In the United States, the church carries the faith of countless people and is an organization that devout believers can trust. The pastor, who is the spokesperson of God, is the spiritual mentor of many people, and is respected and trusted by people without reservation. For many families, the pastor is like a family member, one of the family members. They confidently confided in their troubles to the pastor, allowing him to enter their lives and get close to their family. As everyone knows, this is sometimes dangerous. After all, knowing people, knowing the face and not knowing the heart, some people just wear the sacred cloak, and do evil deeds. In the 1970s, Oliver O'Grady , who served as a high-ranking pastor in many parishes in northern California , was such a pedophile with a human face .
This seemingly kind and gentle pastor has sexually assaulted dozens of children in more than 30 years. Among these children are boys and girls, and even 9-month-old babies! Oliver is a veritable beast in clothing. However, the more unacceptable fact is that the leadership within the church knew that Oliver was a serious pedophile, but they concealed it for more than 30 years and never took any measures until the victim’s parents took Oliver to court. ... This case caused an uproar within the American Catholic Church. When Oliver was finally forced to return to his Irish home, the crime was revealed to the world, and the families of dozens of Catholic believers collapsed instantly after learning the truth. The documentary "The First Aid" interviewed the beast priest Oliver at close range, and also went deep behind the incident to expose the little-known evil within the Catholic Church.
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Deliver Us from Evil Director/Screenwriter: Amy Borg Release date: 2006-10-13 Duration: 103 minutes
There are more than 100,000 believers in the United States living in the shadow of being sexually assaulted by clergy. For them, sometimes justice is so far away. Over the years, the church has spent at least $1 billion to deal with lawsuits in this area.
The church that seems full of love and tolerance is actually more like a small monarchy. The clergy, known as the spokesmen of God, "rule" a large number of non-clergy. The responsibility of these believers is to become docile and obedient followers. The priests at the upper end of power are not only respected and loved by believers, but also protected by the church group. After all, they represent the church, and any scandal is very scary for the church.
During his 30 years as a pastor, Oliver committed crimes frantically, with countless victims. Nancy Sloan was a student in the eighth grade of the Holy Spirit Seminary. Her family is a devout Catholic, and she feels relieved to contact her priest Oliver. Her mother believed that Oliver could help Nancy correct her rebellious character.
Oliver carried out multiple sexual assaults on Nancy, and once even caused Nancy to faint, the incident was revealed. Now recalling the situation at the time, the adult Nancy still couldn't help but swallow, which undoubtedly has caused her a lifelong shadow.
Oliver also admitted that he committed the bestiality to Nancy.
After the incident was revealed, Oliver wrote a letter of regret to the bishop. In other words, the church at this time already knew that Oliver was an out-and-out pedophile. However, the church's approach is to promise Nancy's family that Oliver will be sent to the monastery and will no longer serve as a priest, provided that they will not file a lawsuit. However, only two years later, Oliver was transferred to another parish and continued to be a priest.
Ten years later, Nancy found the bishop for an explanation, and the response she got was also shocking. The bishop said: Because she is a girl, this kind of assault is considered to be out of normal curiosity. If she is a boy, that is the crime of indecency that needs to be investigated.
However, Oliver did not let the boy go.
The molested boy was called Howard. The Howard family did not want to appear in the documentary. They provided a written complaint submitted to the church at the time. The document showed that their family had also been threatened by Oliver.
The bishop's response to this was only to summon Oliver, verbally criticize him, and ask him to promise that he would not commit the crime again. Then he repeated the trick and transferred Oliver to another parish. It was this obvious shelter that led to more tragedies later on.
Over the years, Oliver was moved from one district to another and continued to abuse children frantically. He was pushed around like a football by the bishops of the districts, but he was not subject to any legal sanctions. The bishop is usually the head of a regional church and is appointed by the pope. The reason why the bishops in each district did not want Oliver's scandal to become a big issue was for their own personal development. No one wanted such a thing to happen in their diocese and affect their own image. Between the future and the safety of their children, they chose a career.
During Oliver's more than 30 years as a pastor, he has been thinking about child molestation all the time, with countless victims.
The youngest victim was only 9 months old! The crime of molesting babies can be said to have broken the limits of ethics. Therefore, people are reluctant to talk more about this matter, and they are just perfunctory to such a serious crime.
The frenzied Oliver also sometimes attacked adults. He once violated Adam and his son.
In 1993, Oliver was arrested by the police for molesting two boys , which made headlines for the first time in newspapers.
The parents of the little girl Ann have regarded Oliver as a friend and family member for many years. The family and Oliver have been in friendship for 23 years. When they read the news in the newspaper and heard about what Oliver had done to other families, they still chose to support Oliver.
Because they didn't see the dark side of Oliver, in their eyes, Oliver was a symbol of the perfect priest.
Ann's father is a Japanese immigrant and his mother is an Irish immigrant. They are both devout Catholics.
Oliver used to spend the night at Ann's house. Considering the pressure and hardship of the priest's profession, Ann's father thought there was nothing wrong with it.
As for why he has been unmarried, Oliver lied that he was dedicated to the priesthood and couldn't take care of both. However, in fact, Oliver has no interest in adults, and of course he will not get married.
However, they were finally worried and went to confirm to their daughter whether Oliver had touched her body. At first, Ann only avoided the question, but admitted after questioning.
It turned out that Oliver would rape Ann when they were away for work and not at home. At that time, Ann was only 5 years old. Ann's father finally failed to hold back the angry emotions in front of the camera.
Ann's father felt that he had been betrayed by the church, and angrily he could no longer walk into a hypocritical place like the church.
At this point, the church is still covering Oliver and setting up obstacles to police investigations.
Before Oliver went to court, Bishop Roger Mahony's lawyer went to his cell to reach an agreement with him, instructing Oliver to contempt the subpoena and refuse to appear in court, and the church people would "take care" of him.
The Ann family collapsed completely after the incident, and they were not "care" by the church as the victims. The church once collected their tithes (religious taxes) and tuition fees have not returned a single cent.
In the end, Oliver was sentenced to 14 years in prison. After serving seven years in prison, he left the United States and returned to Ireland to live a free and comfortable life.
Under the arrangement of the seminary, Oliver, who returned to Ireland, lived in a family home. The local bishop and the principal of the seminary knew what Oliver had done, but the family he was staying with did not know, and the Irish police were not sympathetic. It is still frightening to watch him wandering in the street and walking among children.
Oliver also thought about writing an apology to his victims, but the words were so ridiculous and arrogant.
Several victims who received the letter sneered at it, both angry and ridiculous.
It can be seen that Oliver does have serious psychological problems, and he does not have a normal view of right and wrong. During the investigation, it was discovered that Oliver had also been sexually assaulted by the priest in his childhood. It is said that many pedophiles have been violated in their childhood.
Pope Benedict XVI was accused of covering up sexual abuse in the United States. At the request of the Vatican, President Bush agreed that the Pope should not be charged.
The current Pope Benedict XVI, when he was the heir of Pope Paul from 1978 to 2005. The main responsibility is to ensure that the priest will not harm the child, and what he does is suppress reports and ensure that the legal department, the public and believers will not find out. Because the bishops know that sexual abuse of children by bishops, priests, and deacons is nothing new since the fourth century.
However, in the "Bible", Christ never enforced abstinence. Eleven of his twelve disciples were married, and many of the first popes were married and had children. The problem is that after the married priest dies, their eldest son inherits the property. Therefore, starting in the fourth century, the church began to dictate abstinence, so that when the priest died, his property had to be transferred to the bishop or the church.
Most priests were around 14 years old when they entered the seminary. They grew up in an ascetic atmosphere at a young age, and they stopped their psychological development prematurely. According to reports, only St. John’s Theological Seminary, since 1960, a full 10% of graduates are pedophiles and child offenders. The Vatican angered these gay priests, and research shows that many child abusers are heterosexual.
In the United States alone, more than 100,000 victims have reported sexual abuse by clergy. Experts say this is just the tip of the iceberg, because more than 80% of victims will never report.
The world is God's pasture, what is a good Catholic? A good Catholic must keep his mouth tight, open his wallet, pay, pray, and obey. The church has absolute control over the believers, and this control is based on faith. And this kind of control that relies on faith is always intimidating.
Dirty sin is hidden under the sacred cloak. What was sacrificed was the weak and helpless young children who were forced to silence. Once pious believers, the families of those victims said- I don't believe in God anymore.
*Author of this article: RAMA
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