Who performs the ceremony?
"Church admits widespread abuse in Belgium" by Associated Press | September 14, 2010
BRUSSELS — The Roman Catholic church in Belgium acknowledged yesterday widespread sexual abuse over years by its clergy and pleaded for time to set up a system to punish all abusers and provide closure for victims.
The comments were in response to a report Friday in which hundreds of sex abuse victims revealed harrowing accounts of molestation by Catholic clergy throughout the country over the past 50 years.
At a news conference yesterday, Archbishop Andre-Mutien Leonard said “a feeling of anger and powerlessness’’ had taken hold of the church.
“The report and the suffering it contains make us shiver,’’ he told reporters. He said the crisis gripping the church is so deep it would be impossible to find an easy way out....
Maybe it shouldn't.
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Related: Belgian Boom-Boom
Not going back to your room.
"2 Belgian bishops rekindle debate on priests’ celibacy; Contend married men should also be allowed to serve" by Raf Casert, Associated Press | September 21, 2010
BRUSSELS — Two Belgian bishops openly questioned mandatory celibacy for Roman Catholic priests, rekindling a debate yesterday within the scandal-hit church....
Yeah, maybe that wasn't such a good idea given all the pooper-pumping of altar boys.
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