Pope Francis has officially accepted the resignation of a bishop in Brazil following the release of a 60-second masturbation video recorded during a video chat with another man.
Tomé Ferreira de Silva, 60, submitted his resignation as bishop of the Diocese of São José do Rio Preto in São Paulo, Brazil on August 18. Later that same day, the Vatican released a statement on the matter.
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“The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of São José do Rio Preto, Brazil, presented by Bishop Tomé Ferreira da Silva, and has appointed Archbishop Moacir Silva, metropolitan of Ribeirão Preto, as apostolic administrator sede vacante of the diocese of São José do Rio Preto,” the statement reads.
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The Washington Post further reports that the resignation came following the release of the video. In it, a man purported to be da Silva is seen masturbating during the conversation. Da Silva later confirmed to an Italian newspaper that it is him in the video, and that the footage was leaked by a close associate.
The resignation of da Silva also follows a number of scandals that have plagued his office for several years. In 2018, the Vatican investigated him in connection with a cover-up of several sex scandals within his diocese. Da Silva was also accused of exchanging sexual messages with a minor, and in 2015, of having an affair with a male employee.
Heywood Jablowme
Interesting how “exchanging sexual messages with a minor” wasn’t enough to get rid of him, and an “affair with a male employee” wasn’t enough to get rid of him. But a 60-second masturbation video, eeeek!
Leo
Yes, isn’t it though. Someone has been covering for him and that is the person who should also resign.
ShiningSex
Religion is garbage. It’s for fools.
When you make someone NOT have their desires, what do you expect to happen? People are human first. Sexuality are natural. Now being attracted to a minor isn’t natural. Religions that make one abstain are stupid.
Religion is evil. This man did deserve to be “let go” and should face jail for being in touch with a minor.
Robert Bradley
Yep!
avesraggiana
I agree with you about religions. I’m against all of them in general. However, celibacy is perfectly fine – for those who choose it, and enter into it willingly. Celibacy never works for anyone one whom it is imposed.
Mort
“ Now being attracted to a minor isn’t natural”? Tell that to all the 16-year-olds you know.
Also, I beg to differ about adults, too. I think it’s perfectly natural for an adult to be attracted to an adolescent minor. It is, however, quite WRONG for an adult to act on that impulse.
By acting as the “natural” police, you’re just as wrong-headed as the religiosos you condemn.
plazaro1
Churches, religions are sects they are really after your money. #TaxTheChurch
Robert Bradley
Now that churches are more open to political opinions they should be taxed under current law.
MainelyStories
And we have a strong focus on masturbation but we don’t have a strong focus on the idiot in the US who’s telling everybody that covid vaccination is evil and all kinds of other far-right propaganda. He is actually hurting people with misinformation
Roland
So, where can we see the video?
Kangol2
Google his name and the Portuguese words for sex tape. GAG!!!!!
mailliw110
Just proves my point. Theirs’s someone for everyone. This must be your “someone”.
Kangol2
Miss Thing should have resigned her post years ago but was coddled for years by the right-wing Catholic bishops in Brazil and the prior popes (he’s been a bishop since 2005), but Pope Francis finally sent him packing. Oh, and he didn’t just allegedly have an affair with that employee, but also allegedly used church funds on him, AND he didn’t just allegedly exchange sexual messages with a minor, but also allegedly overlooked other cases of sexual abuse in his diocese. Tell me again why anyone listens to the horrid “conservatives” who are far too many positions of power in this church or most other ones?
ricdardc1
Can always join the $$$ KKK-ult of JOEL OLD-QUEEN
humble charlie
And get pegged by his wife.
fur_hunter
As Sugarland sings it………. “Ssshhhhhh…… it happens.” EHHEHEH AHHAHAAH HEHEHEHEH HAAHAHAHAHHA
Max
lasted only 60 second???
Caddy4J
I have always said to let the men and women of any religion Marry, man or Woman. If this was allowed, we possibly wouldn’t have all these scandals. I think corresponding or even touching a minor is abhorrent for any person and their very sick and should instantly go to jail if found guilty. In regards to the affair, it just states he had an affair with a male employee, doesn’t give the age or if it was consensual. (I know it’s still shouldn’t of happened happened because he was a priest ) All People have needs, their strong pent up sexual frustrations make them do such foolish things no matter the occupation. All they want is release, but beware, if it’s been many years, stand back as the Volcano is about to erupt. And what a great friend it was that leaked the video, most likely an ex fling. But 60 seconds!!! I would be mad as hell…
Kangol2
Actually, you have sex scandals among hetero married couples in Evangelical Christianity (Jerry Falwell Jr. is a perfect example); Orthodox Judaism (cf. sex scandals involving rabbis, etc.); mainstream Christianity; Islam, etc. So marriage in and of itself is not going to cut down on sex scandals per se. But it would shift the kinds of sex scandals plaguing the Roman Catholic Church if male priests were allowed to marry women or men, or women were allowed to become priests. Where in the Four Gospels, the Biblical record of Christ’s life, does it say that priests cannot marry or that women cannot be priests?
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Whoops!
Jer
Was anybody else taught that a forced promise isn’t binding?
Maybe these priests were too?
Prosmsing to go through life without any sex, ever, is unnatural, isn’t it?
ffmikey
He was accused , however apparently never proven , concerning a affair with a male employee and his exchanging messages with a minor.
The Catholic Church is viewed as a gold mine by its accusers. The majority of accusations have been made several decades after the so called act(s) occurred with many of the accused priests either deceased or to senile to defend themselves. Anyone can be accused of any crime, its another matter if there is sufficient evidence to prove guilt. Have there been cases where Catholic priests of molested children ,yes? But the majority of cases of child abuse throughout the world have not been by Catholic Priests, others within the various clergy, school employees, etc. The majority of cases where children have been sexually abused are within that childs family with the majority being grandfathers. But there is no money for the crooked attorneys in those cases, so they go after the gold mine, the money tree, the Catholic Church.
mailliw110
Maybe your god should do something about this?
Kangol2
Perhaps you should read up on the accusations against this bishop AND on the extensive record of testimony, including admissions by the priests themselves and their supervisors, regarding child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy. In both cases, there is far more evidence than you seem to realize. Downplaying both is abhorrent. As it is with this bishop, he had skirted accountability for a while, not just in terms of allegedly using Church funds on his boyfriend, but also in terms of not dealing with accusations of child sexual abuse in his diocese. In both cases, he should have been removed from his post.
Jer
How does a pre-teen get proof of forced sex with a priest? Carry a video camera at all times?
Yeah, I know. Smart phone. And whip it out when the priest whips out?
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All done and concealed by trads,post Vatican 2 has torn away the curtain of a foreign tongue,bells and spells,and the old men in charge,white men,and they are fighting back,especially american catholica the most corrupt and powerful in money. American catholic pay lip service to the church,and this has allowed the trade to gather power to pervert God and the 10 commandments catholics are just as sinful as protestants now,and evangelical filth,they worship money and power,not the poor and needy children of the church and God,these are the true Catholic Church,and our lord says when I was hungry you fed me,naked you clothed me,thirsty you gave me drink,sick you healed me. The beautifies,give away everything to follow me,how we have chosen to forget.