Brazilian Priest's Erotic Sex Abuse Dungeon

The Catholic Church sex scandals seems to have no end in sight as stories of abuse by priests continue to come to light around the world. Worse yet, in some cases the accused predators were shipped from parishes to unsuspecting parishes in other parts of the world. One place where such priests are surfacing is in Brazil where new allegations against a Polish priest take the abuse scandal to new bizarre levels like something out of a bad porn movie. True to form, the Catholic bishop has stated his "regret" for the situation, yet no one seems to take responsibility for allowing such freaks into the priesthood in the first place much less responsibility for the obvious deliberate cover ups. The Church condemns loving, committed gay relationships, yet continues to harbor sexual predators. Here are highlights from Google News on the latest out of Brazil:
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A court has ordered the arrest of a Polish priest suspected of sexually abusing a teenager in a Rio de Janeiro suburb and turning his parish home into what the judge described as an "erotic dungeon" for sex with adolescents, authorities said Friday.
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State prosecutors have accused Marcin Michael Strachanowski, 44, of handcuffing the 16-year-old former altar boy to a bed three years ago in the parish house where the priest lived and threatening to kill the youth if he spoke of the abuse. "I already know the flowers I will place on your coffin," Strachanowski warned, according to prosecutors.
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The Polish priest was suspended from his duties after the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro learned of the order for his arrest, church spokesman Adionel Carlos da Cunha said in a statement issued Friday. The judge issued the order on Thursday. The archdiocese "expresses its regret over what happened, especially with the people involved and possible victims," he said.
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[I]nvestigators found "erotic material sent to the victim via Internet to seduce him" and that the priest also took other youths to the parish house, "which he converted into a kind of erotic dungeon where he submitted them, often with the use of handcuffs, to orgies."
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Sex-abuse scandals involving the Roman Catholic Church have mushroomed around the world recently, and some of the accused priests have surfaced in Brazil, home to more Catholics than any other nation.
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Late last month, prosecutors charged the Rev. Jose Afonso with abusing altar boys ranging in age from 12 to 16. Prosecutors said the alleged abuses took place in the city of Franca, in southeastern Sao Paulo state.
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Also last month, 83-year-old Monsignor Luiz Marques Barbosa was detained in northeastern Brazil for allegedly abusing at least three boys after being caught on videotape having sex with a young man, a former altar boy. Barbosa is under house arrest while authorities investigate. Two other priests in the same archdiocese are also accused of abuses.