September 03, 2010
Church Abuse Scandal Flares Up as Victim Releases Tapes
BRUSSELS -- According to secretly-recorded tapes made public, a former leader of Belgium's Catholic church advised a victim of sexual abuse to remain silent until after the retirement of the perpetrator, who was both the victim's uncle and the Bishop of Bruges. The first of the two tapes, both of which were made public last weekend in the Flemish dailies De Standaard and Het Nieuwsblad, is of a conversation on 08 April 2010 between three people: the victim, whose name has not been made public; Robert Joseph Vangheluwe, 73, the former bishop of Bruges; and Cardinal Godfried Danneels, 77, the former archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels. Church authorities have verified the tapes' authenticity.Click Here For The Full Story......