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June 7, 2010

Abuser priests have special place in hell – official

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican's chief prosecutor of clerical sex abuse cases said there is a special place in hell for priests who abuse children.

Msgr. Charles Scicluna, an official at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, said the child is the "icon of the disciple who wants to be 'great' in the kingdom of heaven."

"How arid the earth and how sad the world become when this beautiful image, this holy icon is trampled, shattered, sullied, abused, destroyed," he said.

Quoting St. Gregory the Great, he said that a priest, who "either by word or example, destroys others," would face a particular torment in hell.

The Vatican official also denounced sins "of those who would profit from ministry to make a career."

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