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Do you not think your comment would have been better without the final sentence?

osullish 3y ago
I think his last sentence doesn't go far enough - I'm not sure how far I'd need to go to describe someone who covered up systemic child abuse on a global scale
- TedDoesntTalk 3y ago
  It always confused me how, at least in Boston, many many priests (but not the most egregious one or two) avoided prosecution for child abuse.
  - osullish 3y ago
    Same in Ireland, some high profile cases were prosecuted- but not the majority, and nothing happened the nuns - especially the evil that ran the mother and baby homes. 300+ babies discarded in a septic tank.
    - TedDoesntTalk 3y ago
      Do you have a link for the 300+ discarded babies? I'd like to read about that.
      - osullish 3y ago
        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Secours_Mother_and_Baby_Home https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Secours_Mother_and_Baby_...
        TedDoesntTalk 3y ago
        Thank you. No mention of prosecutions in that article. Perhaps many of the people who were in charge are no longer alive, but perhaps some still there. There's no mention of it that I see.
    - fknorangesite 3y ago
      And similarly in Canada as we are finding the unmarked graves of children at the former sites of the Residential "School" system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_gravesites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_sc... O'Connor was right.
      - TedDoesntTalk 3y ago
        I did not know about this. Thank you for sharing
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BugsJustFindMe 3y ago
I don't. Do you? If so, why?
prmoustache 3y ago
yeah think of those poor bastards who now are associated to the former chef of a child abuse cartel.
dang 3y ago
It was flamebait, but please let's not take the bait because a religious flamewar is not what we need here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- synetic 3y ago
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- basisword 3y ago
  That’s the reason I called it out as respectfully as I could. I was hoping OP would edit the comment given the rest of it is valid and gets the same point across.
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- nailer 3y ago
  Dan I don't think that comment was designed to be religious flamebait. It may seem like sectarianism if you're not Catholic so I understand feeling this way, but the people who are the most angry about Catholic priests raping children are people that grew up Catholic like myself. Ie, this isn't attacking anyone on the basis of their religion. I'd probably say the comment could be improved by adding a link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Pope_John_Paul_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Pope_John_Paul_II instead of 'that bastard' but criticism of people that facilitate child abuse is quite reasonable and very separate from attacking members of a particular religion.
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I think his last sentence doesn't go far enough - I'm not sure how far I'd need to go to describe someone who covered up systemic child abuse on a global scale

TedDoesntTalk 3y ago
It always confused me how, at least in Boston, many many priests (but not the most egregious one or two) avoided prosecution for child abuse.
- osullish 3y ago
  Same in Ireland, some high profile cases were prosecuted- but not the majority, and nothing happened the nuns - especially the evil that ran the mother and baby homes. 300+ babies discarded in a septic tank.
  - TedDoesntTalk 3y ago
    Do you have a link for the 300+ discarded babies? I'd like to read about that.
    - osullish 3y ago
      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Secours_Mother_and_Baby_Home https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Secours_Mother_and_Baby_...
      - TedDoesntTalk 3y ago
        Thank you. No mention of prosecutions in that article. Perhaps many of the people who were in charge are no longer alive, but perhaps some still there. There's no mention of it that I see.
  - fknorangesite 3y ago
    And similarly in Canada as we are finding the unmarked graves of children at the former sites of the Residential "School" system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_gravesites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_sc... O'Connor was right.
    - TedDoesntTalk 3y ago
      I did not know about this. Thank you for sharing
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BugsJustFindMe 3y ago

I don't. Do you? If so, why?

prmoustache 3y ago

yeah think of those poor bastards who now are associated to the former chef of a child abuse cartel.

dang 3y ago

It was flamebait, but please let's not take the bait because a religious flamewar is not what we need here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

synetic 3y ago
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basisword 3y ago
That’s the reason I called it out as respectfully as I could. I was hoping OP would edit the comment given the rest of it is valid and gets the same point across.
- synetic 3y ago
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nailer 3y ago
Dan I don't think that comment was designed to be religious flamebait. It may seem like sectarianism if you're not Catholic so I understand feeling this way, but the people who are the most angry about Catholic priests raping children are people that grew up Catholic like myself. Ie, this isn't attacking anyone on the basis of their religion. I'd probably say the comment could be improved by adding a link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Pope_John_Paul_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Pope_John_Paul_II instead of 'that bastard' but criticism of people that facilitate child abuse is quite reasonable and very separate from attacking members of a particular religion.
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