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September 26, 2010 The World at a Glance

"Belgium reeled this week after an independent commission reporthed that clergy or church workers had sexually abused children in ever single Catholic parish in this country. From the 1950s to the 1980s, the investigation found, hundreds of boys and girls were repeatedly raped or molested by hundreds of priests, with some chirldren abused over many years. At least 13 commited suicide. "None of us was prepared for the severity of some of the accounts of abuse" said Peter Adrianssens, a psychiatrist who headed the commision. Belgium's Catholic Church said it needed time to analyze the report. "The challenege is so big and touches so manu raw emotions, it's not possible to present new proposaks right now." said Archbishop Andre-Mutien Leonard."

There not dumb, they know how few priests are in the world wide practice of the Chatolic religion, and they know how few are willing to join. I mean in their minds they know and believe they will be able to get away with these acts, its not like a job where we can just fire them. And in doing that every time something like this happens no one will be able to go to Sunday mass, or practice their beliefs because of the sins of these so called priests. Priests touching little boys has always been a huge sterotype, but now its coming true. We know its happening yet the ones in charge of them, Pope, Archbishops, and others turn their heads the other way, and when it becomes so hard to turn their head away any longer they move the priest to a new church, full of new innoncent boys and girls, and the same process keeps occuring. Being a catholic I find this totally revolting, we go to church to praise and worship GOD. Not to go in and worry about if the preist is looking at us or maybe trying to touch us,this has been going on for to long, and we need to stop looking the other way. This needs to be adressed now and soon before 13 more kids commit suicide.