I found this on GMANEWS.TV:
MANILA, Philippines - A Catholic priest on Wednesday said that the 39-year old man who underwent rectal surgery in Cebu should also accept part of the blame.
According to the priest who is based in Cebu, the patient's trouble started when he contacted an alleged call boy who then stuck a body spray canister up the man's rectum at the height of their sexual act.
“They seem to forget the whole thing. They are blaming the doctors for what they (did) but I think they should blame the guy for what they did," Monsignor Achilles Dakay, spokesman for Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, said.
Dakay's comment was aired over church-run Radio Veritas.
The patient had admitted in previous media interviews that he picked up a male prostitute. He said he was drunk when the incident happened in January.
He had an operation at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) to have the canister removed. However, doctors recorded the surgery and had fun doing it.
The video has been posted on YouTube.
Dakay said that while the church is not condemning homosexuals, it will not tolerate homosexual acts.
“They are made that way but if they did what is prohibited, that’s another thing," he added.
In the same interview, Dakay said that homosexuality is “prevalent" in Cebu, the province where the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan erected the country’s first Cross.
“We should be ashamed. It’s not just scandalous, (it’s) very shameful," he said, referring to the spread of the surgery video on the Internet.
Danton Remoto, co-founder of the gay group Ang Ladlad, earlier commented that the patient was victimized twice: first when the male prostitute inserted the canister inside his rectum, and second, when the video of the operation spread via YouTube.
Ang Ladlad, composed of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender, sent a psychologist to Cebu to counsel the patient who is filing charges against the hospital’s medical team and were seen misbehaving during the procedure.
Remoto said Dakay comment towards the incident is "expected" because this is the Catholic Church's stand towards homosexuality.
"Msgr. Achilles was just reiterating the church's stand," he said.
Remoto reiterated his call to gay individuals to "be careful" when engaging in solicited sex.
"In the end, we are one with the Catholic Church," he said.
Wow, another shoo-in for the Religious Hypocrites Hall of Fame!
Maybe we have to remind this good Monsignor that this YouTube video scandal isn't about homosexuality and the evils behind it. The whole fiasco isn't about why a homosexual ended up with a canister inside his rectum but is about why the OR staff had fun at the expense of a helpless patient.
You should familiarize yourself with the patient's bill of rights, Monsignor.
Monsignor Achilles Dakay saying,"They seem to forget the whole thing. They are blaming the doctors for what they (did) but I think they should blame the guy for what they did", is reason enough for him to be disciplined by Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal. Where on earth can we find someone who actively represents God say such things about a victim of abuse?
If Monsignor Dakay is so opinionated about this scandalous video to the point of blaming the victim, then he should do a month-long documentary on Pope Benedict's recent visit to the United States. He should include facts like the Vatican spending more than $2 billion in settlements to victims of sexual abuse in the United States and the Pope APOLOGIZING to victims of sexual abuse. Surely this very prejudiced Monsignor knows that in the United States alone more than 5,000 priests have been accused of pedophilia and sexual abuse.
If this bigot of a Monsignor cannot even speak about the 'filth' within the Roman Catholic Church, then he has no business commenting on the scandalous video. Because nothing is more scandalous than priests molesting children.
Get down from your high horse, Monsignor. Or better yet, just shut up!
By the way, I am a Roman Catholic so spare me the religious blah-blah.
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