POLICE are investigating claims that up to 40 boys were sexually abused over a seven-year period by a paedophile ring comprising priests and teachers at an exclusive private school in Bathurst, in central west NSW.
The walls of St Stanislaus college have housed budding Wallabies players and the bravest of war correspondents but an unimaginable secret has been stored for more than 20 years.
A former priest at the school has been charged with 33 counts, a former teacher has already been convicted of several offences and two other teachers are under investigation.
In his first interview, a brave young man who used the internet to expose the abuse revealed the full extent of the horror at the school. He is one of two victims who have told The Daily Telegraph how they were herded into a prayer room by a priest chanting "hypnotic" spells in tongues.
Inside the prayer room, the boarders who attended the school in the 1980s said they were subjected to horrendous sexual abuse or forced to assault each other.
St Stanislaus has enjoyed a reputation for sporting excellence and tutoring future representatives of Australia.
A former boarder now aged 35, who cannot be identified because of a court suppression order, started at St Stanislaus in the '80s because it was the only private school in the area his family could afford.
He alleged the abuse began after a priest took him aside for private tutoring about the Catholic Church and God two months after he arrived at the school and the horror turned into a twice-weekly event.
"They got a group between eight and 12 of us together and they'd just start chanting and I would wake up during these sessions and see what was going on," he said.
"It was like an orgy."
The second victim, who declined to give permission to be named, yesterday described the horrific night-time prayer sessions in the staff's quarters under candle light.
"You'd pass out ... they spoke in tongues ... another element was called laying on hands, that was the basis on which he would engage in physical contact," the victim said.
He said the students were all small in stature and many of them emotionally troubled.
"I know of people who have been contacted, they said, 'Yes, you're right but I haven't told my wife what happened to me I'm not going to tell you guys (police)," he said.
Police last night confirmed 13 alleged victims had already come forward.
Principal John Edwards said yesterday the school viewed any allegation of sexual misconduct with "grave concern" and had been working with the police.
When the hell will the Church get off it's ass and do something about it other than blame gays, Masons, birth control ect.!?
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He is one of two victims who have told The Daily Telegraph how they were herded into a prayer room by a priest chanting "hypnotic" spells in tongues.
Uhhh...? What? While I am sure that priests are fucking altarboys with abandon frequently and secretly, this story reeks of kooky bullshit.
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I'm afraid SirNitram is right: the Catholic Church will NEVER stop condemning homosexuality, contraception and abortion, and planned parenthood while its priests hypocritically and sexually abuse children. The Muslims have the same problem and the same cause: everyone who wanted to "reform" their religious sect and bring the sect in line with the reality of the 21st century, became so frustrated with religious leaders who condemned the proposed reforms as heresy, that the would-be reformers gave up and left the sect, leaving hard core conservatives and fundamentalists in (charge of) the sect.
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They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)
He is one of two victims who have told The Daily Telegraph how they were herded into a prayer room by a priest chanting "hypnotic" spells in tongues.
Uhhh...? What? While I am sure that priests are fucking altarboys with abandon frequently and secretly, this story reeks of kooky bullshit.
Perhaps they where drugging the students also?
It's probably simpler than that; people have a remarkable tendency to fail to correctly remember events which happened in the far past. I've heard enough childhood ghost stories to know that any event, over time, becomes vastly distorted as our memories exaggerate or downplay or even cover up details.
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Uhhh...? What? While I am sure that priests are fucking altarboys with abandon frequently and secretly, this story reeks of kooky bullshit.
Perhaps they where drugging the students also?
It's probably simpler than that; people have a remarkable tendency to fail to correctly remember events which happened in the far past. I've heard enough childhood ghost stories to know that any event, over time, becomes vastly distorted as our memories exaggerate or downplay or even cover up details.
That or they're covering their own shame by embellishing the story somewhat. Perhaps a bit of both.
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Is it really tough to believe that priests would use chants and mumbling to create an atmosphere more conducive to their students submitting to buggery?
I mean, after all, every Sunday they use chants and mumbling to create an atmosphere more conducive to their congregations' submitting to Mass.
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The conspiracy theorist in me notes that it would actually be a pretty smart thing to do, to drug the victims and then chant and shit. For one, it makes the recollection of such events sound more preposterous and made up.
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I can't help but wonder how all these child-raping priests get in touch with each other. Is there like a secret handshake?
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This is the guy they want to use to win over "young people?" Are they completely daft? I'd rather vote for a pile of shit than a Jesus freak social regressive.
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Anguirus wrote:I can't help but wonder how all these child-raping priests get in touch with each other. Is there like a secret handshake? :?
They confess their sins to each other. Confessional is sacred, remember? You confess and then instead of getting penance the other priest receiving your confession says "Yeah, I fuck boys too." If he doesn't, he tells you to whip yourself twenty times a day, but doesn't report you to the cops.
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Anguirus wrote:I can't help but wonder how all these child-raping priests get in touch with each other. Is there like a secret handshake?
They confess their sins to each other. Confessional is sacred, remember? You confess and then instead of getting penance the other priest receiving your confession says "Yeah, I fuck boys too." If he doesn't, he tells you to whip yourself twenty times a day, but doesn't report you to the cops.
I am reminded of Beavis and Butthead DO America for some reason, the confession scene where Beavis tells the parishoner to hit himself. harder.
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Zuul wrote: to drug the victims and then chant and shit.
Sorry, the way you phrased that is absolutely hilarious to me.
I have to wonder if this is legit, though. It's not that I don't believe child abuse is still going on in places, just that I'm wary of jumping on the bandwagon and pointing fingers before the actual investigation has taken place.
Anguirus wrote:I can't help but wonder how all these child-raping priests get in touch with each other. Is there like a secret handshake?
They confess their sins to each other. Confessional is sacred, remember? You confess and then instead of getting penance the other priest receiving your confession says "Yeah, I fuck boys too." If he doesn't, he tells you to whip yourself twenty times a day, but doesn't report you to the cops.
That makes a lot of sense, actually.
In a fucked-up, twisted, make-me-want-to-shower kind of way.
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This is the guy they want to use to win over "young people?" Are they completely daft? I'd rather vote for a pile of shit than a Jesus freak social regressive.
Here's hoping that his political career goes down in flames and, hopefully, a hilarious gay sex scandal. -Tanasinn
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