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It comes s no surprise. First off, they were female. The intruder was male. Secondly they are members of a religious order. Contrary to what people think, members of religious orders *are* treated differently under the law. This is a hold-over from English common law wherein if the accused for example was a member of the clergy, he or she was to be tried in ecclesiastical courts and not criminal courts. While we don't have ecclesiastical courts here in America, the "preferred" status of clergy remains in effect. Look at for example the boy-molestation cases that have gone to the courts that include accused priests - do you suppose if members of another organization were accused of that level of criminality it would take so long to get action taken on them? No. There is a lot of inertia against doing anything to or with accused clergypeople. Even moreso if they are female, and even moreso if they just happened to use excessive force in subduing an intruder.
Oh I am not defending these 2x-standards. I am just saying, it ain't no surprise to me.
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by Anonymous User on 10:27 PM October 24th, 2004 EST (#2)
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Isn't Tunja in Colombia - the Republic of Colombia?
British Ecclesiastical Jurisprudence - or the "Benefit of Clergy" - wouldn't apply, I shouldn't think.
They should more likely fall under perhaps a post-colonial version of "Spanish" ecclesiastical law of which, I'm ashamed to admit, I know very little. Nothing at all, really. The fact that these ladies were prosecuted in a criminal court might be some indication of the state of affairs vis-a-vis crime and lethal force used by Clergy and the Lower Orders.
But, at any rate, if one listens carefully and intently, keeps one's ear to the ground, so to speak, quite a bit of noise - rumblings of an imminent explosion, really - can be heard concerning nuns, sisters, female religious orders etc who ran orphanages, children's homes - even boarding schools and hospitals.
It's just a matter of time; once they run out of priests, brothers or whatever to prosecute, they'll turn to the women. Penty of work there!
And think of the pay-outs!
Not to mention the lawyers' fees!
Cameron
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