But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
Genesis 13:13
Genesis 13:13
"A well-known priest who heads an Italian branch of the Catholic relief
agency Caritas claims he forgot to delete child pornography he had
collected to investigate pedophilia in the Church.
Turin police arrested 55-year-old Fr. Nicola De Blasio on Nov. 3 and
seized thousands of images and videos of child porn depicting sexual
violence against children and even babies.
Investigators described the pictures as "gruesome," but the priest
firmly denied "any kind of attraction towards the images," claiming that
the images were part of a dossier he was "collecting between 2015 and
2016 to document the phenomenon of child pornography in the Church."
Investigators also found in De Blasio's residence 170,000 euros in
cash, which the priest claimed to be the "savings of the parish"
designed for renovating the church building and savings left by his
parents.
Left-wing municipal councilor and former coordinator of Caritas,
Benevento, Angelo Moretti, vigorously defended the arrested priest,
comparing his arrest to Jesus' arrest on Maundy Thursday.
"Tonight, he is in Gethsemane; many have already condemned him. Those
who asked him for help yesterday are ready to spit in his face today.
But Fr. Nicola knows this is the path that befalls people like him who
go against the tide," Moretti said.