Squalor, incest and $800,000 spent on women, gambling and numismatism - don't you love those crazy Catholics?
Two stories in the news today showing the venality and moral vacuum at the heart of the Catholic church.
The first almost defies belief - a 40 year-old alcoholic woman has been sentenced to jail after submitting her children to a"harrowing catalogue of neglect, including forcing her 13-year-old son to have sex with her".
"The offences took place at the family's three-bedroom bungalow which was dirty, strewn with rubbish, cold, damp and had dead rats and mice inside and out."
In 2000, when a court injunction was taken against her so that the children could be looked after by relatives, a 'right wing Catholic organisation' successfully helped her challenge the order so that the squalor and deprivation could go on, but the 'family stayed together'.
The second story is almost light hearted by comparison - an everyday tale of two Catholic priests in Florida who systematically fleeced their flock of $800,000, blowing the lot on fancy houses, their mistresses (but aren't priests supposed to be - uh, never mind), gambling trips to Las Vegas, and collectible coins.
They're going to have to sell a lot of indulgences to make that back.
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