2012 Christmas message of Italian Catholic Priest Piero Corsi

A 2012 Christmas message posted by Piero Corsi on the door of his church in the small parish of San Terenzo in northwest Italy stated,

How often do we see girls and mature women going around scantily dressed and in provocative clothes? They provoke the worst instincts, which end in violence or sexual abuse. They should search their consciences and ask: did we bring this on ourselves? Is it possible that all of a sudden men have gone mad? We don’t believe it. The fact is that women are increasingly provocative, they become arrogant, they believe themselves to be self-sufficient and end up exacerbating the situation. Children are abandoned to their own devices, homes are dirty, meals are cold or fast food, clothes are filthy.

After several parishioners were offended and sent photos of the letter to the media, Corsi’s letter was reported by some press outlets. When approached by a RAI Radio reporter to clarify what he meant, Corsi reportedly said:

"I don't know if you are homosexual or not, but what do you feel when you see a naked woman? Is that not the woman's form of violence to unveil herself that way?"

The Vatican distanced the church in Rome from Father Corsi’s message and the bishop of nearby La Spezia, Luigi Ernesto Pallett, ordered that it be removed from the church.

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