Paedophile priests 'will burn in Hell' says Vatican's top sex abuse prosecutor. Paedophile priests face the prospect of burning in Hell for ever, according to the Vatican’s top prosecutor dealing with sex abuse cases.
Monsignor Charles Scicluna, the promoter of justice within the Vatican’s powerful Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was speaking at a prayer service for the victims of abuse.
He told priests gathered at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City: ‘It would be better for them if their crimes were their cause of death in this life because for them eternal damnation in the fires of Hell will be greater.’
Pope Benedict XVI
The service was organised by seminary students in response to Pope Benedict XVI’s March letter to Irish bishops chastising them for errors over abuse.
The Vatican has been rocked by a series of abuse cases in Ireland, America, Germany and Austria. And earlier this year Monsignor Scicluna said that since 2001 he has dealt with 3,000 abuse cases dating back 50 years.
Last week, at a meeting of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco accepted it was ‘possible’ sex abuse by the clergy might have been covered up in Italy. ( dailymail.co.uk )
Monsignor Charles Scicluna, the promoter of justice within the Vatican’s powerful Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was speaking at a prayer service for the victims of abuse.
He told priests gathered at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City: ‘It would be better for them if their crimes were their cause of death in this life because for them eternal damnation in the fires of Hell will be greater.’
Pope Benedict XVI
Warning: Pope Benedict XVI waves to pilgrims as he arrives at the Vatican today. The Vatican's investigator in the Church's paedophilia scandal led prayers at St. Peter's Basilica for victims as well as priests who abused them
The service was organised by seminary students in response to Pope Benedict XVI’s March letter to Irish bishops chastising them for errors over abuse.
The Vatican has been rocked by a series of abuse cases in Ireland, America, Germany and Austria. And earlier this year Monsignor Scicluna said that since 2001 he has dealt with 3,000 abuse cases dating back 50 years.
Last week, at a meeting of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco accepted it was ‘possible’ sex abuse by the clergy might have been covered up in Italy. ( dailymail.co.uk )
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