Home English Notable & Quotable Nederlands Contact About Search this site Ads by Google Molestation Sexual Abuse MJ Molestation Brussels Hotels Go! Looking for a hotel in Brussels? The Fall of the Belgian Church Book now, pay at the hotel. From the desk of Alexandra Colen on Thu,2010-06-24 23:26 Brussels City Center In Belgium, today, police searched the residence of the Archbishop of Mechelen- Brussels Airport Premium Ads Brussels and the crypt of the Archbishop’s cathedral in Mechelen. They were looking Antwerp for evidence of cover-ups in the ongoing investigation into widespread pedophilia Leuven Advertise here practices within the Belgian church in the decades during which Cardinal Godfried Danneels was Archbishop. Danneels retired in January of this year. Ghent (Gent) Bruges (Brugge) Police also confiscated 450 files containing reports of pedophile offences by members RSS Feeds of the clergy, that had been submitted to an investigation committee which was Ostend (Oostende) English established within the church to deal with pedophilia cases. Dutch Quotes Since the revelation in April that Cardinal Danneels’s close friend and collaborator, Mgr Who we are Odds & Ends Roger Vangheluwe, the Bishop of Bruges, had been a practicing pedophile throughout, Radio Free Brussels The Brussels Journal is written by All and even before, his career as a bishop, victims have gained confidence that they will Europeans, living in as well as be taken seriously, and complaints have been pouring in, both to the courts and to the outside Europe. The Brussels Journal extra-judicial investigation committee of the archdiocese. The new archbishop Mgr. is published by the Society for the André-Joseph Léonard, has urged victims to take their case to the courts. Advancement of Freedom in Europe Standard Ads (SAFE), a Swiss non-profit organisation. His predecessor, the liberal Cardinal Danneels, who was very popular with the press in Belgium and abroad, was Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels and Primate of Belgium from 1979 until 2010. The sympathy for pedophile attitudes and arguments among the Belgian bishops during this period was no secret, especially since 1997 when the Proud Member of fierce controversy about the catechism textbook Roeach made the headlines. The The Brussels Journal is a proud editors of Roeach were Prof. Jef Bulckens of the Catholic University of Leuven and Prof. member of Frans Lefevre of the Seminary of Bruges. The textbook contained a drawing which OpinionJournal Federation showed a naked baby girl saying: “Stroking my pussy makes me feel groovy,” “I like to Conservative Hive at Blogads take my knickers off with friends,” “I want to be in the room when mum and dad have sex.” The drawing also shows a naked little boy and girl that are “playing doctor” and the little boy says: “Look, my willy is big.” Advertisement 06/29/2010 My Idea of a REPORT Congresswoman Perfect English language Bill Clinton free lances communication The Hook-Up is in Flower: copywriting, proof reading, An Unbiased Study of translation, tuition, training, Feminism consultancy. Alex Upgraded – Becomes First Hurricane of 2010 Season Fascist Feminism: The Recent comments Idea That Women Are Too Stupid To Think For Themselves Ultimately, reason is likely to "I know the reality of life 4 hours 54 min ago for Afghan women." The City of Takuan Seiyo v The Read more... City of .....? 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In this way one breeds pedophiles that sincerely believe that children actually think that what they are doing to them is ‘groovy’, while @Belien 1 day 21 hours ago the opposite is the case.” Not too late I told Cardinal Danneels that, although I was a member of Parliament for the Flemish- 2 days 3 hours ago secessionist party Vlaams Blok, I was addressing him as a Catholic parent “who @mpresley wishes to remain faithful to the papal authority and also wishes to educate her 2 days 7 hours ago children this way.” I insisted that he forbid the use of this book in the catechism Devaluation is a cultural lessons: “This is why I insist – yes, the days of meekly asking are over – that you phenomenon too forbid the use of this ‘catechism book’ in our children’s classrooms.” 2 days 8 hours ago Today this case, that dates from 12 years ago, assumes a new and ominous significance. Especially now that I know that Mgr Roger Vangheluwe, the pedophile User login child molesting Bishop of Bruges, was the supervising bishop of both institutions – the Catholic University of Leuven and the Seminary of Bruges – whence came the editors Username: in chief of this perverted “catechism” textbook. Password: Monsignor Vangheluwe not only entertained pedophile ideas, but also practiced them on his 11-year old nephew. Hundreds of children who were not raped physically were molested spiritually during the catechism lessons. Log in After I started my campaign against the Roeach textbook, many parents contacted me Create new account to voice their concerns. Stories of other practices in the Catholic education system Request new password poured in. There were schools where children were taught to put condoms over artificial penises and where they had to watch videos showing techniques of masturbation and copulation. Who's online Because Cardinal Danneels refused to respond to requests to put an end to these There are currently 0 users and 296 practices, I and hundreds of concerned parents gathered in front of his palace on 15 guests online. October 1997. We carried placards with the text “Respect for parents and children,” External counters: and we said the rosary. Cardinal Danneels refused to receive a delegation of the demonstrators. “I shall not be pressured,” he said in the libertine magazine Humo on 21 October 1997. The Archbishop’s door remained closed when we demonstrated again on 10 December 1997. When we demonstrated at the palace of the Bishop of Antwerp on 19 November 1997, Mgr Paul Van den Berghe received a delegation of mothers that included a local councilor from the Christian-Democrat party and myself. Mgr Van den Berghe, who was Popular pieces the Episcopal supervisor for education, listened to the mothers, wept and promised to investigate the practices in the sex education and catechism lessons. He also Today's: announced this intention in a declaration to the press. The Fall of the Belgian Church Danish Imams Propose to End He must have been reprimanded by his colleagues, because on 24 November, after a Cartoon Dispute meeting of the Bishops’ Conference, in a press release to the press agency Belga, the Bishop of Antwerp announced that, in spite of his promise, there would be no Canary in the Coalmine: Europe’s “Decoy Jews” investigation. Today we know that one of the colleagues present at the Conference was the child molester Vangheluwe, which makes that incident, too, very unsavory Spain: A Political Risk Analysis indeed. Cities and Accomplishment On 18 February 1998 we were at Cardinal Danneels’s door again, myself and a group of parents. Again the door remained closed. 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The Cartoon Hoax The report stated: “The presentation of the sexual-pedagogical attitudes is rendered Down with America: the Anti- ridiculous in the eyes of the pupils by the text balloons.” According to Vanhaelemeesch American Dance (2) this criticism “indicates that the bishops had no objections at all to the message Allah Takes Over Catholic Church conveyed [i.e.