Vatican Official Tells Paedophile Priests to Expect Damnation
THE GUARDIAN: Monsignor Charles Scicluna warns seminarians who exploit their office that their punishment in hell will be worse than death penalty on earth

Monsignor Charles Scicluna (centre) with Pope Benedict XVI. Photograph: The Guardian
The Vatican official in charge of catching paedophile priests has said their punishment in hell would be worse than receiving the death penalty on earth.

Monsignor Charles Scicluna issued the warning to seminarians at St Peter's basilica, in Rome, during prayers for abuse victims. >>> Tom Kington in Vatican City | Sunday, May 30, 2010