For the last 2½ years, there's been an ongoing independent investigation in France into child abuse by Catholic clergy and lay-people (such as teachers in Catholic schools) since 1950. The final report was released this week.
It's certain that there were at least 3,000 priests who abused children during that period, and very likely many more. The worst that happened to virtually all those priests was that they were - in the classic Catholic way of handling such problems - moved to another parish when a complaint was made. Only a handful of them have ever been charged and stood trial.
The report states that at least 216,000 children were abused by priests and other clerics. When abuse that happened in Church-run schools, camps and other organisations is included, there were at least 330,000 children abused over that 70 year period.
The majority of the victims were boys, but a lot of girls were abused as well.
The true number of victims is very likely much higher, since many people will have either blanked the memory of the events from their memories or are still too embarrassed to say what happened. And, of course, this investigation only covered the last 70 years in France. There's no doubt that this shit has been going on for literally centuries in every country where there are Catholic churches and priests. I don't know if there's any country which hasn't yet had a Catholic abuse scandal, but if there is, you can be sure it's because the power of the Church and the local culture has prevented any serious investigations.
The Catholic church obviously doesn't have a monopoly on child abuse, but the contrast between the claimed moral authority and superiority of the Church and the way it worked so assiduously to conceal the problem is disgusting.
What is better? Catholicism or Protestantism?
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Protestantism by far. The Catholic church are a bunch of kiddy fiddlers.
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All elite organizations are kiddy fiddlers.
For the last 2½ years, there's been an ongoing independent investigation in France into child abuse by Catholic clergy and lay-people (such as teachers in Catholic schools) since 1950. The final report was released this week.
It's certain that there were at least 3,000 priests who abused children during that period, and very likely many more. The worst that happened to virtually all those priests was that they were - in the classic Catholic way of handling such problems - moved to another parish when a complaint was made. Only a handful of them have ever been charged and stood trial.
The report states that at least 216,000 children were abused by priests and other clerics. When abuse that happened in Church-run schools, camps and other organisations is included, there were at least 330,000 children abused over that 70 year period.
The majority of the victims were boys, but a lot of girls were abused as well.
The true number of victims is very likely much higher, since many people will have either blanked the memory of the events from their memories or are still too embarrassed to say what happened. And, of course, this investigation only covered the last 70 years in France. There's no doubt that this shit has been going on for literally centuries in every country where there are Catholic churches and priests. I don't know if there's any country which hasn't yet had a Catholic abuse scandal, but if there is, you can be sure it's because the power of the Church and the local culture has prevented any serious investigations.
The Catholic church obviously doesn't have a monopoly on child abuse, but the contrast between the claimed moral authority and superiority of the Church and the way it worked so assiduously to conceal the problem is disgusting.