Punks Charged With Urinating in Holy Water

[Ave Maria]

One thing we need to remember is to forgive our enemies. I was reminded of that by a friend tonight. Let us forgive them.

 

[Milla]

What a sensationalist headline. I doubt they'd have been charged with anything other than a charge of public uriniation, if anything, if they hadn't also done property damage. They should be punished and made to do reparations under the law for what they damaged, just like any other vandals.

It's a vile sacriledge, to be sure, but I don't think the charge for doing it in a church should be any different than doing it anywhere else. It's not the government's place to make that kind of call.

 

[jamesrwright3]

You want to place people in JAIL for doing a silly ill-advised prank??? Do you have any idea what jail does to people? They come out real criminals!

I guess you didn't read the article. They did 17,000 worth of damage to the church. IT wasn't just the desecration of the Holy Water.
They were charged correctly.
Please read the entire article before making comments on it

 

[sanaa]

what a horrible thing to do . i agree they should be charged and they need to learn to respect other religions and beliefs

 

[Stefania777]

I wouldn't call them criminals, but that surely is disgusting behavior! MAybe bootcamp would be good for them

An estimated $17,000 worth of damage sounds like a crime to me.

 

[Fantine]

If you read the article, it indicates that there was $17,000 worth of damage in addition to the urination into the holy water fonts. That is definitely in the felony range.

Because of crimes like this, many churches are closed to visitors except when services are held and the building is secure. This is unfortunate but necessary.

 

[PACKY]

An estimated $17,000 worth of damage sounds like a crime to me.

thats some expensive water!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[PACKY]

You don't realize the seriousness of this crime apparently. They desecrated a holy place!

Earth was made by god as a place for man ( made in gods image) to dwell in the Eyes of the Lord......we as a human race desecrate this holy place everyday.....Maybe we need to start looking at the Bigger picture...

 

[draper]

Yes I would. But this was a holy place which makes it all the more worse.

Erm, not really, in the eyes of the law.

 

[MidnightBlue]

Because of crimes like this, many churches are closed to visitors except when services are held and the building is secure. This is unfortunate but necessary.

When I was in Savannah in April, I noticed that St. John the Baptist Cathedral has a security guard on duty. It would be unfortunate if the church couldn't afford a guard and had to keep its doors locked; then I wouldn't have got to see where Flannery O'Connor heard Mass when she was a child.

I'm not saying these kids need to be in jail; I doubt much good would come of that. But they obviously have too much time on their hands. I'd be happy to see them sentenced to some pretty substantial public service, as well as some kind of restitution to the church they vandalized. Assuming that the going rate for their services is minimum wage, how long do you think it would take them to work off $17K?

 

[njcl]

lets not get carried away here,your making out these kids will grow up to be hardened criminals,youth = stupidity,my bro was a habitual criminal in his youth,now 40 he works in a mental hospital has a family and has not been in trouble for 20 years,prison is not the answer to those kids problems

 

[PACKY]

lets not get carried away here,your making out these kids will grow up to be hardened criminals,youth = stupidity,my bro was a habitual criminal in his youth,now 40 he works in a mental hospital has a family and has not been in trouble for 20 years,prison is not the answer to those kids problems

YOU ARE RIGHT!!
I a Correctional sergeant, I have worked in both Juvy and Max adult priosons, I can tell you this...Prison and Juvy prison the most is nothing more then a galdiator school, prisons turn kids into criminals, lets not forget that when you have 2000+ criminals in one area it turns into one big criminal convention...these kids need to community service and to be fronted out in the publics eye to induce change, they also it appears need parental supervison.

 

[Rochir]

They are criminals. I don't know where you live but in the United States, vandalism is a CRIME!

From the article:

All are charged with burglary and criminal mischief, both FELONIES.

 

[MidnightBlue]

YOU ARE RIGHT!!
I a Correctional sergeant, I have worked in both Juvy and Max adult priosons, I can tell you this...Prison and Juvy prison the most is nothing more then a galdiator school, prisons turn kids into criminals, lets not forget that when you have 2000+ criminals in one area it turns into one big criminal convention...these kids need to community service and to be fronted out in the publics eye to induce change, they also it appears need parental supervison.

One of my clients is a counselor at a juvenile detention center, and he agrees. He said that a kid who has been in before is no longer scared of the place, and is for all practical purposes a hardened criminal already. He said the only kids he can reach at all are some of the ones who are in for the first time. That doesn't sound like jail is working at all.

 

[republican]

I think their should be a change in age now in the US becuase it seems the avg 16 yr old thinks he/she is already big and bad for the world. so why not let them have a taste of state pent?

and it seems another way that satan is attacking the churches of today tis tis tis.

 

[njcl]

i believe in middle age england if you were caught commiting adultery you were locked in stocks in the middle of town for your shame to be known to all,i think there were not many people who reoffended...........the old ways are the best sometimes

 

[draper]

I think their should be a change in age now in the US becuase it seems the avg 16 yr old thinks he/she is already big and bad for the world. so why not let them have a taste of state pent?

As someone else sid, the only thing jail does to someone that age is turn them into real criminals. But hey, there's some of that compassionate conservativsm for ya.

and it seems another way that satan is attacking the churches of today tis tis tis.

Satan is attacking the Church by having teenagers pee in the holy water?

 

[lakesidelady]

One person mentioned that they should be forgiven. I sincerely hope that the individuals of the church desecrated do forgive them. They should also be charged and punished; this is called Justice. They caused $17,000 worth of damage and desecrated a church and destroyed private property. I hope that someone can show these kids what the church and Christ offers them. and perhaps community service --- janitorial services for that church?

 

[republican]

Satan is attacking the Church by having teenagers pee in the holy water?[/QUOTE]

iTS NOT JUST that its the vandalizing of a church burning materail used for worship peeing in the holy water and most of all skid marks and etc... on the church carpets and god knows what else they left out of the story lol.

But not tryin to debate

 

[njcl]

midnight blue you look like a policeman