27 Years Of Rape And 19 Pregnancies

This story is exactly why I argue for reproductive rights for women. This is exactly why I'm pro-choice. I'm sure that there are some pro-lifers out there who are going to argue with me, and to those who will, BRING IT ON!!

Dad raped daughters for 27 years

(CNN) -- A British man was jailed Tuesday for raping two of his daughters and fathering nine children over 27 years, a case with echoes of Austria's Josef Fritzl.

The two daughters were made pregnant 19 times; there were nine births, five miscarriages and five terminations. Seven of the children are alive but suffer genetic deformities.

The father, who cannot be named for legal reasons banning the identification of his victims and the surviving children, pleaded guilty Tuesday at Sheffield Crown Court, northern England, and was sentenced to serve 25 life sentences to run concurrently.

The judge said the minimum term the 56-year-old rapist should serve in jail should be 19½ years.

South Yorkshire Police Chief Superintendent Simon Torr said, "The victims of these terrible crimes have asked me to state the following: 'His detention in prison brings us only the knowledge that he cannot physically touch us again. The suffering he has caused will continue for many years, and we must now concentrate our thoughts on finding the strength to rebuild our lives.' "

Speaking for the police, Torr added, "The main concern ... is for those who have been so badly affected: the victims who have suffered a terrible ordeal. We will continue to offer them our full support to try and help them get on with their lives.

"As far as the sentence goes, we are satisfied that this offender has received the strongest possible punishment for his heinous crimes. Now we need to ensure continuing support for those who have suffered as a result of his actions."

The daughters first told police about their ordeal in June, but the abuse dated to 1981.

It emerged that in 1998 one daughter rang Childline, a charity to help abused kids, and asked for assurances about being able to keep her children if she came forward. When Childline could not make that guarantee, the daughter did nothing more to raise her plight.

The UK's Press Association reported that the rapes began in 1981 with daily attacks and that for long periods, they would be raped up to three times a week, and the assaults would continue through pregnancies. Their only reprieve came after they had just given birth or when they were ill because of the abuse.

If either daughter tried to refuse their father's attacks, they would be punched, kicked and or held to the flames of a gas fire, burning their eyes and arms, PA reported.

Despite visiting hospitals and meeting with social workers over the 27 years of abuse, no investigation was launched into the family.

The case comes in the wake of the death of a baby, known only as Baby P, which has dominated headlines in Britain. The baby endured horrendous torture and died despite being on the local authority's child protection register.

In Austria this year, Josef Fritzl was arrested, accused of keeping his daughter in a basement dungeon and fathering seven children through the rapes.

This sick son of a bitch raped his own daughters for 27 years. Yes, 27 years!! He impregnated them 19 times. I can't even begin to imagine having to endure such a horrible trauma, and at the hands of your own father.

Yet, I'm positive that there are pro-lifers out there who believe this is a good thing. I'm sure that they believe it's a good thing that these women endured countless rapes and multiple pregnancies at the hands of their father. I'm sure that they believe it's a good thing because they gave birth to nine children, nine of their father's children. I'm equally certain that they believe these women are murderers because five of the pregnancies were terminated.

Here's why I'm certain. Remember back a few years ago when I blogged about an 11 year old child from Colombia who had been raped for four years by her stepfather and became pregnant as a result of one of the attacks? That child was allowed to undergo an abortion. There were pro-lifers on blogs and message boards who seriously believed that the little girl should have been forced to continue the pregnancy. There were pro-lifers on blogs and message boards who seriously believed that this little girl was a murderer. They had no compassion for the child or sympathy for what she had to endure at the hands of her stepfather.

That's why I'm certain that there are pro-lifers out there who have no compassion for these women, or sympathy for what they had to endure for 27 years at the hands of their own father. Pro-lifers don't see the victim. They don't care about the victim. They only see a fetus, a fetus that isn't theirs. A fetus that they have no legal claim to. They only see a situation that they can attempt to manipulate in order to further their agenda.

This story is NOT an isolated incident. I guarantee you that it happens every single day around the world. It will continue to happen. I'm pro-choice because I believe in giving women a choice. I believe in giving victims a choice. They didn't get a choice when they were raped. They didn't have a say in the matter. They have a right to terminate a pregnancy that resulted from a rape. It's their body. It's their uterus. It's my uterus, and my body.

Nobody has the right to claim ownership of my body except ME!!

These women have endured enough, and they should be left alone to deal with this however they see fit. They deserve respect, privacy, and peace!!

Nun Gets One Year In Jail For Rape

I found this story rather disgusting!!

Elderly nun gets jail time in sex case

MILWAUKEE - A 79-year-old nun was sentenced Friday to one year in a county jail for sexually abusing two teens when she was their principal four decades ago.

Sister Norma Giannini avoided a trial by pleading no-contest in November to two felony counts of indecent behavior with a child.

"I ask forgiveness from the bottom of my heart," she told Circuit Judge M. Joseph Donald at her sentencing.

One of Giannini's accusers, James St. Patrick, 55, of Belgium, Wis., asked Donald to impose a longer sentence. After the hearing, he said he was angry.

"When are we going to start dealing with female rapists and give them the same sentence as male rapists?" he asked.

In addition to the year behind bars, Giannini was ordered to serve 10 years of supervised probation. She has 60 days to report to jail.

The other accuser, Gerald Kobs, also 55, sobbed as he told the judge the abuse left him suicidal and emotionally withdrawn.

"It's going to take a while to have a reaction," he said after the sentencing. "I'm just glad it's over."

The Associated Press generally does not identify victims of sexual assault, but the two men said they wanted to speak out.

They told authorities they had dozens of sexual encounters with Giannini, including intercourse, while attending St. Patrick's School in Milwaukee during the 1960s, according to a criminal complaint. Giannini taught eighth grade and served as principal at the school.

Assistant district attorney Paul Tiffin had asked the judge to sentence Giannini to eight years in prison. Afterward, he declined comment except to say the sentence was "fair."

Prosecutors had asked for more than $28,000 in restitution, mainly for therapy costs, but the judge noted Giannini had taken a vow of poverty 60 years ago and had virtually no assets.

Donald urged Kobs and St. Patrick to sit down with Giannini and confront her with the emotional trauma she caused. But St. Patrick bristled at the idea of a face-to-face meeting.

"She hasn't called me for 40 years, she raped me, and now I'm supposed to call her and hang out with her," he said.

A psychologist told prosecutors in 2006 that Giannini identified four other victims to an Archdiocese of Milwaukee panel. The three were in Milwaukee and one was in Chicago, where she worked before and after her stint in Wisconsin, the Chicago Tribune reported Friday.

No charges in those cases have been filed.

Giannini, a member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, went on to work in Illinois from 1970 to 1994.

Sheila King, a spokeswoman for the order Sisters of Mercy of the Chicago Regional Community, said she could not confirm the existence of additional victims because the sister who was president at the time of those allegations was not available.

The current president, Sister Betty Smith, assumed her title in 2006.

"On behalf of the Sisters, I express profound regret for the pain experienced by these two men and their families and anyone else touched by this situation," Smith said in a statement released after the sentencing.

Giannini, who lives with other Sisters of Mercy in a Chicago suburb, has been retired from active work for five years because of failing health, Smith has said. Giannini received extensive counseling at a St. Louis treatment facility after the order "learned of the situation" during the 1990s.

She has been closely monitored and separated from minors since then, according to Smith.

This bitch raped two children, and all she gets is one year in a county jail? How was that decision made? Her crimes only merit six months of punishment per victim? Bullshit!! This bitch should spend the rest of her pathetic excuse of a life rotting away in a PRISON cell. I don't give a damn if she is 79 years old or not. That doesn't excuse what she did. She raped two children. She should have been given LIFE in prison. She shouldn't be allowed to see the light of day again. She should also face charges in the other cases!!

I must say that I'm not the least bit surprised by her sentence though. This is yet another example of how clergy, namely CATHOLIC clergy, get away with raping children. When are the courts going to make it a level playing field? If you rape a child, you go away for life regardless of who you are!!

"On behalf of the Sisters, I express profound regret for the pain experienced by these two men and their families and anyone else touched by this situation," Smith said in a statement released after the sentencing.

Pain? Obviously this other bitch clearly doesn't comprehend what rape does to someone. It's more than pain you stupid jackass!! Rape victims suffer all kinds of trauma from their rape, often for rest of their lives. They don't just "get over it" and move on with their lives. They will forever remember what happened to them. But clearly this bitch doesn't get it, and doesn't care to get it!!

Giannini, who lives with other Sisters of Mercy in a Chicago suburb, has been retired from active work for five years because of failing health, Smith has said. Giannini received extensive counseling at a St. Louis treatment facility after the order "learned of the situation" during the 1990s.

She has been closely monitored and separated from minors since then, according to Smith.

Oh well, then that's okay!! NOT!! She shouldn't have been in "counseling", closely monitored, or separated from minors since the 1990's. She should have been rotting in prison every single day since she raped those two boys. I don't believe for one second that nobody had a clue what she did until the 1990s. Just like in all the other cases of sexual abuse involving Catholics, I believe that the Church covered it up and let it continue to happen.

People wonder why we have a problem with the Catholic Church. This is why!! This is not being anti-Catholic. This is not being a bigot. This is simply pointing out the truth about the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is just as guilty as the rapists themselves!! They let it happen, and did nothing to stop it!!