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You don't have to imagine it, it's a fact: 1. Every fourth pedophilia suspect in Poland is a priest, state commission reveals: https://www.rt.com/news/530345-p

You don't have to imagine it, it's a fact: 1. Every fourth pedophilia suspect in Poland is a priest, state commission reveals: https://www.rt.com/news/530345-poland-priest-pedophilia-church/ https://www.rt.com/news/530345-poland-priest-pedophilia-chur... 2. Royal commission: Seven per cent of Australian Catholic priests accused of abuse: https://web.archive.org/web/20181212044835/https://catholicherald.co.uk/news/2017/02/06/royal-commission-seven-per-cent-of-australian-catholic-priests-accused-of-abuse/ https://web.archive.org/web/20181212044835/https://catholich... 3. UK Catholic Church sorry for abuse by priests: https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/UK-Catholic-Church-sorry-for-abuse-by-priests/article16371795.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/UK-Catholic-Chur... 4. Irish church and police covered up child sex abuse, says report: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/26/ireland-church-sex-abuse https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/26/ireland-church... 5. The global scale of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/5/awful-truth-child-sex-abuse-in-the-catholic-church https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/5/awful-truth-child-s...

javagram 5y ago
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/do-the-right-thing/201003/six-myths-about-clergy-sexual-abuse-in-the-catholic-church https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/do-the-right-thing/2... Note also > 4 percent of Catholic priests in the U.S. sexually victimized minors during the past half century. No evidence has been published at this time which states this number is higher than clergy from other religious traditions. The 4 percent figure appears lower than school teachers during the same time frame, and certainly less than offenders in the general population of men. Research states that over 20 percent of American women and about 15 percent of American men were sexually violated by an adult when they were children.
jliptzin 5y ago
Why anyone would continue to support the Catholic Church -much less bring their children there - is totally astounding to me

javagram 5y ago

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/do-the-right-thing/201003/six-myths-about-clergy-sexual-abuse-in-the-catholic-church https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/do-the-right-thing/2... Note also > 4 percent of Catholic priests in the U.S. sexually victimized minors during the past half century. No evidence has been published at this time which states this number is higher than clergy from other religious traditions. The 4 percent figure appears lower than school teachers during the same time frame, and certainly less than offenders in the general population of men. Research states that over 20 percent of American women and about 15 percent of American men were sexually violated by an adult when they were children.

jliptzin 5y ago

Why anyone would continue to support the Catholic Church -much less bring their children there - is totally astounding to me