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February 9, 2010
Parish councillor jailed for raping grandchildren
Published: 1 Oct 09 09:48 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/22402/20091001/
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A Church of Sweden parish councillor from Stockholm has been sentenced to four years imprisonment for the repeated rape of his grandchildren.
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The newspaper writes that neither the local parish council nor the diocese of Stockholm had previously been aware of either the ongoing investigation or the man's conviction.
"Other things got in the way. In any case I have been convicted despite my denials and intend to appeal," the man said to the newspaper, by way of explanation for why he had not informed the local church authorities.
The man looked after his grandchildren on a regular weekly basis at his daughter's home. The man forced his two grandchildren to watch pornographic films and then regularly raped and assaulted them over a three year period.
The assaults ended when the children were aged 10 and six-years-old and came to light only when the eldest began therapy.
The Stockholm district court convicted the man based on the testimony of several witnesses which it deemed to be reliable and trustworthy.
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At minimum he should be put in jail for life. Why is there no calls for him to be castrated, preferably without surgical equipment.
I wonder. Has any judges of prosectutors in Sweden ever been accussed of child rape?
Come on, what do you think this man will do after 4 years (if he does 4 years!) ???
I left France to Sweden coz I thought the life was really better here, but I haven't stopped reading this kind of sentence for multiple rapes, on minor or not for 1 year now... I'm really afraid about the future here...
There seems to be almost no evidence here other than a testimony of a child in therapy many years later.
Of course, children don't lie do they, no , never.
There has also been many recorded instances of children in therapy having words put into their mouths, or worse, for innocent things they have said to be interpreted as something else purely because of an agenda held by the social services.
I really would hate to be judged by you people in a court.
The Stockholm district court convicted the man based on the testimony of several witnesses which it deemed to be reliable and trustworthy.
In other words there were no witnesses, because if there were why did this take so long to come to light?
What there was were several people giving their opinion, one man's word versus another, or one man's word versus a child's.
How can one word versus another be a basis for sound judgement and locking a man away for 4 years?
Just like everyone on a sex-offender registry is automatically a child-rapist, even if the only reason they're on the list is because hackers used their computer to share violent pornography without the original computer owner even knowing.
It's dumb, but people go crazy when they hear about child rape. It's kind of perverted how much they WANT the allegations to be true.
And watch as my comment is misconstrued by some to be be supportive of chid rape... so I better add a disclaimer: these crimes are sickening, disgusting and heinous, and nobody should have to suffer like that.
But it can also be heinous to have your life ruined by false allegations of this nature, so I think people in general ought not lose their cool so quickly. And it can also be just as heinous to be a child who goes through that crime and then finds nobody believes them. So all in all it's a lot more complicated than people want to think it is, so it's easier to just say "BURN THE PERP ON THE STAKE, even if I don't know any specifics about the case nor evidence!".
I am not with harsh punishments for doubtful cases, but com'on child rape isn't usually done in public places where collecting eye-witnesses is that easy, all you got is the children testimonies, and bearing in mind they got therapy, it is unlikely they would both lie to put their grandfather in prison, it is also unlikely the therapist brainwashed them with these ideas.
I myself was abused as a child, and the person that ruined my life has never paid for what he did, because some felt as I child it could be possible I was just imagining what had happened.
Incidently - my abuser has gone on to attack many other young girls, but still due to do-gooders evades justice.
What has happened to these children will stay with them forever, what the grandfather has done will be finished when he's served his time.
He should be named so other poor innocent children aren't hurt.
I agree.
the child rapists should be named.
When I lived in Ireland I saw so many of them walk awy from justice, due to the actions of the do-gooders, who are in fact people with vested interests.
Read what you write: you are a sadist, same patern as the parish councillor.
You are a very sick person. No need to worry about 4 years for the sort of sadistic murder you propose. When you are in prison and the other inmates find out about your views as posted on other stories in TL, you will only last a short time. I suppose you are upset that you can not blame this on Muslims.
Sverige is screwed-up
Sweden shocks me sometimes...
If it actually happened over many years and they did witness it, they should also be thrown in jail. What exactly were they doing? Sitting with popcorn outside the windows to watch then later they realized, "Oh, he was doing something illegal and I should testify"?
I was in North Kivu (Congo) three weeks ago. I can tell you, White. Yellow, Brown, Red or Black, we are all the same, for the best and for the worst. Sadly too often for the worst.
@ Insect
You right, this story sound like "tabloid stuff". No real journalistic work behind it.
@DreEstwd
Justice doesn't mean vengeance, at least in civilized country. Vengeance comes from very low, don't expect it could bring a "cleaning", in the contrary.
This man needs to be put to death. There is no point in trying to understand why he did it. Once a child rapist always a child rapist. Add Roman to the green mile as well.
Some of those here are Liberal Marxists. They know that there is no way to defend child rape. However, they will do it if it is a mean to their end. A Liberal Marxist seeks chaos and disorder. Free the prisoners, bankrupt the country, make the state the all providing god. Destroy all national and racial identity and make the world one large pool of people. Then and only then will we have happiness's. HAHA what a crock?
You said "And you know what? I would take my sweet time killing this guy and do it in the worst possible manner because, heck, this is Sweden...and I know that I'm only going to get 4 years or less for it anyways"
I agree that this guy has done a terrible crime, preying on his own family and children put in his trust. Personally, I believe that all rapists and pedophiles should be locked up for a long time and chemically castrated before they are released. They should also be permanently monitored after release.
BUT that is the job of the legal system, Your post stinks of a vigilante attitude and has a strong element of sadism. Two wrongs will never make a right.
If you want to know what my values are, I stand for justice and truth and against propaganda of any sort, right left or center.
Please leave my son out of your posts. You know nothing about him or me
Re being PC, I decry a lot of things that happen/are said under the banner of being Politically Correct . In my view, the whole PC thing has got out of hand. However, if condemning the thoughtless sadistic comments and outright lies that you put in your posts, is being PC, then I am proud to be PC.