Belgian bishop dismisses child sexual abuse: "I was never naked"

[Bluebear]

A former bishop's televised admission that he sexually abused two of his nephews caused an uproar in Belgium on Friday, with the prime minister, senior clergy and a prosecutor expressing shock at the way the ex-prelate made light of his offenses.

In an interview that aired Thursday Roger Vangheluwe, the former bishop of Bruges, spoke of his sexual abuse as "a little game," that involved fondling, but no "rough sex."

"I was never naked" and the abuse was never about "real sexuality," said Vangheluwe, 74.

He resigned as bishop in 2010 after admitting he had abused one of his nephews for 13 years — until the boy was 18. In the TV interview aired Thursday, he revealed that he had abused a second nephew "a few times, a couple of times, not for years."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42604574/ns/world_news-europe/

[Brickbat]

1. This whole thing was sick. He said his nephews enjoyed it and that it was a game.

Shame, shame, SHAME on him.

[Maine-ah]

2. damn. that got unrec'd?

well, k n r.

[Drale]

3. There are a ton a Tea Bagger trolls around un'recing everything lately

Its really starting to piss me off to.

[HopeHoops]

4. That sounds a lot like the "A blowjob isn't sex" line.

:rofl:

[_ed_]

5. Catholics should be ashamed

If you're putting money into the collection plate, you're enabling this glorified child rape ring.