"johac" <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote in message
news:jhachm-589088.22384421062005@news.giganews.com...

In article <1dedne87jqLxpSjfRVn-iw@centurytel.net>,
"towelie" <bugoNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050618/wl_afp/romaniareligion_050618195538
TANACU, Romania (AFP) - A Romanian Orthodox priest, facing charges for
ordering the crucifixion of a young nun because she was "possessed by

the

devil," was unrepentant as he celebrated a funeral ceremony for his

alleged

victim.

"God has performed a miracle for her, finally Irina is delivered from

evil,"

Father Daniel, 29, the superior of the Holy Trinity monastery in
north-eastern Romania, told an AFP reporter before celebrating a short
liturgy "for the soul of the deceased", in the presence of 13 nuns who
showed no visible emotion.

He's an admitted murderer. How was he free to attend his
victim's funeral? He should be in prison.

"johac" <jhachm@ixpres.com> wrote in message
news:jhachm-589088.22384421062005@news.giganews.com...

In article <1dedne87jqLxpSjfRVn-iw@centurytel.net>,
"towelie" <bugoNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050618/wl_afp/romaniareligion_050618195538
TANACU, Romania (AFP) - A Romanian Orthodox priest, facing charges for
ordering the crucifixion of a young nun because she was "possessed by

the

devil," was unrepentant as he celebrated a funeral ceremony for his

alleged

victim.

"God has performed a miracle for her, finally Irina is delivered from

evil,"

Father Daniel, 29, the superior of the Holy Trinity monastery in
north-eastern Romania, told an AFP reporter before celebrating a short
liturgy "for the soul of the deceased", in the presence of 13 nuns who
showed no visible emotion.

He's an admitted murderer. How was he free to attend his
victim's funeral? He should be in prison.

leo <leo@leopoldoperdomo.com> wrote in alt.atheism

It is wonderful the many miracles that can produce a sturdy faith.
Any of these days, we would watch many miracles performed by the the
American fundies.

This happened in Romania, not America.

In article <4piob1hrdedmu313gv0s6mhq2glljcban0@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:

On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 04:18:38 -0500, "towelie" <bugoNOSPAM@hotmail.com>
wrote:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050618/wl_afp/romaniareligion_050618195538
TANACU, Romania (AFP) - A Romanian Orthodox priest, facing charges for
ordering the crucifixion of a young nun because she was "possessed by the
devil," was unrepentant as he celebrated a funeral ceremony for his alleged
victim.

"God has performed a miracle for her, finally Irina is delivered from evil,"
Father Daniel, 29, the superior of the Holy Trinity monastery in
north-eastern Romania, told an AFP reporter before celebrating a short
liturgy "for the soul of the deceased", in the presence of 13 nuns who
showed no visible emotion.

No visible emotion. {horrified shudder}


/continuing article

He insisted that from the religious point of view the crucifixion of
Maricica Irina Cornici, 23, was "entirely justified," but admitted he
faced excommunication as well as prosecution, and was seeking a "good
lawyer."

Prosecutors said Saturday they had charged the priest and four nuns
with imprisonment leading to death, while religious authorities said
he would be barred from celebrating liturgy until the investigation
was completed. The monastery will be shut if they are found guilty,
Father Daniel's superiors said.

They have been charged with murder .One prosecutor over there got it
right.

http://tinyurl.com/9x344


Romania Monk, 4 Nuns Charged With Murder

By ALISON MUTLER, Associated Press WriterThu Jun 23, 2:49 PM ET

A 23-year-old Orthodox nun said to be possessed by devils because she
shouted so much was chained to a cross, gagged with a towel and left in
a dank room at a convent for three days without food, where she died of
suffocation and dehydration.

A monk and four nuns were arrested Thursday and have been charged with
murder in the case, which has focused attention on the secretive
convents and monasteries that dot Romania's impoverished northeast.
Maricica Irina Cornici died last week in the Holy Trinity convent
outside the remote village of Tanacu.

Daniel Petre Corogeanu, the red-bearded monk accused of leading the
exorcism, has appeared unrepentant. He performed a funeral service for
the nun on Sunday and said he was trying to take devils out of her.

Asked whether the nun was mentally ill and in need of medical help
instead of exorcism, he responded: "You can't take the devil out of
people with pills. You cure (possession by) the devils with fasting and
prayer."

He said the nun had to be restrained because she was violent, but denied
she was starved.

Corogeanu and the nuns were charged late Wednesday with aggravated
murder after testifying for 11 hours to prosecutors. They were taken
into custody Thursday, according to prosecutor Ovidiu Berinde, and a
court in the northeast city of Vaslui ordered them held for 29 days.
Their lawyer appealed the ruling.

There were angry scenes outside the prosecutor's office Wednesday in
Vaslui, in one of Romania's remotest and poorest regions near the border
with Moldova.

Corogeanu was jostled by shrieking residents who called for justice,
saying he had brought the Orthodox Church into disrepute. Others crammed
against iron railings outside the prosecutor's office, maintaining the
monk and nuns were innocent.

Orthodox monasteries flourished in Romania after the 1989 fall of
Nicolae Ceausescu's brutal communist regime, which suppressed religion.
The secretive monasteries have attracted scores of impoverished youths,
attracted by their offers of stability. Many, like Cornici, grew up in
orphanages.

Cornici's death and the fact Corogeanu was ordained as a priest without
having finished his theological studies have prompted the church to
impose stricter rules for entering monasteries.

Amid the heated local passions surrounding the case, Corgeanu's
attorney, Luana Pintilie, called Thursday for moving it to the city of
Iasi, but the court there refused to take it.

"Magistrates should not have pressure from the street, locals and the
media who are camped outside the prosecutor's door," Pintilie said.

On Sunday, the five suspects were indicted in connection with causing
the nun's death but were not detained, pending the results of a second
autopsy. Corogeanu has been suspended by the church and the convent has
been closed by church authorities.

If found guilty, the monk and nuns could face 25 years in prison.

These folks are the epitome of evil and inhumanity.

No kidding.

In article <4piob1hrdedmu313gv0s6mhq2glljcban0@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:

On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 04:18:38 -0500, "towelie" <bugoNOSPAM@hotmail.com>
wrote:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050618/wl_afp/romaniareligion_050618195538
TANACU, Romania (AFP) - A Romanian Orthodox priest, facing charges for
ordering the crucifixion of a young nun because she was "possessed by the
devil," was unrepentant as he celebrated a funeral ceremony for his alleged
victim.

"God has performed a miracle for her, finally Irina is delivered from evil,"
Father Daniel, 29, the superior of the Holy Trinity monastery in
north-eastern Romania, told an AFP reporter before celebrating a short
liturgy "for the soul of the deceased", in the presence of 13 nuns who
showed no visible emotion.

No visible emotion. {horrified shudder}
/continuing article

He insisted that from the religious point of view the crucifixion of
Maricica Irina Cornici, 23, was "entirely justified," but admitted he
faced excommunication as well as prosecution, and was seeking a "good
lawyer."

Prosecutors said Saturday they had charged the priest and four nuns
with imprisonment leading to death, while religious authorities said
he would be barred from celebrating liturgy until the investigation
was completed. The monastery will be shut if they are found guilty,
Father Daniel's superiors said.

They have been charged with murder .One prosecutor over there got it
right.

http://tinyurl.com/9x344


Romania Monk, 4 Nuns Charged With Murder

By ALISON MUTLER, Associated Press WriterThu Jun 23, 2:49 PM ET

A 23-year-old Orthodox nun said to be possessed by devils because she
shouted so much was chained to a cross, gagged with a towel and left in
a dank room at a convent for three days without food, where she died of
suffocation and dehydration.

A monk and four nuns were arrested Thursday and have been charged with
murder in the case, which has focused attention on the secretive
convents and monasteries that dot Romania's impoverished northeast.
Maricica Irina Cornici died last week in the Holy Trinity convent
outside the remote village of Tanacu.

Daniel Petre Corogeanu, the red-bearded monk accused of leading the
exorcism, has appeared unrepentant. He performed a funeral service for
the nun on Sunday and said he was trying to take devils out of her.

Asked whether the nun was mentally ill and in need of medical help
instead of exorcism, he responded: "You can't take the devil out of
people with pills. You cure (possession by) the devils with fasting and
prayer."

He said the nun had to be restrained because she was violent, but denied
she was starved.

Corogeanu and the nuns were charged late Wednesday with aggravated
murder after testifying for 11 hours to prosecutors. They were taken
into custody Thursday, according to prosecutor Ovidiu Berinde, and a
court in the northeast city of Vaslui ordered them held for 29 days.
Their lawyer appealed the ruling.

There were angry scenes outside the prosecutor's office Wednesday in
Vaslui, in one of Romania's remotest and poorest regions near the border
with Moldova.

Corogeanu was jostled by shrieking residents who called for justice,
saying he had brought the Orthodox Church into disrepute. Others crammed
against iron railings outside the prosecutor's office, maintaining the
monk and nuns were innocent.

Orthodox monasteries flourished in Romania after the 1989 fall of
Nicolae Ceausescu's brutal communist regime, which suppressed religion.
The secretive monasteries have attracted scores of impoverished youths,
attracted by their offers of stability. Many, like Cornici, grew up in
orphanages.

Cornici's death and the fact Corogeanu was ordained as a priest without
having finished his theological studies have prompted the church to
impose stricter rules for entering monasteries.

Amid the heated local passions surrounding the case, Corgeanu's
attorney, Luana Pintilie, called Thursday for moving it to the city of
Iasi, but the court there refused to take it.

"Magistrates should not have pressure from the street, locals and the
media who are camped outside the prosecutor's door," Pintilie said.

On Sunday, the five suspects were indicted in connection with causing
the nun's death but were not detained, pending the results of a second
autopsy. Corogeanu has been suspended by the church and the convent has
been closed by church authorities.

If found guilty, the monk and nuns could face 25 years in prison.

These folks are the epitome of evil and inhumanity.

No kidding.