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Homeland Security raided the Catholic Diocese of Jackson offices

Posted on 11/12/18 at 3:25 pm
Posted by anc
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 11/12/18 at 3:25 pm
LINK - Actually from very good reporting from the Clarion Ledger.


The Office of Homeland Security raided the Catholic Diocese of Jackson office investigating accusations a Starkville priest obtained money by lying about having cancer when in fact he was HIV positive and was sent to a Canadian sexual addiction facility for priests.

An affidavit by Homeland Security Special Agent William Childers was filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Jackson. The search of the Jackson Diocese apparently took place Nov. 7.

The affidavit says Homeland Security Investigations have developed probable cause to believe the Rev. Lenin Vargas-Gutierrez, pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Starkville, knowingly devised schemes of obtaining money by means of false and fraudulent pretense, through the use of wire communications.

The affidavit refers to Lenin Vargas-Gutierrez as Father Vargas after the initial introduction. A native of Mexico, he was ordained a priest in the Jackson diocese in 2006.

Childers' affidavit said the diocese had knowledge of Vargas' felony and concealed it by not making it immediately known.
This post was edited on 11/12/18 at 3:30 pm
Posted by piggilicious
Member since Jan 2011
37309 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 3:26 pm to
Well that's certainly interesting.
Posted by bamarep
Member since Nov 2013
51881 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 3:26 pm to
Ruh roh Raggie
Posted by LSUJuice
Back in Houston
Member since Apr 2004
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Posted on 11/12/18 at 3:28 pm to
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accusations a Starkville priest obtained money by lying about having cancer when in fact he was HIV positive and was sent to a Canadian sexual addiction facility for priests.

Holy shite
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
34453 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 3:29 pm to
Posted by Lakeboy7
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2011
23965 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 3:29 pm to
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The Office of Homeland Security raided the Catholic Diocese of Jackson office investigating accusations a Starkville priest obtained money by lying about having cancer when in fact he was HIV positive and was sent to a Canadian sexual addiction facility for priests.



So much going on here.
Posted by timdonaghyswhistle
Member since Jul 2018
18292 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 3:29 pm to
Glad the scum got caught, but what in the world gave Homeland Security jurisdiction over this?
Posted by bamarep
Member since Nov 2013
51881 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 3:30 pm to
Because it's not just about a homo priest.
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
100009 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 3:30 pm to
The problem’s pretty goddamn big if they have a facility dedicated to this sort of thing. As in “sexually addicted priests”.

Easier solution with some of these bastards is Excedrin Headache .45 cal.
Posted by timdonaghyswhistle
Member since Jul 2018
18292 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 3:31 pm to
Assuming that is true, are there legitimate terrorist links here? Seems like more of an FBI issue on face. I guess the fact he's from Mexico maybe?
This post was edited on 11/12/18 at 3:34 pm
Posted by KiwiHead
Auckland, NZ
Member since Jul 2014
30390 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 3:36 pm to
It's about predator homo priests. There are a lot of them and they run a lot of dioceses
Posted by MrLSU
Yellowstone, Val d'isere
Member since Jan 2004
27315 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 3:47 pm to
quote:

It's about predator homo priests. There are a lot of them and they run a lot of dioceses



Maybe more than a predator homosexual priest--a pedophile homeosexual priest who gave children HIV.
Posted by Revelator
Member since Nov 2008
59781 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 3:48 pm to
Probably a Democrat too.
Posted by Mid Iowa Tiger
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Member since Feb 2008
20199 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 3:50 pm to
Good! As a faithful Catholic I hope law enforcement gets more aggressive on the abuses people are making hiding behind their clerical collars.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
91318 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 3:57 pm to
I say this with all due respect, but the Catholic Church is a dumpster fire, baws.
Posted by KillTheGophers
Member since Jan 2016
6472 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 4:12 pm to
Methodist looks better every day
Posted by Boatshoes
Member since Dec 2017
6775 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 4:14 pm to
A catholic priest named after Lenin and a Pope who worships the man he was named after. Strange times.

Get into the Eastern Orthodox or Confessional LCMS/WELS quick.
This post was edited on 11/12/18 at 4:16 pm
Posted by CarrolltonTiger
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2005
50291 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 5:16 pm to
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Glad the scum got caught, but what in the world gave Homeland Security jurisdiction over this?


Could still be a Mexican national?
Posted by Rougarou13
Brookhaven MS
Member since Feb 2015
6840 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 5:17 pm to
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 a Canadian sexual addiction facility for priests. 


Really more concerning that this even exists...
Posted by Paluka
One State Over
Member since Dec 2010
10763 posts
Posted on 11/12/18 at 6:17 pm to
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The problem’s pretty goddamn big if they have a facility dedicated to this sort of thing. As in “sexually addicted priests”.



There have been several in the US for years. I know someone who used to work at one.
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