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Portugal in paedophile 'hell' 1/7/04 Sinikka Tarvainen "Lisbon....The implication of top political and social personalities in a huge paedophile network with the apparent complicity of the authorities has shaken the very foundations of Portuguese democracy. Doubts are now being cast even on the impartiality of judges handling the case....The discovery of a paedophile network in the Casa Pia care homes for children is regarded as Portugal's most-serious crisis in almost 30 years of democracy. Former Casa Pia employee Carlos Silvino is believed to have procured boys for wealthy and influential paedophiles for two decades. More than 100 children may have been raped or pressured into sexual activities with adults. Charges have been formally raised against 10 suspects including former labour minister Paulo Pedroso, a Socialist whizz kid and close friend of party leader Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues. Other suspects include two television personalities, one of the country's most prominent ambassadors, a high-society doctor and a well-known lawyer....The paedophiles targeted the most defenceless children, such as orphans and deaf-and-dumb young boys. Many of the orgies apparently took place at ambassador Jorge Ritto's villa near Lisbon. Reports of the abuse surfaced in the 1980s, but investigations were dropped and documents disappeared in what appears to have been an orchestrated cover-up. Former secretary of state for families, Teresa Costa Macedo, said she received death threats after telling police." http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1466601,00.html
Closing the loopholes for incestuous offenders 5/18/03 "By Elizabeth Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] "If a person molests a child in Illinois, he faces up to 30 years in prison. If he molests his own child, he can get probation." "Protect: National Association to Protect Children is going from state to state trying to eradicate these laws, and is pushing for a national law requiring that sentencing be no less severe for incest than any other form of sexual assault. Protect director Grier Weeks estimates that 40 out of the 50 states have some kind of incest exception in their criminal codes and sentencing guidelines." http://www.belleville.com/mld/newsdemocrat/5887160.htm
from L Moss Sharman Former S.F. priest pleads guilty to embezzlement Molest case against him tossed in 2002 Jaxon Van Derbeken 1/7/04 "A former San Francisco Catholic priest -- freed from jail in 2002 on multiple child molestation charges -- pleaded guilty Tuesday to state tax evasion and embezzlement of church funds. But Patrick O'Shea, the former monsignor of St. Cecilia's parish in San Francisco who spent two years behind bars, will most likely not serve any further time in jail, under the plea agreement. He is expected to be sentenced on Feb. 23 to time already served. He also will be ordered to pay $187,000 in restitution to the church." "Although O'Shea was originally charged with molestation in 1994, the case "was dismissed and recharged repeatedly because the statute of limitations had expired." ""The church paid $2.5 million in a civil settlement to 15 men who claimed they were molested as boys by O'Shea and two other Bay Area priests, Gary Timmons and Austin Patrick Keegan." http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/01/07/BAGIC44V6F1.DTL
Roman Catholic Panel Wants R.I. Settlement AP 1/7/04 "Providence, R.I. -- The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, under a proposal from an advisory board, would settle decades-old allegations of clergy abuse by offering lifetime counseling and $25,000 to each of about 40 claimants. Alleged victims would also have the chance to instead collect up to $90,000 through arbitration." "The diocese in 2002 reached a $14.25 million settlement with 37 alleged victims of sexual abuse in Rhode Island who filed lawsuits. The cases involved allegations against 11 priests and a nun." http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-brf-church-abuse-rhode-island,0,4422254.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines
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