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Agreed. It's always the coverup, as evil as the initial act. Merlot Dec 2018 #1
More evil, in my opinion. MineralMan Dec 2018 #5
Also snowybirdie Dec 2018 #2
Who would go into a profession where you can't marry Beakybird Dec 2018 #3
There are many reasons people become priests. MineralMan Dec 2018 #8
I agree. People also mostly dont know the immense good that Catholic Charities does. mahina Dec 2018 #4
The bad always overrides the good where news is concerned. MineralMan Dec 2018 #12
Al Capone ran a soup kitchen. Eva Peron fed the hungry. Pope George Ringo II Dec 2018 #20
Bergoglio's criminal cartel. Voltaire2 Dec 2018 #6
It predates him, as well. MineralMan Dec 2018 #7
The other thing Cartoonist Dec 2018 #9
Yes. That myth makes things much, much worse. MineralMan Dec 2018 #10
If you are a child rapist, the priesthood offers all sorts of benefits beyond access to victims Major Nikon Dec 2018 #13
What is the percentage compared to the general population? Major Nikon Dec 2018 #11
There is really no way to know. MineralMan Dec 2018 #14
I think there is a way to know Major Nikon Dec 2018 #15
That is beginning to happen. We're starting to hear about actual MineralMan Dec 2018 #16
AGs are having to pry the information out of the RCC Major Nikon Dec 2018 #17
Yes, of course. MineralMan Dec 2018 #18
I think these things happen more in any institution with an authoritarian base to it. safeinOhio Dec 2018 #19
Schools, Boy Scouts, military, police forces, families guillaumeb Dec 2018 #21
This is the Religion Group, Guy. MineralMan Dec 2018 #22
Your avoidance of the obvious point is noted. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #23
So we can't expect morality from groups who pretend to be moral authorities Major Nikon Dec 2018 #24
All of these groups make some claim. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #25
I don't remember the Boy Scouts lobbying against civil rights Major Nikon Dec 2018 #26
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