Will South Africans Ever Be Shocked by Rape?
January 11, 2013 1 Comment
The BBC:
At a time when Indians are re-examining their society in the light of a single, horrific incident of gang rape, South Africa seems numb – unable to muster much more than a collective shrug in the face of almost unbelievably grim statistics – seemingly far worse than India’s.
Here almost 60,000 rapes are reported to the police each year – more than double the number in India, in a far smaller country.
Experts believe the true figure is at least 10 times that – 600,000 attacks
It is not that the issue is ignored – far from it.
This week South African newspapers are carrying gruesome stories of what is being described as a new trend – the rape of elderly grandmothers, mostly in rural communities…
Read the rest including a video report here.
About Fr Stephen Smuts
As with all grotesque manifestations of Evil gaining momentum, this Occultation is rearing its malignant and malevolent head precisely because: “we are not battling flesh and blood but Principalities and Powers”; the roots of this Vampire-like subjection are spiritual and diabolical!
Where are the Exorcists and ‘Deliverance’ teams–under the Authority and auspice of the local Bishops–to counter-attack, weaken and destroy this Pestilence?! The Church has been given this ‘Power In Christ’ – rise-up O ‘sleeping giant’ of Jesus Christ’s Promises: “greater things than this you sill see…”!
The Church (in South Africa or wherever) should ‘be shocked’ and not complacent in the ‘face of such Evil’, nor tied-up in impotent political knots…but out there on a grass-roots level–proclaiming the ‘Invincible and Potent Power of Christ’–subjecting all Evil to HIM and Affirming– “the Kingdom of God” is here and Alive on planet Earth–for and among the people of God!!