When I was a kid, my grandmother worked at one of the Catholic churches where the priest had been accused of sexually abusing children. I had been to this church, shaken this man's hand.
During this time, my grandma appeared on the news, wildly pleading, "He's a good man! He did nothing wrong!" I remember my father's crazed laughter as he manically searched for a VHS tape to record the scene.
Never mind he went to court at least. It seems that of all the horrors he didn’t rape them or the ones that he did were the ones too scared to testify.
I am about sick of people singling out Catholics; not because Catholics are innocent, but because it's religious institutions, in general. Cat's are not the first or worst, it's time to stop pretending they are.
I guess they get singled out because the church did it “better” than anyone else did. The numbers of kids who were raped is staggering, in some places over a percent of the children were of the total population.
Then give the victims voice and credit for being the ones who spoke up, because religious institutions existed before Christianity. Go see what the old testament says makes rape of kids ok, eg.
Yeah other religions dabbled in horror but Christianity was the GOAT. You don’t rule 5.5 out of the 6 habitable continents by being nice, you do it by making sure everyone who disagrees is murdered.
Indeed, this is not about this or that faith. It is about power. Wherever people have power over other people, abuse happens. Faith is just one of many possible ways.
They are the butt of the jokes but others are just as guilty of abuse both sexual, physical, and mental.
Muslim Imams rape young boys. Christian youth pastors sexually assault children in their charge. In my opinion the only difference is that Catholics have designed a worldwide network to move abusers around, knowing they would assault and rape again.
Catholics have designed a worldwide network to move abusers around
This is the reason Could Catholics get singled out. They actively work against efforts to punish the abusers or correct the behavior. When youth pastors are caught, there are repercussions.
Protestants aren’t better in this respect. If they had the infrastructure they would also move abusers around to protect them. If the only reason someone doesn’t commit mass murder is a lack of means, that doesn’t make them a moral person, it makes them immoral and thankfully incapable.
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