Judgement day for "Father Jim"!
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| Priest Guilty After 50 Years Of Child Abuse |
| 2010-10-22 |
| A former Roman Catholic priest who started abusing boys more than half a century ago has finally been brought to justice. James Robinson, 73, known as 'Father Jim', had a "dreadful weakness" for boys as young as 10, Birmingham Crown Court was told. Robinson was found guilty of a string of offences involving the sexual abuse of children. He moved from parish to parish in the West Midlands between 1959 and 1983, and repeatedly abused at least six boys. Prosecutor John Attwood told the jury that the priest used his position of trust to gain "unfettered and unlimited" access to victims who "caught his eye". His parishioners saw him as a "charismatic, charming, forceful personality" but in reality he was grooming youngsters by giving them gifts and taking them on trips in his sports car. "He became like part of our family", said one victim, "everybody loved him and liked him, he was a very popular man...he was my hero, I was very fond of him. He was a boxer, a local celebrity...I was like a lamb to the slaughter...I was totally under his control, I don't know why". Robinson worked in churches in Staffordshire, Birmingham and Coventry until he moved to California in 1985, the same year that one victim found the courage to tell the church and police about his abuse. He continued to work as a priest in America until further victims contacted West Midlands Police in the early 1990s. But, officers say they weren't able to extradite him until last year- following a change in Californian law. One complainant spotted Robinson's photograph on Sky News, prompting him to give a statement to police. Detectives think there could be many more victims both here, and in America. |
| Posted by:Bright Pebbles |
| #6 the catholic church hid this pedophile for years, shuffling him from parish to parish yes, hang the rock spider but go after the church that has allowed this to flourish not just here but in many places around the world obviously there is something wrong with forcing priests to be celibate and telling them that sex is wrong, dirty and is only OK for married people. it's turned many of them into twisted sex fiends. ireland, australia, america.. the catholic priest pedophiles have destroyed thousands of lives |
| Posted by: anon1 2010-10-22 20:14 |
| #5 As a Catholic I can only agree, but the hierarchy that knew and allowed this and every similar abomination to continue should also be jailed and/or have their reputations ruined if they already died |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-10-22 19:04 |
| #4 Judgement day for "Father Jim"! |
| Posted by: Lumpy Anguting2786 2010-10-22 18:05 |
| #3 It's a good thing the attitude of the Church has changed to get rid of the predators... and of society, that permits victims to complain instead of suffering in silence. And finally, the change in the approach of the therapeutic professions, to accept that this behaviour is neither an alternative lifestyle nor something that can be easily repaired with a bit of talk therapy. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-10-22 13:13 |
| #2 Using the old drawing and quartering would be suitable in this case. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-10-22 10:58 |
| #1 hang him; and not by the neck. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2010-10-22 09:27 |