Welcome back to another episode. This week, we discuss a pastor ruining Autism Awareness, police investigating the New Orleans Archdiocese for human trafficking, and so much more. Don’t miss out!
Man, it’s gotta be pretty sweet to be a Catholic Priest. You can commit serious crimes and still be protected by your employer. There aren’t many organizations in the world that will go to bat for you the way the Catholic Church will. Now, you might be wondering exactly why the church is so generous when it comes to their defense of criminals. Well, the answer is simple: laws are man-made, and as far as they are concerned, the only one they need to answer to is their imaginary friend in the sky.
As we reported a few days ago, the Archdiocese in New Orleans is under investigation for child trafficking. What we didn’t know until now is just how much support the offenders were receiving:
The affidavit alleges that documents obtained during the Father Hecker investigation show that “previous archbishops … not only knew of the [widespread] sexual abuse and failed to report all the claims to law enforcement, but [also] spent archdiocese funding to support the accused.”…One document cited in the affidavit states that one specific archbishop “was aware of rampant sexual abuse throughout the archdiocese,” but the affidavit leaves out the archbishop’s name.
Talk about privilege. Can you imagine any other organization that was found to have provided money and support to men who were sexually torturing children for decades? Would the police fail to name the people responsible for covering up the crime? If this was a Walmart, you can bet that the entire management staff would be indicted, and the RICO charges would have come around so fast, it would have made everyone’s head spins. Not so for a rich and powerful religious organization. They can sexually abuse countless kids, and still be allowed to operate. If we treated them like other criminals, their organization which facilitated the abuse would be gone; it’s assets used to compensate the families, and the men responsible for failing to stop it would all be getting their heads smashed in prison. Instead, we have this weak-ass response from the cops, who look like they are walking on eggshells to avoid getting anyone in trouble.
Personally, if you aren’t disgusted by this, you’re part of the problem. Let us stop this special treatment of religious rapists, and treat them the same we would any sorry excuse for a human being.
There is a sad and barbaric tradition that still continues to this day. It’s called Forcible Marriage. It’s essentially a form of human trafficking, masquerading as a tradition. Women have few rights in traditional Islam, and are viewed more as property than a human being. It’s why when 15 year old Muskan Salman was kidnapped and forcibly married, the police have done nothing to get her back, despite the desperate pleas of her father.
I can only imagine the heartbreak at the thought of the things she is having to endure under this man’s captivity. He had already taken her out of school because the eventual kidnapper, a 27 year old man named Arsalan Ali, was already harassing her. He then resorted to abducting her, and forging a marriage certificate, claiming the girl was 19 years old. Now there’s a legal battle to prove her age. In none of the reports has anyone bothered to even ask Muskan what the hell happened. She is essentially in the custody of the husband, and that’s considered fine in the eyes of many.
Part of the reason people have turned a blind eye to all of this is because it’s part of a pattern of behavior in the country. You see, Muskan is part of a Christian minority, and these kinds of incidents are so frequent that the U.N. has called on Pakistan to make more changes to their laws to prevent this form of human trafficking.
“The exposure of young women and girls belonging to religious minority communities to such heinous human rights violations, and the impunity of such crimes, can no longer be tolerated or justified,” they said in a statement issued in Geneva.
Now, because this is the U.N. and their calls are left to voicemail, and it’s doubtful anything will come of this. Muskan will be forgotten about, like so many other young girls forced to live with their rapists and bare their children. So long as this tradition and the underlying faith that sustains it continues to rule, these types of tragedies will continue to occur with terrifying frequency.
It would appear that police in New Orleans are targeting the Archdiocese for a massive child sex trafficking organization. The investigation into these allegations came after the Church had filled for bankruptcy protection after a number of victims had sued them for sexual abuse. The organization had failed to submit internal documents which would have implicated a number of their employees, who benefitted from financial compensation for decades. A judge put a quick end to this.
The details of the case are terrifying. The priests would regularly ferry their victims around to abuse them. This makes the crime fit the definition of child trafficking, which is an even more serious charge than the routine sexual abuse that was happening. These guys even had a habit of sending victims as “gifts” for one another:
“Additionally, it was reported that in some instances, ‘gifts’ were given to abuse victims by the accused [molesters] with instructions to pass on or give the gift to certain priests at the next school or church,” the warrant contended. “It was said that the ‘gift’ was a form of signaling to another priest that the person was a target for sexual abuse.”
One of the monsters facing justice is a 92 year old priest named Lawrence Hecker. Having enjoyed himself at the expense of his victims for decades, justice has been painfully slow. At best, this man will probably die before he even sets foot in prison. Fortunately for him, the hell he preached about doesn’t exist, because he would have a first class ticket if it did.
As is typical in these kinds of cases, the Church has released a statement which is an obvious lie:
On Tuesday, the church spokesperson said the archdiocese of New Orleans “has been openly discussing the topic of sex abuse” for years. And “in keeping with this”, the spokesperson said, “we also are committed to working with law enforcement in these endeavors.”
This statement seems to omit the fact that they actively suppressed information specifically to protect their own abusers. How is that a commitment to working with law enforcement? The statement should have read like this instead: “We have been forced to discuss openly the topic of sexual abuse despite our stonewalling. WE are committed to the rapists that make up our ranks, and will protect them at all costs from law enforcement endeavors”. See, doesn’t that seem a little more honest and consistent?
Bruce Campbell, by all accounts, seemed like an ideal school principle. Parents described him as dedicated and caring. He worked at Sacred Heart Elementary School in Calgary, Alb. for over 30 years, serving at the principle there. Just imagine the shock parents must have felt when they recently found out in an email that Campbell had been arrested in a sting operation for possession of child pornography.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police had intercepted a number of skype messages that contained child abuse pictures, and by tracing the IP address, they were able to identify Campbell as the recipient. He was arrested and released under strict conditions, and is waiting for his trial come May 10th.
The Catholic School Board released a statement with the usual “safety of the children is out primary concern” bullshit they’ve spewed a billion times before, always after one of their countless employees get caught doing something horrible.
Police are asking anyone who may have been a victim of abuse by this man to come forward. Where there is smoke, there is usually fire, and a 30 year career means that thousands of kids were under his watch. It would be a miracle if there had never been any impropriety. It was already more than enough possessing abuse material from children who will grow up scared for life.
The final message from one of the investigators was worded strangely, to say the least:
“This is a great time for parents, families, teachers, the students, to be aware that this is an increasingly occurring offence,” Sgt. Auger said.
It wasn’t tragic enough that the name Bruce Campbell has been sullied by this pervert; the investigator assuring us that it’s a great time to be aware that this is getting more common is not encouraging. So, if you’re a fan of Evil Dead, and kids having a normal childhood, then you are shit out of luck my friend.
This episode, we talk about another Lawmaker trying to put the 10 Commandments in classrooms, a man saying god told him to abuse a young girl, and priests in Ghana trying to justify their pederast traditions! Oh, and lets not forget nuts wishing for Armageddon. Don’t miss out.
It seems to me that the headline “Florida Pastor sexually assaults girls” has become so frequent that it should probably be its own subreddit by now. God knows I’ve run out of ways to introduce these vile human beings to you. Still, a job is a job, and something’s got to be done about all these monsters who abuse the power and trust they’ve been given.
Rev. Monte LaVelle Chitty was recently arrested and given severe bail restrictions, as the judge felt that the man was a flight risk. He’s accused of spiking a young girls’ drink, and then assaulting her. He then sent her lude texts admitting to the crime, even claiming that she was not his first victim.
This moron is now in jail, and waiting for a trial date. Prosecutors are certain that there are other victims out there, and are encouraging anyone with information to come forward. Considering how brazen this guy was about this incident, I wouldn’t be surprised if he has a litany of other victims out there.
It sounds like an open and shut case for this guy. Hopefully, we’ll see justice be done.
When someone tells you that something is part of their traditions, it usually means that you aren’t allowed to question it. Tradition is simply another word for obedience, specifically the kind that involves never questioning where often weird or terrible practices originate, or why they exists at all.
In Ghana, a 63 year old priest named Nuumo Borketey Laweh Tsuru XXXIII is defending his decision to marry a 12 year old girl, saying that Westerners simply don’t understand their traditions. He isn’t the only disgusting creep to do this: roughly 20% of girls below the age of 18 are routinely married off to older men.
Leaders of the Nungua indigenous community, to which both the girl and the priest belong, have condemned the public’s opposition to the marriage, saying the criticism “comes from a point of ignorance”. Nii Bortey Kofi Frankwa II, a local community leader, said on Sunday that the girl’s role as the priest’s wife is “purely tradition and custom”.
That must be why during the ceremony people overheard telling the child to wear perfume in order to be more “prepared” for her wifely duties.
Luckily, there are Ghanaians who are also sickened by the practice, although it’s doubtful that any of them will intervene. Tsuru is a priest, and this makes him practically untouchable. He has tradition to fall back on, and just the power of this word is enough to shut down all opposition. Ghanaian law also recognizes customary marriages, so the whole thing is legal.
So to recap, a tradition dating back centuries that allow old men to rape little girls with zero social consequences continues to be practiced, even in a world where we know this to be wrong. Isn’t religion fun?
Never trust people who say that they speak with God. For starters, religion is the ultimate expression of ego. It’s a way of trying to justify your personal beliefs by claiming they are divinely mandated. This kind of psychotic view of one’s own understanding of the universe is so common that we totally ignore the fact that millions of people think that an all powerful being believes in exactly the same thing they do.
Christopher Caudill is a 46 year old “man”, who had been abusing a young girl since she was 11 years old, was one such psychopath. News outlets have been very scant with the details. There’s no information about how he chose his victims, or why the abuse was allowed to go on for over 6 years. We do know that he believed his abuse was not only perfectly fine, but was in fact mandated by the all powerful creator of the Universe.
When interviewed by Carrollton police, Caudill admitted he sexually abused the girl and said he abused her because they had a relationship that was “a love like they had in the Bible.”
If you get your concept of “love” from the Bible, then that explains everything. The amount of rape and sexual assault in this book is staggering. Here’s just a few examples:
That’s just a few examples, but as you can see, “Biblical Love” is pretty disgusting. The good news is that Caudill was sentenced to life in jail. His sojourn is probably going to be rough, considering what happens to child rapists in jail.
So, remind me again: why should any sane person base their lives on this vile book? I just can’t figure it out.
This episode, we talk about Ghana’s new repressive anti-LGBT laws, the Vatican protecting rapists, victims of Nuns seeking justice, and American’s thinking Religions is losing influence. This is an episode you won’t want to miss!
Imagine that you dedicate your whole life to one organization. You give countless hours of your time, and make huge sacrifices to work there. Then, one day, you find out that a coworker of yours has been sexually abusing your own child. Now, can you guess what happened next? Was it a) the organization punished the culprit, b) they apologized to the family and gave some form of compensation, or c) did nothing? Well, if the organization is the catholic church in Lafayette, then you do option d) throw the child rapist a goodbye party, and use your massive wealth to pressure the state’s supreme court to get rid of laws that would give a legal window to allow such institutions to get sued by victims. You can’t make this stuff up.
Michael Guidry, now 78, later pleaded guilty to abusing Oliver Peyton, who was an altar boy. And after Guidry’s church honored him with a goodbye luncheon for which the diocese was forced to apologize, he received a seven-year prison sentence.
That’s not all. When Scott Payton found out about the molestation, he did something most priests refuse to do: he actually bothered to do something about it. First, in 2021, he secured a $350,000 judgement against the Lafayette diocese, a paltry sum for sure, but more than most victims tend to get. Secondly, he actually fought against the churches effort to repeal laws that would allow victims to seek compensation, calling them unconstitutional. As a reward for his hard work, Payton was excommunicated from the Catholic Church.
Keep in mind that the Church has never excommunicated any of their members for actually raping kids. That’s forgivable. But going after the Churches money? That’s going too far! We’re non believers, so something as silly as excommunication might seem pretty trivial to us. It is a spiritual death sentence for believers, however. Payton correctly argued that such actions send a chilling message to people who have been abused: talk about it, and we’ll make sure you go to hell.
Now, what find sad in all of this is Payton hasn’t discarded the very beliefs that created the problem in the first place. He still thinks that his belief system can still be redeemed somehow.
“[This] has deeply shaken my faith and trust in the institution to which I have dedicated a significant portion of my life,” Peyton said in his resignation email to Deshotel, which was shared with the Guardian. “This decision is not a rejection of my faith in God or my commitment to living a life guided by Christian principles. Instead, it reflects … a desire to distance myself from an institution that, currently, falls short of the values it professes.”
Falls short? Desires a distance? This guy just admitted that the church does nothing but throw parties for child rapists, and this is considered “falling short”? You have to have your head buried in the sand pretty deep to consider an institution that cast you into the fires of hell for daring to ask for accountability as “falling short”. Does it need to also be engaged in money laundering, or murder to finally get off this dog and pony show? I got news for you: they do that, and much worse, and yet, there are still millions of people convinced that these men are holy. It’s frankly baffling.
So note to self: these guys can rape your own kid, and that still won’t shake your faith in them. Good to know there is no level of depravity low enough for the rest of the world to open their eyes in the face of such fucking evil.
We pay so much attention to all the catholic priests that abuse young children that we often forget that they aren’t the only creepy group of religious weirdos. More and more, stories of abuse at the hands of nuns are coming out, encouraged by all of the outpouring of support that others had received due to the #MeToo movement.
For a long time, even the support group that had sprung up to support victims, SNAP, which stood for “Survivor Network of those Abused by Priests, only mentions the male abusers. Women often being considered caregivers, and of their stature in society is a perfect double act for those wishing to escape scrutiny.
Stories of abuse by priests are gruesome, but there is something particularly twisted about the way female abusers try to create “love” narratives that I have not heard before. It adds a whole other dimension. Not only are these victims sexual lives ruined, but that foundational element of loving a partner is also tainted.
“It was abuse. I interpreted it as love,” she said of the sexual relationship she had as a student with a Catholic school teacher, who later joined a religious order.
As a teenager, she spent much of her free time with her teacher. Their bond was so noticeable that a yearbook entry from a friend called her the woman’s “companion.”
“The nun brainwashed me into thinking we were head over heels in love,” she said. “God’s love, that’s why no one else could know about it — it was so special.”
Now I’d like to tell you that the perpetrators have all been punished and that the victims were financially compensated. Well, I’d like to, but I can’t. I’m sure by now you’re familiar with how this kind of thing goes. The statues of limitation had all experienced, thanks to the tireless work of religious organizations that pushed for these laws in the first place.
The only good news in all of this is that the public has begun to recognize female perpetrators of sexual abuse, and given enough time, enough awareness could be raised that it won’t only be priests that have a sullied name. Let’s just take the time to acknowledge that regardless of gender, when anyone works for a religious organization, leaving your kids with them is like asking Hannibal Lecter to babysit your kids.
It’s always in those often ignored corners of America that some of the worst behavior imaginable is tolerated. Civilization is slow to reach some parts, and in these places, religion is still calling all the shots. Generally speaking, city folks think that the rest of the world has the same attitude about how to properly raise children. The notion of nurturing creativity, self expression and above all, their physical wellbeing, is a foreign concept to the harsh taskmasters of religion. Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child has been the attitude of many a Christian, and it’s not very surprising when the news identifies yet another story of abuse at their hands.
Religious schools benefit from little oversight. In the case of Lighthouse Christian Academy in Missouri,
ABM Ministries owners Larry Musgraves Jr., 57, and his wife, Carmen Musgraves, 64, were charged over the weekend with first-degree kidnapping for allegedly locking a student in a small room. The allegations are the latest against people associated with Christian boarding schools in Missouri.
The 15 year old boy was allegedly punch multiple times in the face, breaking his nose, as a supposed “preparation” for an upcoming boxing match. He was also apparently locked in a small room as punishment. The kid claims that it was because of comments he had made previously about one of the school administrators wife.
The school used to accept female students, until a lawsuit in 2009 that claimed a former principle had sexually abused a female students, and the Musgraves had been aware of the abuse and had done nothing. They settled for almost 1 million dollars. The offender walked away scot-free, and simply headed to another religiously run school called Agape Boarding School to cause more pain and hurt:
A former student at Agape said he was constantly raped and called “seizure boy” because of epilepsy from which he suffered, while other students have said they suffered permanent injuries after facing disciplinary action or being forced to work long hours of manual labour, it was reported.
There was also another nearby religious school, called Circle of Hope Girl’s Ranch, that had at least 5 employees charged with abuse, with their doctor, David Smock, being accused of over 100 separate counts of child abuse.
It’s beginning to be difficult keeping track of all these abusers. They all have one thing in common: because of Missouri’s lax laws when it comes to oversights, religious organizations are free to do pretty much anything that comes to mind, which tends to be some pretty unsavory shit.
These kinds of headlines have long ago lost their shock value, haven’t they? Of course we know that Catholic organizations have been openly impeding investigations into child abuse. We’re so numb to the fact that one of the richest organizations in the world is routinely aiding and abetting known rapists that when someone calls them out for it, it no longer phases us. We must not forget that each victim deserves the same attention, and that we must not allow ourselves to become complacent.
In Chicago, a Catholic order known as the Order of Friar Servants of Mary, or “Servites” as they often call themselves, operate under a powerful cloak of secrecy. They own and operated several educational institutions, one of which is the center of a lawsuit. One of their employees, Rev. Kevin Fitzpatrick, has been accused by 9 people of molestation, and they are suing the order for failing to report him to the police. Fitzpatrick was allowed to operate for over a decade, and so it’s not difficult to imagine that this group is only a small sample of the harm him, and others in his organization have caused. Here’s what part of the lawsuit states:
“Defendants knew or had reason to know, or were otherwise on notice, that perpetrator had engaged in unlawful sexual-related conduct with minors in the past, and/or was continuing to engage in such conduct with plaintiff and failed to take reasonable steps and to implement reasonable safeguards to avoid acts of unlawful sexual conduct in the future by perpetrator.”
The Servite order is ancient; it traces its roots back to the 13th century, and like all sinister and secretive cults, it isn’t in the habits of divulging anything to the outside world. Their edicts are the familiar repressive themes that seem to create, or perhaps attract, perverse humans who like to prey on the innocent: chastity, obedience, and poverty. The only one this order seems to value is obedience. As the pressure of the lawsuit mounts, the order is considering bankruptcy protection. If they do, it would echo the same responses from churches all over the US who have used bankruptcy laws intended for corporations to great benefit. It allows them to avoid any form of legal discovery, and forces victims to settle for a pittance of what they wanted.
Is it too much to expect some form of retribution? Why should any organization be allowed to exist when it knowingly shielded child abusers from the law? Would any non-religious order be allowed to operate if they had records of abuse but had failed to share them? These people should all be in jail, their organization dissolved, and the money distributed to the victims. It’s that easy.
Do you have a dark and insatiable desire to abuse innocent young children, but fear the possibility of retribution? Have you considered the Catholic Church? The Vatican is running out of members, which means that when one of them is credibly accused of rape, they will benefit from the protection of a trillion dollar organization run by weird and sinister men.
When the Catholic Church isn’t too busy making sure that people are not wearing protection in countries ravaged by the AIDS virus, they are busy refusing to punish their monsters that have hidden in their evil lair to avoid prosecution. Look no further than the case of Rev. Johannes Rivoire for proof. He’s been charged with sexual crimes in Canada, but because he’s living in France, the quest for justice is essentially stalled. This seems to suit the Catholic Church just fine, and they’ve decided that the best way to proceed is to ensure the guy is still on the payroll.
A French clergyman dubbed the “devil priest” who stands accused of sexually abusing Inuit children in Canada’s north will not be dismissed from his congregation after senior church officials in Rome declined to act, citing the nonagenarian’s declining health.
Any excuse to avoid the embarrassment of having one of your own exposed as a pedophile is a good one, it seems. The reason this individual is called “The Devil Priest” is because he operated unfettered for over 30 years with the most vulnerable members of society. The police had evidence for years, but even when people approached them with credible evidence, they did nothing, allowing Rivoire to move back to his home country to avoid prosecution. He’s a part of Canada’s shameful past, where Inuit children were forced to attend “residential schools”, which were more like gulags than schools. Unfortunately, thanks to the Church and the government of France, this monster will be allowed to get away with his disgusting crime.
Will the day come when the institutions who protect these people will be held to account? For all our sakes, I hope so.
