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Related: About this forumPriest accused of sexually assaulting woman while performing last rites
https://www.ajc.com/news/national/priest-accused-sexually-assaulting-woman-while-performing-last-rites/dTvazZZ832QqYzrcfUjKZO/The Rev. Gerold Langsch, 75, is charged with assault by contact, CBS Austin reported. The crime is a Class A misdemeanor.
An arrest affidavit obtained by the news station and the Austin American-Statesman indicates the victim, a 60-year-old woman suffering multiple medical conditions, including diabetes that caused renal failure, was placed in hospice care last fall. Her husband reached out to the local Knights of Columbus, whose members offered to send a priest to administer the last rites, or the anointing of the sick, the affidavit said.
The woman was familiar with Langsch, whom she knew as Father Gerold from St. Pauls Catholic Church, the affidavit said.
UpInArms
(51,806 posts)The document said Langsch massaged the womans breast, pinched her nipple and asked, Does that feel good? the Statesman reported.
The affidavit stated Langsch also tried to put his hand down the womans adult diaper, the newspaper reported.
That is wrong wrong wrong ... in so many ways ... just freaking wrong
Funtatlaguy
(11,793 posts)Major Nikon
(36,900 posts)Hard to believe this shitheel didn't have a long history his church knew about.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)How many unresponsive people did he sexually assault? How many who could no longer speak or communicate? We will never know.
Major Nikon
(36,900 posts)trotsky
(49,533 posts)is that if the sick/dying person is still at least somewhat (or even just barely) coherent, last rites will often include a final confession of sins. Confession is meant to be between a priest and the petitioner *alone*. So the specific religious doctrine expressly gives the priest unmonitored and exclusive access to a vulnerable person. In these cases, the religion is directly responsible for making the abuse possible.
But some people just cannot tolerate such issues to be discussed. Gotta whatabout.
Major Nikon
(36,900 posts)Pointing out how religion enables and in some cases precipitates evil needs a "counterpoint" because their perfect imaginary friend and by extension their religion which begs favor can never be seen to be anything less than perfect or it shatters the illusion(delusion?) they have spent considerable effort creating.
MineralMan
(147,603 posts)What about that?
Voltaire2
(14,719 posts)marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Do they say , "There is no God and he has no prophet. Get your stinking hands off me, priest!"