Sanctuary of Sin: How a religious order became a haven for pedophile priests | NewsNation Prime 

This has been going on for centuries. Not just for Catholics, but for all Religions & walks of faith.

Abuse isn’t just in the Catholic Church!!! It’s in all religions!

Priests don't become Peados, Peados become Priests!

Those hiding sexual perpetrators should be charged as well as the perpetrators.

I’ve long said the Church will not hold these men accountable. The Church needs to build a city that is like a prison. They go in and DO NOT come back out.

Sexual abuse began when time began just like other evils. Don’t think it’s only in the Catholic Church. It was hidden in a day when no one talked about this abuse. The word sexual abuse is a misnomer as it has nothing to do to do with sex but the organs sex is used for. It is about POWER. I am an abuse survivor my abuser went on to abuse many his own children included. Please speak up if this happens tell, tell until someone listens!

I wish all abusers understood that the trauma for the victims never ever goes away, ever!

Absolutely disgusting. I was raised Catholic and love my roots however the lengths the Church went to cover this up and SEND known Offenders to other Parishes is absolutely unforgeable and shows NO moral character on behalf of the Bishops and Cardinals. It's an absolute shame and it's made me stay FAR away from wanting to be a part of it

Statuates of limitations need to be abolished

Offering counseling to offending priests is commendable but it should not be a substitute for facing the legal consequences of inappropriate behavior. Sexual abuse is a criminal offense as well as moral deficiency. By not dealing with offending priests, the Church undermines its own integrity and credibility. Why aren't offending abusers defrocked? Tax exemption status should be dependent on the compliance with government requests for transparency. From my early adulthood, I knew about renewal centers but in my innocence, I thought that they dealt with priests' alcoholism, substance abuse and gambling habits.

I just dont understand why these priests are not trated as any other sexual offender. Brought to court and punished accordingly.

Whomever offends the least of these, the children, offends me. -Jesus Christ.

So the money donated and given by congregants goes to supporting the abusers?

24:54- That tear that rolled out of his eye broke my heart May Jesus heal his traumas and wounds.

I know the Servants well. I can tell you everything you want to know. They have several places in the USA that hide these creeps.

You know that they fly under the radar when Wikipedia has no reference whatsoever to them.

The church should have preserved the image of the church by addressing the issue of pedophile priests immediately instead of covering it up, and therefore, letting it ruin the image of the church forever:😢

No amount of counseling will help innocent in pain and scarred for life , many individuals suffered for years .

I felt especially bad for Clohessy, to see his brother become a priest and an abuser

My brother in law grew up in Rock Island IL and was an alter boy in the Catholic Church. He passed away last year at age 65 after struggling his whole life with an alcohol addiction. One evening he confessed to me he had been sexually molested by his Priest but said the memories were fuzzy stating he thinks from blocking them out for so long. He lived his whole life with the aftermath of what happened and drank himself to death. The Catholic church can try to cover and protect the guilty all they want. But Gods own word says; “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord Rom 12:19. Just because the system is failing these victims, God will give them justice, his own word condemns them and justice WILL come. “It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God”. ”For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. Heb 10:31. “We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in this earthly body.“ ‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭10‬. “But remember that they will have to face God, who stands ready to judge everyone, both the living and the dead.“ ‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭4‬:‭5‬ ‭Eternity is a long time……

Statute of limitations should be removed from the statutes. They did it in UK, Eire, Australia why has the USA not done this?

I have been a devout Roman Catholic since 1961, but I renounced my Roman Catholic faith in 2022 for two chief reasons: one, the Roman Catholic faith is not aligned with the Bible; and two, I was spiritually liberated by the book I read entitled "Altar of Secrets: Sex, Politics, and Money in the Philippine Catholic Church" by Aries C. Rufo. I am now a born again Christian ... much better!

i read the book entitled "Prophet for the Priesthood" by Fr. John Hardon, SJ. It sheds much light on the problem, and the Paraclete founder

Read “Infiltration” written by Dr. Taylor Marshall

PLEASE don't confuse being gay with being a pedophile (comment at @40:10). Being gay does not make one desire children.

Good work worldwide by reporters. Funny its never the police that exposes it, and mostly stonewalled by governments and the vatican.

I am 63 years old this year. I can't watch this anymore. I empathise TOTALLY with these souls but had to try and move on and rebuild a life. I found the first man speaking of his positive, outgoing nature being buried so deep and the lifelong isolation and pain it causes, plus all the other stuff. They are still NOT dealing with it properly. I actually made my way back because it took everything from me but the 'spark of innocent magical faith' I had as a child and which kept me alive many times literally. ALL abuse of any kinds blinds us to Beauty - even, IF we had experienced the magic and/or beauty of faith life and church in our youth. I am there for the people who are the Church not that shower in Rome. My faith is in God - not bricks and mortar - a lifeless institution. By their fruits you know. If something robs you of life in ANY capacity it is evil. Today I believe God is LOVE/LIFE. I have suffered the most terrible dark and wanted to suicide. But something greater than me kept me going. We are told God is LOVE and this is all that I believe in ANY religion and none. It is the Beauty I once saw and knew as a five year old lighting a candle in the darkness of the chapel. There is evil EVERYWHERE. It is sooooooo hard. But do not let these people rob you of anymore than they already have. Just a few lines which explain nothing. I could write tomes and have been asked to. But I just want inner peace now. Faith in MY God. Who does NOT hurt or abuse ANYONE !!!! Nature. ALL Creation.

Thank you for lending your voice to the victims of sexual harassment and sexual abuse by priests and the horror of denial by the head of the Church, especially The Vatican ,s silence.

This is why there is NO reconsiliation until the truth bring's the church and priest's to justice for their crime's. I say take all church's tax excemption away, make them pay billion's in restitution to the victim's. Most importantly the church criminal's need to go to jail. Real men don't make friend's with children, ever.

Uhhh there's no statute of limitations on rape??

How well has society itself solved sexual abuse?

Synagogue Tunnels? What sick idea is this? What are you talking about?

Dittmer does zero therapy. They "monitor " and house these predators

It's DEMONS PROTECTING DEMONS 😈👿🎃👹👺👿😈🎃😈👿👹👺🤡🤡

I live near this area and have known about the place for over 40 years. It was for where trouble priests go to. I have never heard of any issues or problems about the place. People new to the area ask questions about the place on a public forum. Usually, the answers are no trouble from them.

Richard Sipe, a former Benedictine monk, no longer a priest and married, wrote extensively about the Servants of the Paraclete decades ago. He wrote many books on the subject of abusive priests. In a May 2009 study, Sipe found that there were extensive problems in the sexual behavior of Burlington, Vermont, Catholic clergy. He examined the records of 102 priests "whose records were available" between 1950 and 2002. He claimed that, of this group, 23 priests were sexually involved with children under age 13, 15 were reported for involvement with married women and 19 were said to have had sexual relationships with adult men. He asserted that 49 could be said to have a homosexual orientation

Shame on parents that force their kids to go to church

Shocked to hear that clerical paedophiles live a life of relative comfort while others caught for the same thing are ostracized by society. But I too have witnessed such priests in my childhood. Turned me away from the church forever. Can't digest that the church allows this to continue.

Mount Cashel Newfoundland! Wake up people!

RCC SHOULD OF SHUT DOWN YEARS AGO IT WILL CARRY ON

This an amazing example of the unintended consequences of a good intention: of course we help the shepherd who has stumbled, right? Things evolve, and before long it's hiding criminals with no accountability. That must change.

These brave men... Coming forward! Bravo 👏 much love and respect ❤ I'm so sorry for all the children whose parents are pagan catholic!

Most sexual abuse takes place in the family home. But no one wants to admit this because it's impossible for those children to get justice and reperation financial or otherwise.

My wife grew up Catholic she left because she said they just keep changing the rules she was a child when she realized that.

what does Jesus advocate for these cases ..? He tells us in The Gospel of Luke, "He said to His disciples, It is impossible that hurt should never be done to men’s consciences; but woe betide the man who is the cause of it. Better for him to have had a millstone tied about his neck, and to be cast into the sea, than to have hurt the conscience of one of these little ones." (chpt 17, vss 1-2) sounds like the death penalty to me... ..?

What "treatment"? Shock therapy? Exorcisms? Psycho-therapy?

I’m catholic, I was molest of one priest , but i will be catholic for ever , we have to understand that is not Catholic Church fault its the people in it, all of us commit sins, I understand what this people do is unfortunate, horrible , terrible so sorry for that is been done to you , I will pray for you so we as a family God heal us , I forgive my aggressor , and I pray for him. God be with us.

This is a form of murder . The victims can never reach their full potential that they had before the abuse . That person is dead . What remains is a broken person with broken wings .

How do these priests , the bishops, even Pope go to sleep at night? Do they have a conscience?

Lord, forgive your church for her many sins.

How is it the church operates above the law. A criminal is a criminal. Hiding the depravity behind God is evil. May God wreak justice on them.

They should be spending the rest of their lives in prison.

'Thou art a priest forever.' Scripture.

Never take away childrens from parents for any cause. This is and should be first step towards this.

Roman Catholic Canon Law stipulates that the Civil Power has no jurisdiction over the Spiritual Power (The Church) and that the Civil Power must by all means SERVE the Church. That's why "The Church watches The Church". No Civil Authority of any rank has any authority whatsoever over The Church. Further, every property of The Church is a sovereign sanctuary of The Church and no Civil Power may cross the threshold of Church property without the express permission of the local Church Bishop. That's why the worst of the worst pedophile priests are put up in posh protective premises like this one run by the Servants of the Paraclete, which is merely one of countless sacrosanct Church Sanctuaries around the globe. In reality, there is a GLOBAL underground railroad for anything that The Church wants to use it for; pedophiles being only one of them.

I’m curious to know what the Mafia like the five New York crime families the St. Louis Philly and especially the Chicago Mob would of have done since they have been known to have ties to the church if any mafia members family members or children were abuse victims of these priests

WELL DONE.. WELL SAID.

After all this exposure, & absolute affirmation of these horrible & despicable deeds, I am stunned that so many Catholics remain in denial & refuse to demand that the elephant in the room be addressed & done away with; THE VOW OF CELIBACY!!

I think the radical step of not having servers is certainly appropriate.

It's happening North of your border as well. Check out the Residential Schools in Canada. There are also problems in Europe. They're not stopped from ministering. They just send them to another church.....not informing them of the problem.

How are people not outside of that compound the way they are outside of abortion clinics?

Will your next investigative piece be on public school teaschers..especially female ones? Or do you just target political enemies with the scary music in the background.

JP2 knew, Benedict knew, Francis knows, they all do.

There is no sin in the hearts of ANY 2 people in love.We all want to touch and hold those we cherish.There is sin in LUST as in rape,child molesting child sex trafficking,pornography.etcThere is no heart in any of these. Your treasure is where your heart lays.Mine lays on my chest.

I recommend the book called " fifty years in the Romans church" after you read that if you still stay in the Catholic church, you're beyond help.

I had to leave the Catholic Church. It is riddled with evil and the Holy Spirit is no longer present.

Please get rid of that digital background noise that supposed to be so suspenseful. It's just completely annoying thank you.

So no need for investigating ⁉️

Galling to hear.😢

The Papacy needs to devise a very clear, open and transparent policy which will involve a step-by-step process which will outline the actions to be taken as soon as either the Pope or the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), initiates a Canonical investigation into the allegations. In the 1st instance, that priest would be required to meet with, either his local bishop or, if a priest within a religious order, then he reports to the provincial of that order once weekly. This priest would be removed from any ministry involving minors until the outcome of any Canonical investigation. Should the local law enforcement agencies arrest this priest before the conclusion of the canonical investigation, the church will continue its own investigation. Should the canonical investigation find a criminal case to answer, it should instruct the local bishop to hand the matter over to the authorities and alert the local police services. Should this priest be found guilty by the canonical court, this priest should be immediately forbidden from all ministry and fast-tracked to be laicised. If this priest is found guilty of a criminal act, then the relevant legislation should be applied like any other case of this nature

I have never given money to churches. I was behind scenes and the money is not used for good. Cardinals alone are paid 3thousand a month, plus a credit card for the Vatican supermarket. The best of foods, wines etc. l was horrified.

This report is pure irony. Perpetrators are handed over to someone to be sequestered and called devils while at the same time whinging on about them not facing consequences. This appears to be primarily an exercise in ax grinding.

Yes Erik, Well aware! I can't tell you how this makes me feel, there are no words! The Church that I grew up in and looked to for spiritual guidance, now faith in it destroyed! Do they know or care what they have done to us⁉️😂

The coverup continues.In 2020 I received a payment from the Archdiocese of Philadelphiy as a settlement for abuse I suffered back in 1961. In response I promised never to sue the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Reently, I went on their website because I learned that they had published a list of credibly accused priests who had passed away. The priest who abused me was not on the list.

This kind of evil penetrates all religious organizations, do not let the sins of others stray you away from Jesus!

Some are wolves in sheepskin. It seems it's a permissive society.

The reason why the USA doesn't hold congressional or senate hearings is because of separation of church and state. Personally it sucks. If it were a Mormon, or a Pentecostal or Baptist. They would throw the books at em.

I'm skeptical of this report, not because I doubt that these priests have commited heinous crimes against children, but because it's not a secret order. I have known about the Servants of the Paraclete for years. They publish their mission and locations in vocational material every publication.

brings new meaning to the phrase "He joined the Paras"

😢😢😢 This is so unbiblical what is happening worldwide...These priests are starved sexually by unnatural vows...Marriage is honorable...They are prevented from doing so by their men-made orders...& they become devils...

It would be interesting to have a definition of "sexual abuse" - to clarify the parameters in the law of what it considers to be abuse. And how do these standards apply to other professions.

shows one old toad wandering around with what looks like a thirty foot of thin rope ..ummm wonder why he would need that -- maybe taking it to a private cross party ..

This is going to keep happening until parents are held criminally liable for bringing their children into the Catholic Church. Especially into a private confessional booth with a grown man... If they choose to do that as an adult that's okay now but it's at this point it's criminal...

"TREATMENT" - Therapy ???? cant fix this addiction or problem... call it whatever.

Radio Amour knows. Radio Notre-Dame knows.

Its still happening in NZ today

Ultimately, the Pope - as 'pontifex maximus' - is responsible!

I'm not don't ever go to the churches because of this

10% thats a joke. Its everywhere within the church.

This I didn't even know tell this yr

This is why the true Church is slowly but surely going back to house churches. Independent of the “Church System.”

This is about them taking my money and owning me up I even got the cop who took 100000 grand payment

All these people saying it’s not just the Catholic church. What does that mean? Of course it’s not, it is everywhere. This must be stopped, we have the ability to stop it, but the clergy has covered it up and the perishes have blamed the victims and their families. We can not change the past, but the future MUST be better

I believe you.. I am very sorry for you and your pain.. Please somebody do something..

So sad💔

Every time the coffers ring, a predator priest from purgatory springs...

I know that there is/was a home for Wayward priests in San Antonio, Texas adjacent to a Catholic School known as San Antonio College Prep, at least there was 30 years ago when my husband taught at that school.

As long as Catholics believe their sanctity and eternal salvation is dependent on priest for the Eucharist and confession it will NEVER end. The Catholic Church has made the priesthood a pivotal necessity due to its teaching of the Eucharist and confession to get to heaven, not Salvation through the redemptive work of Jesus death in the cross. It is false teachings yet the stronghold is strong in those who believe in the Catholic Churches teachings . They will look the other way and allow it to continue to have man’s blessing and man’s bread vs The True Bread of Life… Faith in Jesus’ complete work on the cross. It is finished. You don’t need priests.

I think the image of the church for the faithful was one that would not have allowed this kind abuse to continue once it was discovered without the perpetrators being chastised and turned over to the authorities instead of moving them from parish to parish to continue their abuse and administer their priestly duties. Despite the damage control and secrecy that has been going on for years the cancer that was growing on the church finally erupted and we were shocked and outraged that this abuse reached all the way up into the hierarchy. Many of us have left the formal church wondering if we could ever trust it again. "O what a terrible web we weave when first we practice to deceive."😂😮

This doesn't address the core issue. How does (in theory) abstinence cause homosexual child molestation?