Catholics & Catholicism

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9 Students at School for Deaf Allege Abuse and Sue Nuns By KATIE ZEZIMA Published: May 12, 2004 BOSTON, May 11 – Nine former students of a now-closed Massachusetts school for the deaf filed a lawsuit on Tuesday saying they had been sexually, physically and emotionally abused by the Roman Catholic nuns who operated the institution. The plaintiffs, all of whom are deaf and mute, said they were raped, fondled, beaten, stuffed into lockers and had their heads submerged in toilets by nuns. The plaintiffs were ages 4 to 18 at the time, specified in the lawsuit as 1944 to 1977, while they were students at the Boston School for the Deaf in Randolph, a suburb of Boston. The school, which was operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston, closed in 1994. [snipped] The suit is the first claiming extensive abuse by nuns since the scandal of sexual abuse by members of the clergy erupted here in early 2002. Mr. Garabedian represented hundreds of people who said they had been abused by John J. Geoghan, a defrocked priest who was killed in prison last year. The archdiocese reached an $85 million settlement last year with more than 500 people who said they had been abused by priests. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/tnt.html?tntget=2004/05/12/education/12s… – Watson, out

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BOSTON, May 11 – Nine former students of a now-closed Massachusetts school for the deaf filed a lawsuit on Tuesday saying they had been sexually, physically and emotionally abused by the Roman Catholic nuns who operated the institution.

Let’s hope this is the first of many lawsuits filed against violent unrepentent nuns who terrorized society’s most vulnerable children under the pretense of saving their souls. As one who believes that the worldwide assets of the Roman Catholic Church should be liquidated, and awarded to its victims, I am pleased to see some light finally shine on forms of Catholic child abuse other than priests having sex with altar boys. The plaintiffs, all of whom are deaf and mute, said they were raped, fondled, beaten, stuffed into lockers and had their heads submerged in toilets by nuns. The plaintiffs were ages 4 to 18 at the time, specified in the lawsuit as 1944 to 1977, while they were students at the Boston School for the Deaf in Randolph, a suburb of Boston. The school, which was operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston, closed in 1994.

Sounds about par for how Catholic institutions treated children they had sole custody of, during the time period alleged. When you believe in nonsense which says that you are saving children from everlasting Hellfire by forcing them to conform to your behavior and belief system, then pretty much anything becomes justifiable. I experienced a year of Catholic nonsense during my younger years, and it was a mixture of arrogance, pretentiousness, and ignorance unrivaled anywhere else on the planet. I understand why Thomas Jefferson attributed the voluminous quantity of Christian theological writings to the fact that "nonsense can never be explained." I remember the nuns in the school I went to always used to tell us stories about missionaries buried up to their necks and decapitated with a plow.   It was only later that I realized that the people pulling the plow were not the bad guys.  :) — Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"

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Hi, Eric, Do we know one another? Perhaps under another username? If not, nice to meet you. Will interlineate below…. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – BOSTON, May 11 – Nine former students of a now-closed Massachusetts school for the deaf filed a lawsuit on Tuesday saying they had been sexually, physically and emotionally abused by the Roman Catholic nuns who operated the institution. Let’s hope this is the first of many lawsuits filed against violent unrepentent nuns who terrorized society’s most vulnerable children under the pretense of saving their souls. As one who believes that the worldwide assets of the Roman Catholic Church should be liquidated, and awarded to its victims, I am pleased to see some light finally shine on forms of Catholic child abuse other than priests having sex with altar boys.

At one time I also believed that the RCC should liquidate. While I’ve forgiven them and don’t feel I need that kind of extreme measure for my own heart’s peace, were I Catholic I should find myself asking if that wasn’t possible for the healing of the church. Many of their dollars should go into pedophilia research, prevention and treatment. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – The plaintiffs, all of whom are deaf and mute, said they were raped, fondled, beaten, stuffed into lockers and had their heads submerged in toilets by nuns. The plaintiffs were ages 4 to 18 at the time, specified in the lawsuit as 1944 to 1977, while they were students at the Boston School for the Deaf in Randolph, a suburb of Boston. The school, which was operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston, closed in 1994. Sounds about par for how Catholic institutions treated children they had sole custody of, during the time period alleged. When you believe in nonsense which says that you are saving children from everlasting Hellfire by forcing them to conform to your behavior and belief system, then pretty much anything becomes justifiable. I experienced a year of Catholic nonsense during my younger years, and it was a mixture of arrogance, pretentiousness, and ignorance unrivaled anywhere else on the planet. I understand why Thomas Jefferson attributed the voluminous quantity of Christian theological writings to the fact that "nonsense can never be explained." I remember the nuns in the school I went to always used to tell us stories about missionaries buried up to their necks and decapitated with a plow.   It was only later that I realized that the people pulling the plow were not the bad guys.  :)

This last paragraph is incredibly frightening. Reeks of psychological torture, especially when used upon children. Many images associated with Christ and the saints they are clearly sadomasochistic; Christ on the cross most promiment and ubiquitous in all Christendom. Titillating? Yeah. On some level titillating. Provocative. If one were to really think about the image one would freak. Very twisted in my book. – Watson, out

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