Catholic Priest Piero Corsi Blames ‘Filthy Clothes and Cold Food’ for Murder of Women

ITALY
International Business Times

By Umberto Bacchi

December 27, 2012

Widespread outrage has been sparked by an Italian priest’s Christmas message in which he claimed that women triggered men’s violence by wearing “filthy clothes” and serving “cold suppers”.

Father Piero Corsi put up a leaflet on his church’s notice board in the small seaside town of San Terenzio near La Spezia in northwestern Italy, asserting that 118 women killed by men in Italy in 2012 was caused by the victims themselves.

“Is it possible that men have turn crazy all of a sudden? We don’t believe so. The point is that more and more women provoke, fall into arrogance, believe [themselves] to be independent and exacerbate tensions,” the leaflet read.

“Children are left outside alone, homes are dirty, meals are served cold or are fast-food-like, clothing is filthy,” Corsi wrote. “They [women] trigger the worst instincts, leading to violence and sexual abuse. They should do a self-examination and think: did we ask for it?”

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