You’ll never believe this, but a homophobic religious official has been accused of molesting a teenage boy.
Maddeningly, the statute of limitations may prevent the case from ever being fully investigated or prosecuted. Lord knows the church isn’t going to launch an investigation with any transparency.
The facts as we know them are these: Father Anthony Giuliano told a newspaper back in 2014 that gays should be celibate if they wanted to be a part of the church. Not priests — just members. And he said that Pope Francis was wrong to admit same-sex couples into the church. Good God.
Giuliano ran two parishes about two hours from New York when a man in his 40s accused him of a molestation in the 80s. Are the accusations true? The Archdiocese called them “credible,” so who knows what they know.
According to the victim, the priest befriended him in the late 80s, and they used to wrestle. At one point, the priest is said to have taken the teen someplace private and gave him a “frontal,” pulling down his pants and molesting him. But because he didn’t report the crime until long after he turned 23, he has no recourse in New York.
There have been efforts to reform the law that forces victims to come forward before their 23rd birthday. And you’ll never guess who was opposed to those reforms: the Catholic League! They called it “a vindictive bill pushed by lawyers and activists out to rape the Catholic Church.”
So whether the accusations are true or not — it’s just not possible to know if they’re fabricated or misremembered or completely accurate — the fact remains that the church seems comfortable to be a safe haven for child molesters.
Once again, it just goes to show you that if you want your kids to be truly safe, take them to a drag show, not a church.
GayEGO
No surprise here after seeing the movie “Spotlight” about the Catholic Priests molesting young boys. The Catholic Church have sold and are still selling many of their church properties to pay for their horrendous actions, trying to hide it.
Baba Booey Fafa Fooey
I read this quote in the Muslim rent boy thread and I’m goimg to post it here:
Why is his religion relevant?
/sarcasm
Gays love Muslims. They do indeed.
Kangol
@Baba Booey Fafa Fooey: If it was a Muslim cleric, he should be denounced. If it was a rabbi, same. His religion here matters because he belongs to a church whose hierarcy remains rabidly anti-gay. The Pope, less so though not pro-gay. But so many of the bishops and quite a few creepy priests like this one can’t deal with sexuality, let alone homosexuality, and really should just shut their mouths and deal with their own pressing issues. In his case, pedophilia.
Baba Booey Fafa Fooey
@Kangol: Youre right, but gays adore Muslims so…
olfwob
“a vindictive bill pushed by lawyers and activists out to rape the Catholic Church.” – Rape the church? there is nothing this people wouldn`t say to blame the victims.
gmale
Firstly, I must confess I was one of those guys who was going to give up on Queerty and its eye candy(too much of candy is bad for this boy)but after their Article on “what constitutes gay news” they have started coming up with such great relevant and intellectual articles. (Gay men are not meatheads even though they like muscle)
I think this brings up a very important topic of underage attracted men or Namblas. Like LGBT folks, Namblas have an alternate attraction and one wonders what is healthy sexuality for them?
Should they be considered gay? if so, should they have sex with regular gay guys. Would you be comfortable having sex with a guy u think has an attraction to younger and younger guys?
This article is bringing up the issue. Say this man didn’t become a priest, what would healthy sexuality for him be considering he is attracted to underage boys. Should he marry a woman ? OR should he have causal sex with adult gays and try to get his rocks off
Ukin Blome
@gmale: You must first address the problem of consent. A child cannot give consent to sex with an adult. Children are not fully developed and lack the cognitive skills to consent to something they do not understand. Consent has never been an issue with the RCC. Their actions have always been defined as rape. As a 13vyear old boy I interviewed to be in a program called Come Alive. It was run by a Roman Catholic priest named FR. Joe Ferdette. He took young boys out of Juvenal hall and housed them in his group home. Those boys were released or returned to Juvenal hall solely on the word of this monster. During the interview process I found that each and every one of those boys had been molester. The righteous priest was using his program as a well of pleasure for his own perversions. Every one of his boys feared going back to Juvenal hall and suffered his nightly visits in silence.
Years latter as men, I still see the suffering on their faces, the pain of shame that Fredette instilled in them to cover his crimes. Nambla is child rape. You cannot describe it as anything else. Child molesters are not of either sexual attraction. They are a plague onto themselves.
ChrisK
@gmale: Nope. He and anyone like him should be in prison where they belong. That goes for anyone caught with child porn on their computers too.
gmale
@ChrisK:
@Ukin Blome:
Yes, anyone who commits a s.xual crime against a child should go to jail and I think even adults take a lot of time before figuring out their true sexual feelings. Children just cannot consent coz they don’t know how to.
I agree with you on those points but those where not contested by me and where not my question.
My questions where about these men who have such sexual attractions ,pedophilia (below 12 yrs old) and pederastry( 12 to 18 yrs old). What should society’s attitude towards them be and most important how should the gay community include them?
Should the LGBT community include NAMBLA’s
Bauhaus
@gmale:
A resounding NO! Pedo is NOT a sexual/gender orientation. F*ck outta here.
1EqualityUSA
Bauhaus, cosign 100%
surreal33
SHOCKER, NOT.