DYK Catholic #Inquistions wiped out the increasingly powerful #KnightsTemplar & seized their property in 14thC? The Bishop of Sens burned 45 alive in a cart outside of Paris. The church tortured 1,000s to confess #sodomy & #heresy. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #HistSex #QueerHistory

DYK14thC #KnightsTemplar became enormously powerful & wealthy, so #Catholic #Inquistions wiped them out & seized their property on charges of #sodomy & #heresy? The church tortured 1000s into confessing. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #doctrine #HistSex #QueerHistory

But #sodomy was Philip’s excuse to seize the wealth of the #KnightsTemplar. #Catholic #Inquistions followed his example & wiped them out in 14thC. The church tortured 1,000s into confessing. The Bishop of Sens burned 45 alive in a cart outside Paris. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com

DYK Catholic #Inquistions wiped out the increasingly powerful #KnightsTemplar & seized their property in 14thC? The Bishop of Sens burned 45 alive in a cart outside of Paris. The church tortured 1,000s to confess #sodomy & #heresy. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #HistSex #QueerHistory