Another pedophilia scandal rocks Vatican
Following a series of pedophilia scandals, a new document has come to light showing that Pope Benedict XVI resisted defrocking a US pedophile priest in 1985. Former Cardinal Joseph Radzinger had signed a letter which defied calls to defrock California priest Stephen Kiesle over children abuse charges, letters released by the victims' attorney Jeff Anderson showed Friday.
Sophrosyne Radical: “The Dark Ages”: Frat Boys, Prostitutes & Christian Morality:
During The Great Schism three legally elected popes (i.e., Benedict XIII, Gregory XII and Alexander V) pilfered and debauched Europe for four years. This forced/inspired leading laymen of the Church and a few dissident prelates to convince Emperor Sigismund to convene a Church General Council. Beginning in 1414, it dragged on for four years and was basically one long frat party. “[The] incontinence practised by the churchmen demoralised the city” (The Variations of Popery). 1,500 prostitutes – known as “vagrant strumpets” (Ibid.) – were recruited to pleasure the priests. As might be expected, favourites were given lavish sums of money for their troubles and the impoverished locals became increasingly disagreeable.