former Boy Scout leader and former teacher who is also indicted for this. Fucking crazy, seriously.

[Solitary]

So much for religion teaching morality, celibacy, and the integrity of the Church to police itself.  :roll:    Solitary

[Colanth]

And yet an 18 year old lesbian is charged with a felony for having a 15 year old girlfriend, with no delay, because it's such a "horrendous" crime (which is also due to "Christian morality".)  The world would truly be a better place without religion.

[leo]

Masturbation is a sin and fucking underage boys is okay.  

[josephpalazzo]

Who said it takes religion for good people to do bad things?

[Colanth]

Steven Weinberg, an American physicist.  Address at the Conference on Cosmic Design, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C. (April 1999).  "Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion."

[Aletheia]

Why is there a statute of limitations on rape? After a certain number of years, is the crime supposed to go away?

And yet we have this:

In the United States, when an officer of the court is found to have fraudulently presented facts to court so that the court is impaired in the impartial performance of its legal task, the act, known as "fraud upon the court", is a crime deemed so severe and fundamentally opposed to the operation of justice that it is not subject to any statute of limitation.

Crimes that are considered exceptionally heinous by society have no statute of limitations. As a rule, there is no statute of limitations for murder, especially capital or first-degree murder. However, judges have been known to throw out murder charges for cold cases if they feel the delay violates the defendant's right to a speedy trial.[

wiki

[josephpalazzo]

@Colanth

Thanks for the info.

[Cheerful Charlie]

Robots.  We must pass laws to force the church to use robot altar boys.
(No, not robot altar boy sex robots).   :roll:

Cheerful Charlie

[Solitary]

I've heard of sex pots, but never sex bots.  :-k  8-)   Cool! Solitary

[Colanth]

Why is there a statute of limitations on rape? After a certain number of years, is the crime supposed to go away?

Crimes that are considered exceptionally heinous by society have no statute of limitations. As a rule, there is no statute of limitations for murder, especially capital or first-degree murder.

When the laws were first promulgated, rape was considered the woman's fault.  (See Sharia law for a modern equivalent.)  It wasn't considered so heinous.  In fact, the accusation of rape was considered a heinous act against the accused.

It's way past time for change.  Sexual crimes (not a 17 year old kid with a 14 year old girlfriend) should have no limitation.

[Aletheia]

Why is there a statute of limitations on rape? After a certain number of years, is the crime supposed to go away?

Crimes that are considered exceptionally heinous by society have no statute of limitations. As a rule, there is no statute of limitations for murder, especially capital or first-degree murder.

When the laws were first promulgated, rape was considered the woman's fault.  (See Sharia law for a modern equivalent.)  It wasn't considered so heinous.  In fact, the accusation of rape was considered a heinous act against the accused.

It's way past time for change.  Sexual crimes (not a 17 year old kid with a 14 year old girlfriend) should have no limitation.

Agreed wholeheartedly. The only thing more tragic than being raped is not only seeing your rapist go free without charge, but to know that he's hurt other people and probably still is to this day.

We need to start a movement to remove the statute of limitations for sexual crimes. In situations like the ones involving the priest, they'd be brought to justice much sooner and their records would show more accurately just what they have done.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

Statute of limitations on raping kids, but I still have active warrants for my arrest for 15 year old traffic tickets.. Well, it only makes sense, huh? :roll:

[The Skeletal Atheist]

Statute of limitations on raping kids, but I still have active warrants for my arrest for 15 year old traffic tickets.. Well, it only makes sense, huh? :roll:

You're a horrible inhuman monster for those traffic violations, but rape is a ok after a few years. Obviously you should have become a rapist instead of a shitty driver.