iata cum din prisosul inimii graieste gura....

Va scapa niste diferente:

1. Cati preoti sunt la un episcop?
Statistic vorbind, pornind de la premiza egalitatii de risc ca sa zic asa, care este incidenta absoluta a cazurilor nefaste cand vorbim de 100 oameni si care este cand vorbim de 10.000?

2. Episcopul prin natura activatii este mai mult calugar decat preot mirean.

Calugaria este una, sa traiesti in mijlocul lumii in regim celibtar, comporta riscuri substantiale dupa cum preotul catolic a demonstrat-o, din pacate, din plin.

Ce parere aveti despre:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_sex_abuse_cases

The 2004 John Jay Report[14] was based on a study of 10,667 allegations against 4,392 priests accused of engaging in sexual abuse of a minor between 1950 and 2002.

The report stated there were approximately 10,667 reported victims (younger than 18 years) of clergy sexual abuse during this period:
Around 81% of these victims were male.

22.6% were age 10 or younger, 51% were between the ages of 11 and 14, and 27% were between the ages to 15 to 17 years.[15][16][17]
A substantial number (almost 2000) of very young children were victimized by priests during this time period.
9,281 victim surveys had information about an investigation. In 6,696 (72%) cases, an investigation of the allegation was carried out. Of these, 4,570 (80%) were substantiated; 1,028 (18%) were unsubstantiated; 83 (1.5%) were found to be false. In 56 cases, priests were reported to deny the allegations.
More than 10 percent of these allegations were characterized as not substantiated. (This does not mean that the allegation was false; it means only that the diocese or order could not determine whether the alleged abuse actually took place.)
For approximately 20 percent of the allegations, the priest was deceased or inactive at the time of the receipt of the allegation and typically no investigation was conducted in these circumstances.
In 38.4% of allegations, the abuse is alleged to have occurred within a single year, in 21.8% the alleged abuse lasted more than a year but less than 2 years, in 28% between 2 and 4 years, in 10.2% between 5 and 9 years and, in under 1%, 10 or more years.

The 4,392 priests who were accused amount to approximately 4% of the 109,694 priests in active ministry during that time. Of these 4,392, approximately:
56 percent had one reported allegation against them; 27 percent had two or three allegations against them; nearly 14 percent had four to nine allegations against them; 3 percent (149 priests) had 10 or more allegations against them. These 149 priests were responsible for almost 3,000 victims, or 27 percent of the allegations.[15]

The allegations were substantiated for 1,872 priests and unsubstantiated for 824 priests. They were thought to be credible for 1,671 priests and not credible for 345 priests. 298 priests and deacons who had been completely exonerated are not included in the study.
50 percent were 35 years of age or younger at the time of the first instance of alleged abuse.[15]
Almost 70 percent were ordained before 1970.[15]
Fewer than 7 percent were reported to have themselves been victims of physical, sexual or emotional abuse as children. Although 19 percent had alcohol or substance abuse problems, 9 percent were reported to have been using drugs or alcohol during the instances of abuse.[15]

Many of the reported acts of sexual abuse involved fondling or unspecified abuse. There was also a large number of allegations of forced acts of oral sex and intercourse. Detailed information on the nature of the abuse was not reported for 26.6% of the reported allegations. 27.3% of the allegations involved the cleric performing oral sex on the victim. 25.1% of the allegations involved penile penetration or attempted penetration.

Although there were reported acts of sexual abuse of minors in every year, the incidence of reported abuse increased by several orders of magnitude in the 1960s and 1970s. There was, for example, a more than sixfold increase in the number of reported acts of abuse of males aged 11 to 17 between the 1950s and the 1970s. After peaking in the 1970s, the number of incidents decreased through the 1980s and 1990s even more sharply than the incidence rate had increased in the 1960s and 1970s.

Eu am parerea ca e minciuna exagerata si gogonata.

dar daca e adevarat, atunci ce ne facem?

Dumneavoastra, eventual, ati putea sa va rugati pentru acei oameni.

Referitor la adevar, faceti un calcul simplu: "studiul" sustine ca ar fi fost 10667 victime din 5 tari. Asta inseamna cam 2000 victime pe tara. Considerind studiul facut pe o perioada de 10 ani, asta inseamna cam 200 victime pe an. Adica la mai putin de 2 zile aparea o noua victima si nimeni nu a spus nimic timp de 10 ani, cind deodata toti au inceput sa vorbeasca....

O medie de 84 de preoti ar fi comis abuzuri/ an. (hai 100 daca-s recidivisti) Daca raportam la tot numarul de clerici din lumea catolica, procentul e infim. Tot ce-i posibil. E oricum rusinos; parca prea multe cazuri de abuz sexual la catolici fata de ceilalti, care nu-s lipsiti de acte reprobabile, dar nu atat de abuz sexual.

si ca sa fiu ontopic:

Mi-a placut acest citat postat pe crestinortodox.ro:

"Auzi vuietul copacului cand il dobori, dar padurea n-o auzi cum creste".

Dumnezeu sa ne ajute sa luptam cu patmile noastre mai mari si mai mici.

Iar cand privim spre patimile altora, sa uram pacatul si atat. Daca uram pacatul in general, nu putem face concesii si nu putem acoperi sub pres pacatele mari care se fac in lume pentru a le descoperi pe cele ale preotilor. Pacatul e pacat indiferent cine l-ar savarsi.

Este irelevant. Problema în discuţie este dacă este sau nu legitim, dacă este sau nu înţelept să "impui" unor oameni celibatul. Indiferent că e vorba de sute, mii sau zeci de mii.

Din câte ştiu, episcopii ortodocşi trăiesc în mijlocul lumii în regim celibatar. Ba chiar în mijlocul oraşelor, în palatele lor episcopale. Iată că se aseamnănă mai mult "prin natura activităţii" cu preoţii mireni decât cu călugării. În mod fundamental, episcopul face ce face orice preot, în plus hirotoneşte. Episcopul ESTE preot (ba chiar culmea preoţiei), în schimb episcopul NU ESTE călugăr. Este sacerdot, nu eremit. Dacă a fost din rândul călugărilor, când este intronizat episcop modul lui de viaţă devine cu totul altul, mult mai asemenea preoţilor mireni care sunt văduvi decât călugărilor. Nu mai are corvoada călugărescă, nici datoria ascultării de stareţ, nici nu mai e ţinut să facă Ceasurile, nici nu mănâncă la trapeză cu fraţii săi, etc.

Duşmanii lui Cristos pleacă de la prezumţia că nimeni nu stă să facă asemenea calcule. Că nimeni nu stă să-i verifice. Or, iată un interviu cu un om, ziarist de formaţie, care a început să-şi pună întrebări despre această nouă direcţie de atac împotriva Bisericii. Şi a ajuns la concluzii interesante, adunând destul material despre minciunile presei împotriva slujitorilor altarelor încât a scris două cărţi:
http://www.catholicworldreport.com/I...d_priests.aspx

Parere bazata pe ce anume?
Sunt investigatii oficiale, exista dosare, etc.

Refuzul realitatii stiti cum se cheama?

Vedeti ca refuzul realitatii va pune sa inventati lucruri.
Unde scrie ca au aparut brusc dupa 10 ani?
Nici macar nu v-ati obosit sa citit cu atentie.

"The 4,392 priests who were accused amount to approximately 4% of the 109,694 priests in active ministry during that time."

Nu cred ca e tocmai putin.

Haha..ce amuzant, brusc cand un argument devine o problema, "nu e relevant".

Uite ca e foarte relevant in conditiile in care impunerea celibatului pentru cei care au contact zilnic cu oameni de lume ca sa zic asa duce la astfel de probleme.

Serios? Adica au parohii, spovedesc familii, femei, copii, in mod curent?
Vorbiti la catolici sau la ortodocsi?

Ati spus ca nu stiti de cazuri de sute si mii de preoti ca sa nu mai vorbim de mii de victime ale abuzului sexual din partea preotilor catolici, cum comentati, va rog, cifrele?

Mhnea, Mihnea, Mihnea . . . !
 

Ca om , dar nu în ultimul rând ca medic , ar trebui să-ţi fie ruşine ! Dar, iată că nici medicina , în ultima perioadă, nu-i ocolită de acest flagel , de această crimă :PEDOFILIA . Un singur caz de era , trebuia să taci , să nu te faci avocatul diavolului. Să-ţi fie ruşine , domnule "doctor" ! Aţi răscolit din nou acest thread, iar putoarea vă învăluie, d-ule Mihnea . Să aveţi o noapte liniştită, nu cum o au copiii abuzaţi în numele hristosului vostru . Ruşine să vă fie !

Nu te aprinde asa..nu cred ca MD nu a recunoscut ca sunt cazuri la ei, problema e ca nu pare a fi dispus sa recunoasca ca fenomenul are o incidenta atat de mare.

De vina sunt jurnalistii care nu vad si capra din curtea vecinului si mai mult o plimba pe a lor in vazul lumii.

http://www.helleniccomserve.com/sexabuse.html

A Call for a Reporting Policy on Sexual Abuse in the Orthodox Church

The Greek Orthodox Church has certainly been affected by such scandals, as the headlines of national newspapers and Internet websites will attest. The National Herald reported recently that that "the Holy Synod [of the Orthodox Church] is preparing to discuss old sexual scandals that have reemerged, according to high-ranking ecclesiastical officials at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Individuals have already contacted the archdiocese asking for monetary compensation in [the] millions of dollars."

http://sofiaecho.com/2010/12/23/1016...abuse-cover-up

When Father Goran Arsic was finally asked to testify before a commission investigating allegations that a bishop had sexually abused children, he had high hopes the church would confront the scandal head-on.

Until now, even the existence of the specially-convened commission, let alone its findings, has remained a closely-guarded secret. That the commission was led by the recently-enthroned Patriarch has also been kept from the public.

http://yya.oca.org/thehub/articles/T...xual_abuse.htm

It is time for the church family to bring sexual abuses out of the closet, to face this problem, and to move forward rebuilding the shattered image of the family of God when such abuses occur. Overt sexual harassment, sexual assault, rape, molestation, incest all happen in the Orthodox Church.

http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/pr...n-sex-scandals

Adevărul - Romania | Friday, July 29, 2011
Orthodox Church two-faced on sex scandals

The police broke up a pimping ring in Bucharest in early July that was offering underage rent boys. Investigations by the daily Adevărul have revealed that a priest from the Romanian Orthodox Church in Bucharest was allegedly involved in the scandal. The newspaper writes that the Orthodox Church should look to the Catholic Church as an example: "Allegations of sex scandals within the Church are either rejected or completely ignored. ... This is a two-faced discourse: during the day, cloaked in their cassocks the priests demonize homosexuality, in the evenings they practice 'this activity' that they themselves have condemned. ...

http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/a...h-settles.html

Sam Hodges reports that a lawsuit alleging child sex abuse by Nicholas Katinas, former pastor of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in North Dallas, is headed for an out-of-court settlement.

The amount of the settlement is confidential.

Katinas was pastor of Holy Trinity, a key institution of the Dallas Greek community, for 28 years until his retirement in 2006.
etc.

Si eu am dat acele date intr-un mesaj. Nu stiu cum ati calculat, cred ca nu ati citit exact, doar in SUA au fost acele victime si acei preoti, nu in cinci tari. Si nu era pe o perioada de 10 ani, ci intre 1950-2002, deci 50 de ani, majortiatea cazurilor fiind in anii 1960-1970. Observam ca perioada a coincis cu depravarea hippie din SUA.

Hidos chip al "creştinismului" mai scoate pravoslavnicia din om ! Nicio deosebire între mesajul dv, care vă pretindeţi creştin şi ortodox, şi mesajul unui puştean satanist, care ar beneficia totuşi de scuza teribilismului necopt. Cristiboss, eşti greţos!

Am amintit si eu pe scurt acel studiu: http://www.crestinortodox.ro/forum/s...8&postcount=65
Am gasit si un studiu facut de politia germana pe net in intreaga lume.

V-am mai raspuns intr-un mesaj, poate nu l-ati citit: http://www.crestinortodox.ro/forum/s...&postcount=199
Sunt doua aspecte, episcopii nu fac ce fac preotii, au contact mai mult cu preoti, barbati, la fel ca in manastire. Episcopii nu sunt alesi la 20 de ani, ci al o varsta mai inaintata.

1. Vedeţi că aţi uitat să folosiţi formula de politeţe.
2. Încercaţi domnule cu antiemetice uşoare pentru început.

"Onorată instanţă, vă rog să nu-l judecaţi pe inculpatul Melinte Radul, ce dacă a violat şi eventual ucis cu sălbăticie sărmana (?, de fapt ce a căutat acolo?) victimă? N-au făcut asta şi alţii?"
Citat dintr-o posibilă pledoarie a maistrului MihaiG.

M-am obisnuit sa incerc sa vad realitatea prin ochii mei, nu ai altora. In ochii altora eu, ca femeie nascuta in Moldova, sint puturoasa, jegoasa si seduc barbatii, in special pe cei insurati, ca asa le place moldovencelor sa strice familiile altora. Stiu prea bine ca nu aceasta e realitatea cu toate ca e impastasita de foarte multi oameni (eu am intilnit destul de putine exceptii).

Revenind la subiect, se vorbeste de studii pe care nu le-a vazut nimeni, despre cifre neverificate de nimeni. A facut cineva calculul ca ar fi fot 84 abuzuri pe an, in tari ca Franta, Belgia, Germania, Canada! Aici nu vorbim despre lumea a 3-a; sint tari dezvoltate si chiar de atitia amar de ani nu a facut nimeni nici o plingere, s-au trezit toti deodata?

Şi beţivance, dar fac mâncare bună.:5:

Link-ul dat vorbea de mai multe tari. Oricum, impartind 10000 victime la 50 ani avem tot 200 victime pe an. SI atunci avem concluziile:
1. Americanii sint catolici fanatici care indura orice de dragul Bisericii Catolice
2. Americanii sint niste idioti care nu fac plingeri penale daca le sint abuzati copiii
3. Povestea e o minciuna gogonata

Fiecare e liber sa ajunga la propria concluzie

A, da, uitasem ca-mi place sa mai trag si la masea, asa, mai pe ascuns.

Eu sant unul din putinii care nu generalizeaza.Sant sigur ca exista si moldovence care ard mancarea.:1:

Din ce ati citat am vazut de 2 cazuri.

Daca aveti cifre mai consistente si credibile, va rog sa le mentionati, nu are nimeni timp sa deschida atatea link -uri.

Serios? E o situatie recunoscuta de BRC?
Ca despre asta vorbim.

E o situatie publica e vorba de investigatii publice, care nu sunt contestate nici macar de BRC.

Ba Papa chiar si-a cerut scuze.

Sa intelegem ca sunteti mai catolica decat Papa?

Iarasi, lipsa de obiectivitate va impiedica sa intelegeti o realitate elementara.
E vorba de abuzuri care au avut loc de-a lungul unei perioade destul de mari de timp si care au fost toate invetigate, oficial, la timpul lor.

A fost prezentat un studiu care a sumarizat aceste date.

Ma mira, ma amuza si oarecum cred ca ma si inspaimanta ignoranta catolicilor vizavi de acesta problema.

Tocmai ca s-au facut plangeri, s-au facut investigatii iar unii preoti au fost si condamnati.
Majoritatea cazurile insa se pare ca au fost musamalizate, episcopii preferand sa-i mute pe preotii in cauza in alta parohie.
N-ati auzit, nu va intereseaza sau preferati sa va construiti propria realitate?

Puteti studia si:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholi...of_the_problem

Vedeti si sectiunea "Impact on the church" si banii care s-au platit victimelor, unele dioceze intrand in situatie de faliment.

"In 2010, the Associated Press reported that the number of allegations, victims, offending clergy dropped in 2009 to their lowest point since data started being collected in 2004. Dioceses and their insurers paid $104 million in settlement fees, attorney fees and other costs, down from $376 million in 2008.[84]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_C...ses_by_country

Si sunt sigura ca ati ajuns la concluzia care va convine, indiferent care e realitatea.
Doar aveti o educatie catolica nu?
Daca Papa zice ca e stanga cand de fapt e dreapta, dvs. ati fost invatata sa credeti pe Papa nu bunul simt.
Problema in cazul asta e ca Papa recunoaste, doar dvs. nu.


Ei prefera sa traiasca in visul cel dulce al celibatului ca semn al excelentei spirituale a preotului catolic cand realitatea de fapt are alta fatza care nu e deloc frumoasa.

Aha, uite că începeţi să înţelegeţi unde bat.... sau ?

Spuneţi-mi, după părerea dumneavoastră, toate informaţiile pe care le-a postat Cristiboss (începând cu cea care a deschis threadul) sunt credibile ?

Nu, chiar nu am inteles.
Nu ar fi mai simplu sa va exprimati ideile eventual sprijinite cu trimiteri pentru verificare decat sa bateti saua.. ?

Nu am citit tot ce a postat el, discutia care am abordat-o eu a inceput de la celibatul impus preotilor catolicilor.

S-a ajuns la cifre deoarece dl. MD si-a exprimat indoiala ca fenomenul ar fi unul de proportii.

Ca sa nu fiti considerat obtuz cred ca e admisibil sa generalizati in unele cazuri. Iar in acest caz chiar o puteti face. Eu am dubii ca persoanele care ard mincarea sint chiar moldovence. Am o prietena care arde frecvent mincarea, iar sotul ei mi-a spus ca el crede ca ea e de fapt tataroaica; i-a spus de mai mult de 100 ori sa stea linga foc cind face mincare insa s-ar parea ca ea nu intelege foarte bine limba romana.

Papa Benedict si inalti oficiali ai Bisericii Catolice sunt acuzati de "crime impotriva umanitatii"


Asociatia care reprezinta foste victime ale abuzurilor comise de preotii pedofili a depus o plangerea la Curtea Penala Internationala de la Haga.


Inaltii responsabili de la Vatican sunt acuzati ca "au tolerat si acoperit, in mod sistematic, violurile si actele sexuale comise impotriva minorilor, in intreaga lume".
"In acest caz, toate drumurile duc la Roma", a spus un reprezentant al Asociatiei victimelor.
La plangere au fost anexate 10.000 de pagini de documente despre cazuri de pedofilie in care au fost implicati preoti catolici.

De retinut , ca numai in Olanda au fost abuzati zeci de mii de copii !
 

Raport oficial: Zeci de mii de copii au fost abuzati sexual de preoti ai Bisericii Catolice Olandeze




acum 5 luni 22 zile

http://image.stirileprotv.ro/media/i...1/60535524.jpg
Un raport intocmit de o comisie independenta, citata de BBC News, arata ca zeci de mii de copii au fost abuzati sexual de catre preoti ai Bisericii Catolice Olandeze, din 1945 si pana astazi.




Conform raportului, oficialii BCO au incercat sa stopeze raspandirea informatiilor legate de aceste abuzuri care au fost comise in scoli, seminarii si orfelinate. Bazat pe cercetarea a peste 34.000 de acuzatii, raportul estimeaza ca 1 din 5 copii, care s-au aflat in institutiile catolice, a suferit abuzuri sexuale. De altfel, acuzatiile care au fost lansate recent intr-o scoala din estul Olandei intaresc aceste probe, scriu cei de la BBC News.
Comisia a inceput sa lucreze la aceasta ancheta din august 2010 si a studiat 1.800 de cazuri. Au fost identificati 800 de vinovati, insa doar 100 dintre ei mai sunt in viata. In luna noiembrie a anului 2011, sucursala olandeza a Bisericii Catolice a stabilit un sistem de compensare bazat pe nivelul de severitate al abuzului suferit. Concluziile acestei Comisii au fost foarte asteptate de populatia Olandei, unde 29% este catolica.
Citeste si:
Papa Benedict si inalti oficiali ai Bisericii Catolice sunt acuzati de "crime impotriva umanitatii"
REVOLTATOR!Preot catolic brazilian filmat in timp ce facea sex cu un minor!
Sursa: BBC NEWS

Despre această "asociaţie" mai multe aici: http://www.catholicworldreport.com/I...d_priests.aspx

O listă cu preoţi ortodocşi din America care au fost condamnaţi, sancţionaţi, daţi în judecată sau acuzaţi în mod public pentru acte sexuale nelegale, sau pentru vătămare corporală sau tentativă de vătămare corporală:

Adamakis, Archimandrite Stanley R.
Convicted, Sanctioned, Sued

Barrow, Father Gabriel
Sanctioned

Bithos, Deacon George
Sanctioned

Draconakis, Bishop Anthimos
Sued

Gavrilos, Father James
Sanctioned

Graff, Father Nicholas
Sanctioned, Sued

Hayes, Seraphim Randall
Convicted

Kasemeotes, Father Angelo
Convicted

Katinas, Father Nicholas
Sanctioned, Sued

Katsoulis, Father John
Sanctioned

Kavouras, Fr. Demetrios
Sanctioned

Koveos, Father Emmanuel
Convicted, Sanctioned

Liadis, Father John
Convicted

Moschonas, Father Anthony K.
Sanctioned, Sued

Pappas, Father Michael
Sanctioned

Pyle, Father George
Sanctioned

Recachinas, Protopresbyter Demetrios
Public Allegations

Rymer, Archimandrite Michael
Sanctioned, Sued

Theodore, Father John
Sanctioned

Vrionis, Metropolitan Pangratios
Convicted, Sanctioned

Mai mult aici: http://pokrov.org/display.asp?ds=Group&id=43

Archimandrite Stanley R. Adamakis

Aliases:
Stan Adamakis
Stan Adams

Convicted, Sanctioned, Sued

Archimandrite Stanley Adamakis was a priest in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOA). As a boy, Fr. Stanley was at altar server at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Boston. Archbishop Iakovos Coucouzis was the priest at the cathedral at that time, and the archbishop later ordained Fr. Stanley to the priesthood.

Fr. Stanley was convicted in 1986 of molesting two adolescent boys in Torrance, California. He was sentenced to seventy-eight days in jail.

While still on probation for that offense, Fr. Stanley molested two additional boys he met through an Episcopal Church youth group in Hermosa Beach, California. He pleaded guilty to the new charges in March, 1990, and was sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison -- eight years for the probation violation and an additional twenty months on the new charges of sexual battery and child molestation. The priest spent the next seven years in prison.

When the second set of charges was filed, Metropolitan Anthony Gergiannakis, the GOA bishop for California at the time, said a defrockment action had been pending against Fr. Stanley for more than a year, ”stemming from repeated, but never substantiated, allegations of 'sexual misbehavior'.” The Metropolitan also said that Fr. Stanley ”had been forced to leave posts in Montreal and Albuquerque because of unproven molestation allegations.”

Fr. Stanley was returned to the status of a layman by the GOA on March 20, 1990.

A lawsuit for sexual abuse was filed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, against Fr. Stanley R. Adamakis and the GOA on July 1, 1993. The plaintiff and the GOA filed a joint motion for dismissal with prejudice a little over a year later, when the plaintiff received a settlement for an undisclosed amount.
(D.L.S. v. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, Case #D-202-CV-9306214)

On July 20, 2003, when Adamakis was 61 years old, he was murdered by a 24 year old man. Adamakis had a sexual relationship with this young man. A law enforcement source said that the relationship between the two men began around the time that Adamakis was released from state prison.

Another civil suit against Fr. Stanley Adamakis and the GOA was filed in California. That suit was reportedly settled for $1 million in January of 2007.

Fr. Stanley served in the following GOA parishes:

St. George GOC (Albuquerque NM): 1972-74
Evangelismos GOC (Easton PA): 1978-79
St. Nicholas GOC (Newburgh, NY): ?

These parishes are in the Metropolis of Denver, the Metropolis of Pittsburgh, and the Archdiocesan District, respectively.

Fr. Stanley had also served at a parish in Montreal, Canada.

Archimandrite Gabriel Barrow

Sanctioned

Archimandrite Gabriel Barrow

Archimandrite Gabriel Barrow was a priest in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America(GOA), Metropolis of Denver. He was suspended from the priesthood by the GOA on March 4, 2004, and defrocked on February 22, 2005, for the sexual abuse of teenaged boys.

Prior to being received into the GOA in 1995, Barrow was a priest in the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America (AA). He was first accused of sexual misconduct with boys in 1977 while he was serving at St. Elias Church in Sylvania, Ohio. Barrow was subsequently suspended by the AA, and sometime afterward moved to Houston.

St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Houston lists Barrow among the ”attached and retired” clergy who served at their parish.

In 1995 Barrow began serving at a GOA parish in Webster, Texas, St. John the Theologian Greek Orthodox Church. He was made an archimandrite by Metropolitan Isaiah Chronopoulos of the GOA's Metropolis of Denver in March, 2000.

Another victim from Ohio reported to the AA in May of 2000 that he had been sexually abused by Barrow when he was a teen. The AA bishop, Antoun Khouri, said that Barrow was no longer under the jurisdiction of the AA. However, the bishop wrote to Chronopoulos and Archbishop Demetrios Trakatellis, the head of the GOA, several days later and told them about the allegations.

In August of 2003 yet another Ohio victim came forward, this time by giving a written statement to the GOA about his sexual abuse as a teenager by Barrow.

The victim who reported to the AA in 2000, and whose allegations had been forwarded to Chronopoulos and Trakatellis that same year, also gave a written statement to the GOA in December of 2003.

As noted above, Barrow was suspended by the GOA in March of 2004. Both men who had given written statements to the GOA testified at the spiritual court proceeding. Barrow was defrocked the following year.

In September of 2009, the Houston police executed a search warrant on Barrow's house, his place of business, and his person. The warrant alleged that Barrow was in possession of child pornography.

Barrow attended St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, which belongs to the Orthodox Church in America (OCA).

At the Fifth All American Council of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) in October of 1977, Barrow received one vote for metropolitan of the OCA. It is unclear whether this was before or after his suspension by the AA.

Barrow worked in the Houston Independent School District (HISD) for 25 years. According to the Houston Chronicle he started work as a teacher in 1979, 2 years after his suspension by the AA. He was transferred to the central office in 1988. Barrow was an instructional supervisor in 2004, working with teachers rather than students, when news of the allegations against him became public. An HISD investigation found no cause to remove him from this position, and Barrow retired as planned in May, 2004.

Deacon George P. Bithos

Sanctioned

Deacon George P. Bithos

George P. Bithos is a deacon in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, Metropolis of Denver.

Bithos, who is also a retired dentist, was suspended in 2010 after a woman made a written complaint to Metropolitan Isaiah Chronopoulos alleging that Blithos had fondled her breasts while she was under nitrous oxide in 1982. At the time, both Bithos and the woman attended Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Dallas, Texas. Bithos has denied the allegations. The suspension was lifted without explanation in September, 2010.

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Pentru prima oara, un prelat de varf al Bisericii Catolice, arhiepiscopul Vienei, Christoph Schonborn, leaga scandalurile de pedofilie de celibatul sacerdotal. Si alte voci au denuntat acest aspect anterior - printre care teologul elvetian Hans Kung - dar niciodata un cardinal de acest rang - numele sau a fost pomenit pe lista potentialilor papi - nu a discutat public subiectul interdictiei casatoriei la preotii catolici, relateaza Le Figaro.

Declaratiile sale vin pe fondul extinderii scandalului pedofiliei in sanul Bisericii, atingand Germania, Olanda si Austria.

Arhiepiscopul a publicat o scrisoare in care trateaza criza pedofiliei, un newsletter, Themakirche, accesibil pe internet si destinat colaboratorilor din dioceza sa.

Cardinalul a identificat patru cauze care explica acest gen de comportament: "Atat problema formarii preotilor cat si urmarile revolutiei sexuale a generatiei 1968. Atat tema celibatului cat si tema dezvoltarii personale".

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Bishop Anthimos Draconakis

Bishop Anthimos Draconakis is a retired hierarch of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOA). He currently resides in the Metropolis of San Francisco.

The bishop has been accused by Despina Gallas of having sexual contact with her. Gallas, the daughter of a GOA priest, says that she was a teenager, but over the age of majority, when the contact was first initiated.

Gallas sued the GOA and Draconakis. The lawsuit was dismissed on procedural grounds, without any findings as to the merits of the claim.