ஆப்பிரிக்கன் கேட்டசிஸ்ட் இன்ஸ்டிட்ட்யூட் என்ற அமைப்பை நடத்திவந்த African Catechetic Institute (ICA) கத்தோலிக்க பாதிரியான செகமானா என்பவர் ஆயிரக்கணக்கான அப்பாவி மக்களை கொன்றதற்காக வெறும் 15 வருட சிறைதண்டனை வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
Rwanda: Gacaca Court Sentences Priest to 15 Years in prison for Genocide
Hirondelle News Agency (Lausanne)
26 March 2008
Posted to the web 27 March 2008
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The priest of Ruyenzi Parish, southern Rwanda, Abbot Denis Sekamana, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for being found guilty of having played a part in the 1994 genocide, reports Hirondelle Agency.
The priest was convicted by the semi-traditional Gacaca court of Huye sector last week, according to information posted on website of the League for Human Rights in the Great Lakes Region (LDGL), an organization based in Kigali.
The judges concluded that the clergyman was responsible for the murder of three people, including one who was killed at a roadblock where Sekamana was stationed, not far from the African Catechetic Institute (ICA) in Butare.
The judges also found that he was guilty of having distributed food to the assailants to allow them to continue "their work[killings]".
During the genocide, Sekamana was director of ICA, a training centre belonging to the Catholic Church.
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The priest was initially imprisoned in September 1994 then, four years later, after having served his sentence he was arraigned before the conventional court.
Several clergymen have been prosecuted for genocide in Rwanda before gacaca courts, inspired by traditional village justice system. The courts are not presided by professional judges but by people of high integrity in the society.
Abbot Athanase Seromba, first catholic priest tried by the UN tribunal in Arusha, Tanzania, was sentenced in appeal to life in prison on 12 March, this year.
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ஸ்விட்ஜர்லாந்து கத்தோலிக்க சர்ச் சிறுவர்களை பாலுறவு பலாத்காரம் செய்யும் பாதிரிகளை பொலீஸிடம் சொல்லாமல் மறைத்ததை ஒப்புக்கொண்டுள்ளது
ஸ்விட்ஜர்லாந்து கத்தோலிக்க சர்ச் சிறுவர்களை பாலுறவு பலாத்காரம் செய்யும் பாதிரிகளை பொலீஸிடம் சொல்லாமல் மறைத்ததை ஒப்புக்கொண்டுள்ளது
Church admits "complicity" in sex abuse case
Image caption: Covering up a nasty smell? The Swiss Catholic Church has admitted not reporting paedophile priests to the authorities (Keystone)Related stories
04.09.2007
The case of a Swiss priest who was moved to France by superiors who knew he had already sexually abused at least one child is rocking the Swiss Catholic Church.
On Monday the Swiss Bishops Conference announced it would review its directives for handling suspected cases of paedophile crimes by priests.
It comes after a high-ranking church official described as "complicit" the Church's failure to denounce the priest to civil authorities when it became aware as early as 1989 that he was a paedophile.
In an interview with Le Matin newspaper on Sunday, Nicolas Betticher of the diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg, explained how the Church moved the priest from Switzerland to Grenoble in France, where he admits sexually touching at least one child, his then 12-year-old nephew, in 1992.
French authorities are now investigating the 67-year-old Capuchin priest, who has lived in the Montcroix monastery in Delémont, northern Switzerland, for two years. He has not yet been arrested.
The Swiss authorities in canton Jura are also looking into whether they can still prosecute the priest for other crimes he is suspected of committing in Switzerland.
He is not the only paedophile priest identified in French-speaking Switzerland. Betticher said there were three other cases "to our knowledge".
In December the diocese made three of them public, including the current case, and paid compensation to the victims. It is believed the victim in the fourth case never made a formal claim for compensation.
The latest case is just one of a long series of accusations of child sexual abuse made against Roman Catholic priests and related Church cover-ups made around the world (see box).
"Swept under the carpet"
"We have to reassess the situation," Walter Müller, spokesman for the Swiss Bishops Conference, told swissinfo on Monday.
"The current guidelines involve a thorough selection process for those who want to be counsellors, keeping suspicious people away from pastoral care and better monitoring throughout the apprenticeship. This was not the case previously."
He added: "At the time we thought [paedophilia] was a question of education, of conscience. That was probably somewhat naive. We now know that paedophilia is hard to treat with therapy and the level of recidivism is high."
Müller admitted the Church simply had swept the assaults "under the carpet".
"We accepted a promise from those involved [not to repeat the offence] and just moved them elsewhere – as in the current case."
He said the Swiss Bishops Conference intended to re-examine its guidelines and adapt them if necessary.
Zero tolerance
Colette Marti, responsible for the "No sexual violence against children" campaign at the Swiss association for the protection of children, welcomed the Church's comments.
"This admission of guilt is definitely a positive gesture. It is a signal to the public – an institution such as the Church is saying, 'We do not accept such behaviour'," she told swissinfo.
"Having zero tolerance of sexual abuse against children and of cover-ups – that is one of the most important preventive measures."
She acknowledged that work in this area was just beginning. "It is important that everyone who works in the Church is made aware of the problem."
swissinfo
Church admits "complicity" in sex abuse case
Image caption: Covering up a nasty smell? The Swiss Catholic Church has admitted not reporting paedophile priests to the authorities (Keystone)Related stories
04.09.2007
The case of a Swiss priest who was moved to France by superiors who knew he had already sexually abused at least one child is rocking the Swiss Catholic Church.
On Monday the Swiss Bishops Conference announced it would review its directives for handling suspected cases of paedophile crimes by priests.
It comes after a high-ranking church official described as "complicit" the Church's failure to denounce the priest to civil authorities when it became aware as early as 1989 that he was a paedophile.
In an interview with Le Matin newspaper on Sunday, Nicolas Betticher of the diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg, explained how the Church moved the priest from Switzerland to Grenoble in France, where he admits sexually touching at least one child, his then 12-year-old nephew, in 1992.
French authorities are now investigating the 67-year-old Capuchin priest, who has lived in the Montcroix monastery in Delémont, northern Switzerland, for two years. He has not yet been arrested.
The Swiss authorities in canton Jura are also looking into whether they can still prosecute the priest for other crimes he is suspected of committing in Switzerland.
He is not the only paedophile priest identified in French-speaking Switzerland. Betticher said there were three other cases "to our knowledge".
In December the diocese made three of them public, including the current case, and paid compensation to the victims. It is believed the victim in the fourth case never made a formal claim for compensation.
The latest case is just one of a long series of accusations of child sexual abuse made against Roman Catholic priests and related Church cover-ups made around the world (see box).
"Swept under the carpet"
"We have to reassess the situation," Walter Müller, spokesman for the Swiss Bishops Conference, told swissinfo on Monday.
"The current guidelines involve a thorough selection process for those who want to be counsellors, keeping suspicious people away from pastoral care and better monitoring throughout the apprenticeship. This was not the case previously."
He added: "At the time we thought [paedophilia] was a question of education, of conscience. That was probably somewhat naive. We now know that paedophilia is hard to treat with therapy and the level of recidivism is high."
Müller admitted the Church simply had swept the assaults "under the carpet".
"We accepted a promise from those involved [not to repeat the offence] and just moved them elsewhere – as in the current case."
He said the Swiss Bishops Conference intended to re-examine its guidelines and adapt them if necessary.
Zero tolerance
Colette Marti, responsible for the "No sexual violence against children" campaign at the Swiss association for the protection of children, welcomed the Church's comments.
"This admission of guilt is definitely a positive gesture. It is a signal to the public – an institution such as the Church is saying, 'We do not accept such behaviour'," she told swissinfo.
"Having zero tolerance of sexual abuse against children and of cover-ups – that is one of the most important preventive measures."
She acknowledged that work in this area was just beginning. "It is important that everyone who works in the Church is made aware of the problem."
swissinfo
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