Now when a priest in Ribandar is accused of having molested a minor girl some of these same people are demanding physical proof and eyewitness accounts (and genetic proof!) of the incident having occurred and refuse to say a word against the priest, or even admit that the incident could have occurred. I think nothing short of a high resolution video tape from close quarters will make them see that a man of God could possibly do something like this.
But if a holy man of another religion (the infamous Hindu seer case for example) is accused of a heinous murder they have no difficulty in believing it did happen.
How can we have such double standards? What is it about religion that blinds us to the possibility that our men of God are fallible? Don't we see it happening around us? Is there any single parish in Goa that has not had some accusation of sexual impropriety against a priest made at some time or the other? Weren't many of the accusations very credible?
The same lynching mob which wanted to castrate five innocent boys without a shred of proof now wants genetic testing done before they can believe that a priest might have done something improper. This reeks of double standards and religious blindness.
Cecil
* That the Art College accusation was false will soon be proved in court. Since the case is sub-judice I will not make further comment on the facts of what happened - or rather never happened.
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