Thursday, February 17, 2011

Opinion by Charles and Rebecca Reier: “Christian” Advice to a Rape Victim

DDN 02 17 2011 Army review follows sex case - the investigation comes after a class-action suit claiming rapes was filed.

“Sgt. Rebekah Havrila of West Columbia, S.C., alleges in the lawsuit that during her career she was allegedly raped by an individual in a canine unit in Afghanistan in 2006. She reported the incident under a military policy that allows a rape to be reported without it triggering an investigation if the alleged victim wants it to remain confidential.” When she ran into the alleged perpetrator again at Fort Leonard Wood in 2009, she went into shock and sought assistance from a chaplain.

The base chaplain said to her, “It must have been God’s will for you to be raped” and suggested she attend church more often.”

Fortunately the Army has taken these reports seriously and Ft. Leonard Wood has reduced the number of incidents dramatically from 57 in 2009 to 28 in 2010.

The Catholic Church has also turned from sheltering offenders (thereby aiding and abetting their recidivism) to outright condemnation. Pope Benedict XVI stated in Glasgow, Scotland on September 25, 2010, “These revelations were for me a shock and a great sadness. It is difficult to understand how this perversion of the priestly ministry was possible.”

Charles E. Reier MD, Rebecca A. Reier

5 comments:

  1. Huh? What is the point of this article?

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  2. The article explains that there are victims of rape that are blame for the crime, "it is their fault" or the case is dismissed. On the other hand, rapists rights will be protected.
    28 cases of rape is 28 to many. No one deserves to be rape.

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  3. Rape should be a crime punishable by execution.

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  4. my daughter was raped in the service and reported it. Not only did the men confess, they had taken video on their cell phones. While the service did charge the men and slap them on the wrist, they punished my daughter for "putting herself in the position to be taken advantage of and contributing" because of alcohol. While she shouldn't have been drinking to that extent, punishing the victim is not the way to go.

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  5. Again a special thanks to the Reier's for all of the research , Very interesting reading!

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