FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 days agoYour kids are safer at a drag show than a catholic churchmessage-squaremessage-square111linkfedilinkarrow-up1446arrow-down137
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minus-squareedible_funk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoYes but statistics indicate priests are not more likely to be pedophiles than any other profession that works regularly with children.
minus-squareFreshParsnip@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoThe problem with the catholic church isn’t just that a lot of preists are predators, it’s that the church covered up these crimes and moved preists to new places where they could continue being predators
minus-squareedible_funk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoYou’re right, my comment didn’t address how the church protects predators compared to other professions that work with kids.
minus-squareeestileib@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoStatistics need someone to report them, and someone to record them. If you haven’t experienced it you don’t know how tightly faith communities protect the people they worship.
Yes but statistics indicate priests are not more likely to be pedophiles than any other profession that works regularly with children.
The problem with the catholic church isn’t just that a lot of preists are predators, it’s that the church covered up these crimes and moved preists to new places where they could continue being predators
You’re right, my comment didn’t address how the church protects predators compared to other professions that work with kids.
Statistics need someone to report them, and someone to record them.
If you haven’t experienced it you don’t know how tightly faith communities protect the people they worship.