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Post by beth on Feb 17, 2011 0:06:48 GMT -5
Ex-NY priest gets prison on Mass. rape charges PITTSFIELD, Mass. – A former Roman Catholic priest convicted of raping two altar boys in western Massachusetts in the 1980s has been sentenced to 20 to 25 years in state prison. Gary Mercure of Troy, N.Y., was convicted earlier this month of three counts of forcible rape of a child and one count of indecent assault and battery of a child under 14. Mercure was sentenced Wednesday by a Berkshire Superior Court judge. Prosecutors say Mercure raped the boys in the Berkshires between 1986 and 1989, while he was a priest in the Diocese of Albany, N.Y. He was defrocked in 2008. Mercure denied the allegations, and his lawyers say the complainants were coached into making abuse claims. A lawyer for Mercure says he'll appeal. www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/16/ex-ny-priest-gets-prison-mass-rape-charges/ |
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Post by peterf on Feb 17, 2011 4:04:42 GMT -5
Ex-NY priest gets prison on Mass. rape charges PITTSFIELD, Mass. – A former Roman Catholic priest convicted of raping two altar boys in western Massachusetts in the 1980s has been sentenced to 20 to 25 years in state prison. Gary Mercure of Troy, N.Y., was convicted earlier this month of three counts of forcible rape of a child and one count of indecent assault and battery of a child under 14. Mercure was sentenced Wednesday by a Berkshire Superior Court judge. Prosecutors say Mercure raped the boys in the Berkshires between 1986 and 1989, while he was a priest in the Diocese of Albany, N.Y. He was defrocked in 2008. Mercure denied the allegations, and his lawyers say the complainants were coached into making abuse claims. A lawyer for Mercure says he'll appeal. www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/16/ex-ny-priest-gets-prison-mass-rape-charges/How much prison time will the RC hierarchy who protected Mercure serve? |
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Post by mouse on Feb 17, 2011 4:54:25 GMT -5
he should have been hung
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Post by iamjumbo on Feb 17, 2011 8:25:16 GMT -5
he's just a poor, widdle male homosexual with urges, you know.
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Post by biglin on Feb 17, 2011 10:38:49 GMT -5
Mouse, as you know I support the death penalty for murder.
I also despise rapists and would castrate them and sentence them to life.
I don't agree with executing them though.
Execution should IMHO be reserved for murder.
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Post by mouse on Feb 17, 2011 12:00:10 GMT -5
Mouse, as you know I support the death penalty for murder. I also despise rapists and would castrate them and sentence them to life. I don't agree with executing them though. Execution should IMHO be reserved for murder. rape is murder it murders trust...it murders innocence in children..rape murders just as much as the taking of a life,,, and for people in positions of trust it is even more vile than some inadequate male wanting to be empowered |
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Post by biglin on Feb 17, 2011 16:15:16 GMT -5
Mouse, as you know I support the death penalty for murder. I also despise rapists and would castrate them and sentence them to life. I don't agree with executing them though. Execution should IMHO be reserved for murder. rape is murder it murders trust...it murders innocence in children..rape murders just as much as the taking of a life,,, and for people in positions of trust it is even more vile than some inadequate male wanting to be empowered Speaking as someone who's married to a rape victim,. Mouse, I think I've got more right than most to disagree with you. Rape is NOT murder and it's dishonest to make out like it is. If it comes to that if you DID make rape a capital crime you'd only lead to MORE murders because rapists would think they might as well be hung for a murder as for a rape. It's just being soft on crime and pro-predator to execute people who HAVEN'T killed anyone. |
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Post by mouse on Feb 17, 2011 17:44:58 GMT -5
rape is murder it murders trust...it murders innocence in children..rape murders just as much as the taking of a life,,, and for people in positions of trust it is even more vile than some inadequate male wanting to be empowered Speaking as someone who's married to a rape victim,. Mouse, I think I've got more right than most to disagree with you. no you have a right to disagree because you disagree.. not for any relationship with a victim... people who rape children destroy..maim.. ie murder trust..innocence |
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Post by Erasmus on Feb 17, 2011 19:25:58 GMT -5
In reference to allegations against Michael Jackson. American law even more than British denies youngsters the freedom or even ability to consent to sex, no matter how sexually capable, just like used to be the case with unmarried women.
"I remember when I was a kid I was savagely beaten once by bullies in the schoolyard. Savagely beaten! If I had a choice between being savagely beaten and being gently masturbated by a pop star... " - Bill Maher
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Post by iamjumbo on Feb 18, 2011 7:32:59 GMT -5
In reference to allegations against Michael Jackson. American law even more than British denies youngsters the freedom or even ability to consent to sex, no matter how sexually capable, just like used to be the case with unmarried women. "I remember when I was a kid I was savagely beaten once by bullies in the schoolyard. Savagely beaten! If I had a choice between being savagely beaten and being gently masturbated by a pop star... " - Bill Maher rightly so, since ALL rational people know that "youngsters" are not intelligent enough to consent |
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Post by biglin on Feb 18, 2011 16:59:22 GMT -5
There's still all the difference in the world between rape and murder.
The punishments ought to be different and the law rightly sees that.
Executing rapists just encourages them to kill so it's positvely ENCOURAGING murder.
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Post by iamjumbo on Feb 19, 2011 8:48:59 GMT -5
There's still all the difference in the world between rape and murder. The punishments ought to be different and the law rightly sees that. Executing rapists just encourages them to kill so it's positvely ENCOURAGING murder. no hon, it does NOT encourage them to kill. i know you would like to claim that the rapist would murder to eliminate a witness, but that is not a rational claim at all. there is the dna which doesn't require a witness, and that is what catches the overwhelming majority of rapist in the first place |
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Post by biglin on Feb 19, 2011 12:18:28 GMT -5
There's still all the difference in the world between rape and murder. The punishments ought to be different and the law rightly sees that. Executing rapists just encourages them to kill so it's positvely ENCOURAGING murder. no hon, it does NOT encourage them to kill. i know you would like to claim that the rapist would murder to eliminate a witness, but that is not a rational claim at all. there is the dna which doesn't require a witness, and that is what catches the overwhelming majority of rapist in the first place Dear sweet Jim, it doesn't encourage them to kill IF they are NOT going to be executed for rape. That doesn't mean they shouldn't be castrated and locked up for life. But it DOES encourage them to kill IF they ARE going to be executed when they HAVEN'T killed anyone! sorry, dear Jim, but that's simple reality!    |
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Post by iamjumbo on Feb 19, 2011 12:40:31 GMT -5
no hon, it does NOT encourage them to kill. i know you would like to claim that the rapist would murder to eliminate a witness, but that is not a rational claim at all. there is the dna which doesn't require a witness, and that is what catches the overwhelming majority of rapist in the first place Dear sweet Jim, it doesn't encourage them to kill IF they are NOT going to be executed for rape. That doesn't mean they shouldn't be castrated and locked up for life. But it DOES encourage them to kill IF they ARE going to be executed when they HAVEN'T killed anyone! sorry, dear Jim, but that's simple reality! no, no. since there is no reason to kill, the threat of execution for rape has no relevance. caryl chessman never killed anyone if you'll recall. very few of the chaps who have been executed for rape ever killed anyone. THAT is the reality hon |
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