Judge postpones rape trial of Philadelphia priest
There are many people that we
trust. Some more than others.
If
I were catholic
then I would
trust my priest,
but not in
this case. What
these men did
was a terrible thing.
In
the city of
Philadelphia four men
raped the same
altar boy in
different occasions. The first two
men were the
catholic priest Charles
Engelhardt and the
tearcher Bernard Shero. They
were the first
two to do
this to the
young boy. He
was only 10
years old when
this happened. The
young boy named “Billy” is
now 20 years
old.
What
the first priest
did to him was
awful. According to
Billy, Engelhardt showed
him pornographic magazines
before having him
ingage in oral
intercourse in the room inside
the church where
the priest prepares
for mass. What
the teacher did
was even worse.
The next year
Shero was giving
Billy a ride
home from school
and stopped at
the park. He
told Billy that
they were “going
to have a
little fun.” Then
he took off
his clothes and
allegedly raped Billy, then
made him walk
the rest of
the way home.
That is absoultly
terrible to do to
a little boy.
Of course at
first the two
men pleaded not
guilty.
Three years later
Lynn, the first high
ranking church figure
charged with child
endangerment for shuffling
predator priests from
parish to parish was
accused of the
attemped rape the
then 14 years
old altar boy.
Later on police
found out that
when Billy was 14 years old Rev.
James Brennan attemped raping
him. They both
pleaded guilty after
admitting they sexually
assaulted Billy when
was younger. They
both got two
and a half to five
years in prison.
Billy stated that
because of the
sexual assult when
he was younger
has lead to
a life of
substance abuse, a suicide attempt
and a criminal
history including drug
possession. He didn’t
want to tell
anyone because he
said “I thought
I did something
wrong, and, he’s
a priest.” I
feel so sorry
for this poor
boy. He has
been through a
lot in his
20 years of
life. In the
picture below is Engelhardt
(left) and
Shero (right).

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