BRUSSELS - The head of the Catholic Church Belgian Andre-Joseph Leonard has shocked MPs on Wednesday saying that the Church could compensate Belgian Victims of pedophile priests, just as it is shown "solidarity with flood victims."
"The Catholic Church could freely participate with all other sectors of society to the creation of solidarity funds, not because it is legally obliged, but because there is a duty of solidarity with all victims, floods, epidemics, but also sexual abuse, "said the Primate of Belgium.
He spoke in particular cases where the abuser is dead or the facts required, other cases being for him within the jurisdiction of Justice.
Bishop Leonard, a curator at the head of the Catholic Church in Belgium since the beginning of the year, speaking before a committee of the Chamber of Deputies set up after the publication of evidence nearly 500 people accusing the clergy of sexually abusing them during their youth, mostly from the 1950s to 1980s.
"You made the challenge in comparing the victims of natural disasters and those of pedophile priests," responded the Flemish ecologist deputies Stefaan Van Hecke, saying to himself "deeply shocked".
"By saying it will be for the floods, you send a signal of indifference to victims, or even moved irony", echoed the French ecologist Olivier Deleuze.
"This is a total failure to take responsibility," he told AFP a Socialist deputy, Valerie Déom, stressing the special role played by the Catholic Church in society Belgian.
Known for his controversial statements - he has recently qualified including AIDS "kind of poetic justice" - Bishop Leonard has again ventured into the minefields at his hearing, which lasted four hours.
Archbishop of Malines-Brussels has warned members against risks for institutions - political, medical ...-- who have not committed crimes but might in future be put to .
"Medical studies say there is reason to believe that children who were conceived by artificial reproduction would be after a while more vulnerable to certain genetic diseases, "he said, suggesting that some of these children may turn against the legislator who authorized the practice.
" There are also people who are doing studies on the possible psychological sequelae of child who grew up with two moms or two dads. What will happen if people begin to ask for compensation? "He said.
Moreover, the Belgian court said on Wednesday validates much of the spectacular June 24 searches in the heart of Church by a Belgian judge, dismissing the archdiocese.
Seizures of documents to church headquarters in Mechelen and the home of Belgian Cardinal Godfried Danneels, Archbishop of predecessors Leonardo, are "valid," said the Court of Appeal in Brussels.
However, documents seized at the headquarters of the commission called "Adriaenssens," named after its chairman, who had heard the testimonies of victims, will be returned, the court decided.
"We are satisfied because the most important documents are kept. The investigation will now be allowed to continue," exclaimed the lawyer of victims Joachim Meese.
(© AFP / December 22, 2010 5:13 p.m.)
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"The Catholic Church could freely participate with all other sectors of society to the creation of solidarity funds, not because it is legally obliged, but because there is a duty of solidarity with all victims, floods, epidemics, but also sexual abuse, "said the Primate of Belgium.
He spoke in particular cases where the abuser is dead or the facts required, other cases being for him within the jurisdiction of Justice.
Bishop Leonard, a curator at the head of the Catholic Church in Belgium since the beginning of the year, speaking before a committee of the Chamber of Deputies set up after the publication of evidence nearly 500 people accusing the clergy of sexually abusing them during their youth, mostly from the 1950s to 1980s.
"You made the challenge in comparing the victims of natural disasters and those of pedophile priests," responded the Flemish ecologist deputies Stefaan Van Hecke, saying to himself "deeply shocked".
"By saying it will be for the floods, you send a signal of indifference to victims, or even moved irony", echoed the French ecologist Olivier Deleuze.
"This is a total failure to take responsibility," he told AFP a Socialist deputy, Valerie Déom, stressing the special role played by the Catholic Church in society Belgian.
Known for his controversial statements - he has recently qualified including AIDS "kind of poetic justice" - Bishop Leonard has again ventured into the minefields at his hearing, which lasted four hours.
Archbishop of Malines-Brussels has warned members against risks for institutions - political, medical ...-- who have not committed crimes but might in future be put to .
"Medical studies say there is reason to believe that children who were conceived by artificial reproduction would be after a while more vulnerable to certain genetic diseases, "he said, suggesting that some of these children may turn against the legislator who authorized the practice.
" There are also people who are doing studies on the possible psychological sequelae of child who grew up with two moms or two dads. What will happen if people begin to ask for compensation? "He said.
Moreover, the Belgian court said on Wednesday validates much of the spectacular June 24 searches in the heart of Church by a Belgian judge, dismissing the archdiocese.
Seizures of documents to church headquarters in Mechelen and the home of Belgian Cardinal Godfried Danneels, Archbishop of predecessors Leonardo, are "valid," said the Court of Appeal in Brussels.
However, documents seized at the headquarters of the commission called "Adriaenssens," named after its chairman, who had heard the testimonies of victims, will be returned, the court decided.
"We are satisfied because the most important documents are kept. The investigation will now be allowed to continue," exclaimed the lawyer of victims Joachim Meese.
(© AFP / December 22, 2010 5:13 p.m.)
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