Vatican: Homosexuality And Jews Caused Pedophilia Scandal

Calls Homosexuals Pedophiliacs, Jews “God Killers”

Homosexuals and Jews are the causes of the Vatican’s pedophilia scandal, according to two high Vatican officials in comments made Sunday and Monday.

The Vatican’s Secretary of State on a visit to Chile has now blamed homosexuals for its priests’ pedophiliac rape problem. Via London’s The Times Online,

“Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, said that the child rape scandal that is threatening the moral authority of the Roman Catholic Church worldwide is linked to homosexuality and not celibacy among priests.

“Other Vatican clerics have sought to deflect criticism from the Catholic hierarchy by blaming the media, and one retired bishop was even reported earlier this week to have blamed the Jews.”

The U.K.’s The Guardian reports the day before, Bishop Giacomo Babini called criticism of the Vatican a “Zionist attack,” saying,

“They do not want the church, they are its natural enemies. Deep down, historically speaking, the Jews are God killers.”

The Times also reported Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone saying,

“Many psychologists and psychiatrists have demonstrated that there is no relation between celibacy and paedophilia. But many others have demonstrated, I have been told recently, that there is a relation between homosexuality and paedophilia. That is true. That is the problem.”

and adds,

“Chile’s gay rights advocates reacted with anger. “Neither Bertone nor the Vatican has the moral authority to give lessons on sexuality,” said Rolando Jiménez, president of the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation in Chile.

“Mr Jimenez also said that no reputable study existed to support the cardinal’s claims. “This is a perverse strategy by the Vatican to shirk its own ethical and legal responsibility by making a spurious and disgusting connection,” he said.

“At least one of the paedophile priests in the Chilean Church victimised young girls, including a teenager who became pregnant.

“At the time the archbishop of the capital, Santiago, received multiple complaints about Father José Andrés Aguirre. However, the priest — known to his parishioners as Father Tato — continued serving at a number of Catholic girls schools in the city.

“Later the Church sent Aguirre out of Chile twice amid abuse allegations. He was eventually sentenced to 12 years in prison for abusing 10 teenage girls.”

Pope Benedict XVI has been the direct target throughout the Western world in the past weeks for what is perceived as his personal lack of action in removing accused pedophiles from contact with children and ignoring or delaying requests to have priests removed and punished.

See “Breakfast Of Champions” for my thoughts on this and other current issues.