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Has the step-father been excommunicated too?

The mother and doctor of a little Brazilian girl have been excommunicated because an abortion was performed on the girl after she was found to be carrying twins fathered by her sexually abusive step-father.Abortion is allowed in Brazil only in cases of rape or if the mother's life is in danger and no one can doubt that a nine year old girl meets both these criteria, especially with twins. The girl has not been excommunicated because she is too young..but not too young for the church to think that her health and possibly her life should have been sacrificed to the perverted lusts of her step-father who,so far as the news goes, has fled the country. No one is saying if the church has taken action against him or if it condones what he has done...I really do want to know. I am not inviting a debate on the wrongs and rights of abortion, not even in this particular case, I just want to know if the church has condemned the man responsible for this situation.

Update:

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7930380.stm

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Oh, I'm sure the stepfather went to confession and got a clean slate. I'd like to send to Heaven at the end of a rusty pike.

  • 1 decade ago

    the mother should have been excommunicated for allowing or putting the child in the position to be raped. The father should be tarred and feathered. I am betting since the church condoned the priests for many years, they will condone what this man has done as well.

  • 1 decade ago

    Can you give us some more information? Where you heard this, dates, the names of any of the people involved, stuff like that.

    Then we could use Google to find out more.

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