Religion O They Will Know We Are Conservative Christians By…
posted by on October 10 at 8:57 AM
…the way we conspire with military juntas.
An Argentine tribunal sentenced a Roman Catholic priest to life in prison on Tuesday for conspiring with the military in murders and kidnapping during the country’s “dirty war” against leftist opponents, in a case that has become for many a powerful symbol of the church’s complicity with the former regime.The Rev. Christian von Wernich, who worked as a police chaplain during the military dictatorship, was found guilty of involvement in seven murders, 31 cases of torture and 42 kidnappings. He is the first Catholic priest prosecuted in connection with human rights violations in Argentina, where at least 12,000 people were killed during the military regime from 1976 to 1983….
Over several months of often chilling testimony during the trial, witnesses spoke about how Father von Wernich was present at torture sessions in clandestine detention centers. They said he extracted confessions to help the military root out perceived enemies, while at the same time offering comforting words and hope to family members searching for loved ones who had been kidnapped by the government.
Ugh. I don't know how someone like that can even claim to be a Christian.
I like the new title of this post Dan. Is this something that will stick? Can you title it, Billy O hating Christians?? I am not happy with him a the moment or EVER! : )
Out of all the things you have posted under They will Know we are Christians this was by far the most interesting. I need to read more about it.
true, but "Argentina's past stands in stark contrast to the role the church played during the dictatorships in Chile and Brazil, where priests and bishops publicly condemned the governments and worked to save those being persecuted from torture and death."
Come on, what about Romero?
Uh, duh. Catholicism is almost by definition a rightist movement, since in the last century, their main foe was Godless Communism. It's nice to be opposed to Communism and all, but not so nice to ally with fascism, and @3 it's true that the local churches fought hard against the juntas, but they were not backed by the Vatican and were in fact reprimanded and told to back off.
Cognitive dissonance comes naturally when you’re brainwashed into adopting a worldview that is irreconcilable with reality. Christianity is a primer for committing atrocity in the name of goodness. Because the conditioning fails in some underlings is no proof of a church’s benevolence. Who can blame the priest? As all Christians know, morality is the exclusive purview of authority. He’s just salivating when the boss rings a bell.
Many professions have their traitors - priests who persecute, doctors who torture, politicians who accept bribes. Let's admit, Dan, that this is less an indictment of religion than a sad statement about the human capacity for cruelty.
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