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ROME, May 4 (PNA/Xinhua) -- An Italian Catholic priest was sentenced in the northern city of Genoa on Thursday to nine and a half years in prison for child sex abuse and attempting to recruit minors into prostitution.

Father Riccardo Seppia from the nearby town of Sastri Ponente was also ordered to pay a fine of 28,000 euros (36,821 U.S. dollars) for his crimes that have rocked the Catholic Church in Italy.

The prosecution had requested a longer sentence of almost 12 years.

Seppia has been in jail since he was arrested in May last year on paedophilia charges and alleged cocaine use when investigators revealed recordings of tapped phone calls in which Seppia told a drug dealer to arrange sexual encounters with minors.

Before being sentenced on Thursday, Seppia, a parish priest in the village of Sastri Ponente, asked for forgiveness in a prepared statement, saying that what he had done was "wrong."

"I ask forgiveness for my moral behavior because I made mistakes," the statement said. "I made a mistake conducting myself in that way."

The Catholic Church in Savona recently began offering priests a course designed to stop paedophilia after Seppia's child abuse sex scandal left the community shocked and shaken.

Seppia's case was particularly damaging as Genoa Archbishop Angelo Bagnasco, who is also head of the Italian Bishops Conference, had been working with Pope Benedict XVI to establish tough new international guidelines on how bishops should handle clerical sex abuse.

Referring to tapped telephone conversations, investigators alleged that Seppia asked for sexual encounters with young and vulnerable boys.

"I do not want 16-year-old boys but younger," he allegedly said. "Fourteen-year-olds are alright. Look for needy boys who have family problems."

The bishop for Savona-Noli, Monsignor Vittorio Lupi, recently sent a letter to priests, teachers and others involved in church activities or associations to promote the new course to improve awareness and stop clerical sexual abuse.

The Catholic Church has suffered from the widespread impact of sex abuse scandals around the world in countries including the United States, Ireland, Belgium, Germany and Austria and has been accused of failing to take enough action to tackle the problem or bring those responsible to justice.

Two investigations led by prosecutor Giovanni Battista Ferro are currently being conducted into pedophilia in Catholic dioceses in Savona and surrounding areas.

They include a number of sexual abuse claims that allegedly took place between the early 1990s and 2000.

what you did was not wrong. it was evil.

Unsaon na lamang.

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on May 04, 2012, 06:32:18 AM
The Catholic Church in Savona recently began offering priests a course designed to stop paedophilia after Seppia's child abuse sex scandal left the community shocked and shaken.

Hmm, unsa kahay syllabus ani nga kurso. Epektibo na kaha ni nga desperate measure...

Kong maka sala silotan jod bisag kinsa siya Mao. Nay sakto

Quote from: chriswise on May 05, 2012, 06:02:47 PM
Kong maka sala silotan jod bisag kinsa siya Mao. Nay sakto

Welcome back, Bay Chris! Hmm, unsa may saktong silot sa sex abuse?

ang silot hubz: ug ba-yot, putlan ug dila, ug laki, putlan ug pikoy.

Ipriso ug silutan sigun sa balaod sa nasud. Kung naay asawa o di ganing nagpasagad sa pagkapari, tangtangon unja mahimo na lamang ordinaryong tawo.

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 05, 2012, 06:08:18 PM
Welcome back, Bay Chris! Hmm, unsa may saktong silot sa sex abuse?

kong pari tang tangon jod pagka pari,,,dako manang tamparos sa simbahan nga tinokod ni KRISTO,,,,

Quote from: chriswise on May 18, 2012, 11:18:29 PM
kong pari tang tangon jod pagka pari,,,dako manang tamparos sa simbahan nga tinokod ni KRISTO,,,,

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on May 08, 2012, 01:10:27 PM
ang silot hubz: ug ba-yot, putlan ug dila, ug laki, putlan ug pikoy.

Tangtangon sa pagkapari o tangtangon ang parte sa lawas nga nahilambigit sa sala... Hmm...

To paraphrase Matthew 5:30 (King James Bible)...

"And if thy member offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that thy member should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell."

Naa pa diay mga pari nga yabag, abe ko ug diri lang sa ato.

lisoda sa kahimtang sa mga pari karon......nagkinahanglan pod ni sila'g mga pag-ampo kanatong mga magtoto-o.

Quote from: bugsay on May 19, 2012, 01:35:13 PM
lisoda sa kahimtang sa mga pari karon......nagkinahanglan pod ni sila'g mga pag-ampo kanatong mga magtoto-o.

Hmm, kon ang moampo para sa pari otrong yabag, sama pananglit nila ni...(aw, di lang nato hinganlan), di kaha tabang og duot ang resulta?

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 19, 2012, 01:45:39 PM
Hmm, kon ang moampo para sa pari otrong yabag, sama pananglit nila ni...(aw, di lang nato hinganlan), di kaha tabang og duot ang resulta?

sagdi lang kon yabag, basta ka'y tinud-anay ilang pangaliya.....

Quote from: bugsay on May 19, 2012, 02:00:54 PM
sagdi lang kon yabag, basta ka'y tinud-anay ilang pangaliya.....

Ah, OK, pwede ka...

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 19, 2012, 02:09:55 PM
Ah, OK, pwede ka...

nga mag pari?.....

aw kon duna'y mo refund sa akong gibayad pagpatuli?........

Quote from: bugsay on May 19, 2012, 02:12:59 PM
nga mag pari?.....

aw kon duna'y mo refund sa akong gibayad pagpatuli?........

Nganong magpa-refund pa man ka? Gamay na man lay gastoon nimo pagkapari kay, di ba, daghan kag units sa Theology, hapit man gani ka ma double major...

mao nay hinongdan di na ko mosimba kay mga salbahis man diay na sila.

Pero sayop kon di mosimba tungod Kay. Yabag ang pari.mosimba gihapon ta Kay maayo mag pari atong gisimba ang GINOO man ato god timbang2x ngon if sakto ba ang gisulti sa pari ?puedi mn ta di motoo sa nagsulti pero huna2x NATO dis a ang iyang or kinsang nga polong...sakto jod si bai bugsay pangaliya maoy kuwang tawo rapod baya sila nag singo na daan og sala

Quote from: chriswise on May 21, 2012, 12:01:44 AM
Pero sayop kon di mosimba tungod Kay. Yabag ang pari.mosimba gihapon ta Kay maayo mag pari atong gisimba ang GINOO man ato god timbang2x ngon if sakto ba ang gisulti sa pari ?puedi mn ta di motoo sa nagsulti pero huna2x NATO dis a ang iyang or kinsang nga polong...sakto jod si bai bugsay pangaliya maoy kuwang tawo rapod baya sila nag singo na daan og sala

Hmm, now pa ko nga parion man diay ka, Bay Chris...

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 23, 2012, 04:46:51 PM
Hmm, now pa ko nga parion man diay ka, Bay Chris...

basin pari gyud?...

Quote from: bugsay on May 23, 2012, 05:04:26 PM
basin pari gyud?...

Oi, hala! Nibir tot ob it. Mora baya tuod og mas pari pa siyag tirada kaysa tinuod nga ingon....

bayut nga nagsotana nig kagwanga, kalooy sa mga bata nga biktima...

Quote from: bugsay on May 23, 2012, 05:04:26 PM
basin pari gyud?...

he he he  akong nadungog nn god ang mga polong gitodlo..daghan na nibiya sa original gumikan niini pero masmaayo sabton pangitaon tinood

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 23, 2012, 10:36:32 PM
Oi, hala! Nibir tot ob it. Mora baya tuod og mas pari pa siyag tirada kaysa tinuod nga ingon....

hehehe......ang tinuod mobira lang kon lawom na kaayo ang salabtonon..

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 23, 2012, 04:46:51 PM
Hmm, now pa ko nga parion man diay ka, Bay Chris...

basin anak ug pari.....kaniadto?

Quote from: statesville on May 24, 2012, 03:06:54 AM
bayut nga nagsotana nig kagwanga, kalooy sa mga bata nga biktima...

Di jud bitaw matag-an ning tawo...

Quote from: bugsay on May 24, 2012, 08:58:15 AM
hehehe......ang tinuod mobira lang kon lawom na kaayo ang salabtonon..

Hmm, kon kuoton na?

Wala pajod ni mahusay?

Quote from: chriswise on June 27, 2012, 01:53:55 AM
Wala pajod ni mahusay?

Malagmit ikaw ray makahimo sa ingon, Bay Chris...