I’m not going to say anything about the methods the Belgian authorities have used, because I don’t know anything about due process in that country. (Though I did notice that that Belgian police carry big machine guns, at least when I’ve been there.)<\/p>\n
Anyway, the Vatican has it’s shorts in a twist because civilian police have, apparently, treated church property and priests as non-sacred.
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Police in Leuven seized nearly 500 files and a computer from the offices of a Church commission investigating allegations of sex abuse.<\/p>\n
They also searched the Church’s headquarters, the Brussels archdiocese in Mechelen, north of the Belgian capital.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors have said the raids were over alleged “abuse of minors committed by a certain number of Church figures”.<\/p>\n
On Friday, the Vatican voiced “astonishment” at how the raids have been carried out, saying police had drilled holes in two archbishops’ tombs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Drilled holes in tombs? Preposterous!!! Unless, of course there was some reason to distrust the church people. Which is, of course, a distinct possibility.<\/p>\n
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I’m not going to say anything about the methods the Belgian authorities have used, because I don’t know anything about due process in that country. (Though I did notice that that Belgian police carry big machine guns, at least when I’ve been there.) Anyway, the Vatican has it’s shorts in a twist because civilian police … Continue reading Church Suspects Treated like Possible Criminals. Vatican Shocked.<\/span>