Did you hear about the torture charges that were filed against a Serbian Orthodox priest on Friday? Apparently he allegedly beat a drug rehab patient with a shovel!
SERIOUSLY?!?! A priest of all people, this is probably one of the many reasons I just can’t stick with a church or religion at all. How am I supposed to listen to someone who’s preaching the word of god yet being a hypocrite about what they preach at the same time?
I know not all priests are like this, I just have a real issue with organized religion and it seems that whenever I question it, there’s something else that pops out at me and reminds me why exactly I don’t want to get involved in it to begin with.
So this priest since has been removed from his position and could face up to five years in prison if convicted. According to him, the beatings were a necessary part of the therapy and they were carried out with the consent of the patients and their parents. If it was consensual these people must be really desperate and crazy to kick that drug habit. It’s sad that in other parts of the world you can’t find a great center to get actual help, instead they just get beat for trying to do better.
It’s sad.
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Saturday, May 30, 2009
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