MY ADDITIONAL BALANCED OPINION, in that “in majorem cautelam’ of my personal points concerning this former PRIEST, DISGRACED, Msgr. Arnel Lagarejos. According to the recent admission or the testimony of the girl who is known to be a child or a teenage prostitute who was transacted by a gay pimp with the apparently presumptuous priest, the sex transactions already happened twice in the past, and what happened lately last week was supposed to be the third time, if not have been nabbed or stopped by the concerned authorities.
Now, here is the simple question: ‘WHY ONLY NOW?” Why, for the very first time or even for the second time, the matter was not informed or reported immediately to authorities? What was the main motive of the gay pimp and the parents of the prostituted minor to have the priest nabbed? Who is/are behind? Was/were/is/are any reason(s) behind? That is, other than the issue of transaction sex?
I do not tolerate any form of deplorable sex engagement with a minor. This is extremely pestiferous also. But in my further personal opinion, careful analysis, hypothetically, it seemed it might have been a trap done against the priest. I call it ensnared by the devil.
First of all, the girl is already a whore or a prostitute whether she is an adult or a child or irrespective of age, so long as as there’s an agreement or consent or service the payment or payment is done and I think this is existing all over the country or even overseas irrespective this is a crime against children.
The way I look at it, with respect to the parents of the girl, the central blame should be given or directed to the parents of the prostituted girl and even file the case against them for allowing whether indefinitely or for the long-term their minor daughter to have been involved in direct or indirect transactional sex while presumably the have been aware of it. They know that their minor has been doing it since then and presumably or perhaps with their consent(????) with their full knowledge and consent, and perhaps also as might be obvious they are overwhelmed by serious money problems, etc. In addition, we cannot also excuse or exonerate the priest who is apparently guilty also with probable commission of crime, with criminal liability and culpability for tolerating and even participating CHILD PROSTITUTION, which, for sure, he knows, not just by moral and its spiritual evil implications, but also of a criminal violation that can’t just be taken for granted.
The mistake of the priest is that, out of weakness, he became morally careless and lax with presumptions, and perhaps of a failure to pray before he went to proceed to that tragic event.
I therefore deduce, all are responsible in this tragic case.
It is also a challenge to DSWD to do their best to stop, prevent child or teenage prostitution. THE DSWD SHOULD PROVIDE SIGNIFICANTLY ENOUGH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO POOR FILIPINO FAMILIES IN THE RURAL AND URBAN POVERTY AREAS AND THOSE IN THE SERIOUS FINANCIAL CRISIS TO PREVENT THE FAMILY MEMBERS TO BE INVOLVED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO ANY FORM OF TRANSACTIONAL SEX.
LET US PRAY, ASK PARDON AND THINK RIGHT! GOD BLESS US ALL AND SAVE OUR FILIPINO YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE NEXT GENERATIONS!
Thank you Eric for sharing your opinion.