4/14/11, The Daily Sentinel:  Roger Vangheluwe, former Bishop of Bruges (but still active in the Catholic church), admitted sexually abusing two of his nephews and said, matter of factly, he has no intentions of leaving the priesthood, during an interview yesterday with the Associated Press.  He said he paid one nephew tens of thousands of dollars in support, but denied it was meant to keep him silent.  He called the 13 years of abuse of one nephew, "a little piece of intimacy."  He said the abuse of a second nephew was brief.  The acknowledgement of more abuse and his attempts to minimize it caused an outcry.  "I had the strong impression my nephew didn't mind at all."  Vangheluwe complained during his interview that the church was targeted in abuse probes, but other sectors, like sports organizations, were not.  "Why is it different for priests, and why should the church pay compensation and there is no compensation in other professions?" he said.  During the interview, Vangheluwe sat relaxed, sometimes smiled and shrugged his shoulders, while trying to minimize the abuse.  He said that, despite the abuse, he would never forsake the priesthood.  He said he made his vows and would not break them.  Earlier this week, the Vatican used its new rules to crack down on sex abuse by high-ranking churchmen, by ordering Vangheluwe to no longer work as a priest, while officials determine his punishment.  Pope Benedict XVI will eventually decide his fate.  He could be stripped of his priesthood.  The prosecutor's office determined that the statute of limitations had run out.

My comments:  This paedophile appears pretty confident that "he has no intention of leaving the priesthood."  Might that possibly be because the problem is so rampant in the Catholic church, he already knows basically nothing will happen?  Or, possibly he has his superiors "over a barrel."  First, because this crime is so heinous against innocent children, I firmly believe it deserves the death penalty.  If people can be shot for treason, you have to ask yourself, "Is defrauding your country more important than the life of a child, possibly your child?"  The Word of God tells us that this is an "abomination" in the sight of God and is worthy of the death penalty, Leviticus 20:13.  This was the law, before men began to compromise to the point now that this behavior is being taught as "good and acceptable" in our public elementary schools (among adults, which also leads to paedophilia)!  This guy is worried about "the church paying compensation."  He wouldn't be worried about the church paying monetary damages to his nephews, if the consequence for this crime was the death penalty, with no statute of limitations!  A statute of limitations on such a crime might as well be a statute of limitations on murder!  That's what's wrong with our country today.  The laws of our country are relaying a message to these demon possessed infidels that what they are doing is not so bad.  Has the whole world gone insane?  He said he "made his vows and would not break them."  What kind of vow was that, never to get caught?  And get this, what the Vatican said about how they are cracking down on "high-ranking churchmen."  What about the low-ranking ones?  What about anyone who commits such crimes?  Can you believe they are making a distinction?  Did you catch that he has been relieved of his duties "while his punishment is being determined."  There was no emphatic statement made like, He has been terminated from the priesthood!  He has already confessed the crime, but there is still complacency and leniency!  "The Pope will decide his fate; he could be stripped of the priesthood."  Oh brother!  How about the death penalty!  What's that you say; you might have to condemn many among the Catholic clergy?  Am I angry?  I'm a lot more than angry; I'm furious with a Godly indignation!  If these people had to face capital punishment for their crimes, they might get serious, repent and really get saved before they euthanized and then split hell wide open!