tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post7459366564256947343..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: Bishop Seraphim (Storheim) of Ottawa: Guilty says courtByzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-26417700600916802772014-01-25T06:40:35.440-06:002014-01-25T06:40:35.440-06:00Judges at all levels in Canada are appointed by th...Judges at all levels in Canada are appointed by the federal Prime Minister.David Di Giacomohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06530668400623365905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-48420138776722098362014-01-25T02:20:59.057-06:002014-01-25T02:20:59.057-06:00The judge's reasoning process is impaired. Gui...The judge's reasoning process is impaired. Guilty without any evidence abrogates the essential common law necessity of innocent until PROVEN guilty. Secondly how can he argue that he was a child molester with one boy but not interested in the other - that is faulty reasoning and shows a misunderstanding of child predators. and then other witnesses said he pastored with an open door to other parishioners who might enter at any time. and the judge heard of a whole body of parishioners of many parishes of his being a saintly man. always meek and gentile in all respects and always has been. this makes me highly suspicious of this judge and who appointed him - the ndp? happy life and times in ndp and liberal manitoba. i doubt a jury wouldn't have convicted him. also, the accusers were egged on by a wayfaring anti-priest organization from another country, all the while we know that putin wants to see the end of the OCA Orthodox! this smells like bad justice to me, and i'm the decendent of the chief justice of england, sir matthew hale. yes, something is rotten on the manitoba bench!joannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02313479959447420783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-83683577956863316182014-01-24T20:06:50.987-06:002014-01-24T20:06:50.987-06:00Priests, teachers, police officers -- these occupa...Priests, teachers, police officers -- these occupations are commonly made up of people from blue-collar backgrounds and good values who have worked their way up. They are also the targets of tyrants (cf any Communist revolution) because these are the people who in their daily work oppose tyrants through the promotion of faith, learning, and order.Lawrence Hall, HSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906964306659335649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-9808308846199066512014-01-24T19:56:14.454-06:002014-01-24T19:56:14.454-06:00Well, I don't believe he's guilty. And I w...Well, I don't believe he's guilty. And I would bet that I speak for an overwhelmingly large proportion of the faithful of the Archdiocese of Canada in saying so. This whole matter has stunk to high heaven since it started, and only more so now. God have mercy on our Vladyka. I hope he appeals.David Di Giacomohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06530668400623365905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-32819401038110001632014-01-24T15:10:17.082-06:002014-01-24T15:10:17.082-06:00Just how anybody could claim that they can objecti...Just how anybody could claim that they can objectively judge the truth or otherwise of these matters is beyond me - I don't believe they can.<br /><br />We are seeing a procession of elderly men dragged before the courts to face charges for crimes allegedly committed decades ago for which there is no evidence but the claims of the accuser.<br /><br />There are multiple agendas at play here, including in this case anti Christian and anti clericalism ones. I'm not claiming that the Archbishop isn't guilty but I'm not claiming he is, I suspect the real truth of this matter is known only to God.<br /><br />Of course the real damage that is being done is that men with authority will not take troubled young men under their wings and mentor them because the danger of being accused of some impropriety is just too greatAndreihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04536593172412406428noreply@blogger.com