breaking: French priests abused 216,000 victims since 1950

[Demovictory9]

**I heard this report was going to be dropped soon. word was that the world was going to be shocked by the extent of abuse**

Some 216,000 children have been victims of abuse by members of the Catholic clergy in France since 1950, the head of a panel investigating abuses by church members says.


Jean-Marc Sauvé made the comments as a lengthy report was released into sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church.

The report was based on Church, court and police archives as well as interviews with victims.

It was commissioned by the French Catholic Church in 2018, following a number of scandals in other countries.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/french-priests-abused-216000-victims-since-1950/ar-AAP9mLP?ocid=msedgntp

[BlueTsunami2018]

1. I'm not shocked at all.

This is just cults doing what cults do.

[Sherman A1]

2. Disgusting

Simply disgusting.

[twodogsbarking]

3. Don't stay for mass if the other altar boy doesn't show.

Rule number one.

[malaise]

4. Abusing children is part of the institution

or it would not happen everywhere they show up.

[llmart]

5. +1000

How many grown men are out there that can never openly admit or even admit to themselves that this happened to them?

[malaise]

9. Hitchens was correct

[Baitball Blogger]

6. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[Demovictory9]

7. that documentary about Catholic priest abuse was revealing.. it followed the case of one priest

who was acused of abuse. at end of documentary, its revealed that the priest was abused himself by older brother and in the priest seminaries. apparently the seminaries are use.. rife with abuse, older boy abusing young ones... places of generational transference of abuse.

so many of these priests have suffered from abuse themselves.

[malaise]

8. A cousin of a friend wanted to be a priest - he arrived at the seminary

and left in under three days. He could not believe the number of predators (young and old) who were banging at his door from day one. The family knew some of the church hierarchy and complained bitterly - the church leaders merely covered it up. The entire family left the church.

[Demovictory9]

12. he was lucky his parents belived him. Many parents thought the kids were lying about priest abuse

[Kingofalldems]

10. Wouldn't be surprised if it has been going on for centuries.

[temporary311]

11. That's likely a given.

The Catholic Church is an international pedophile ring, and it didn't just suddenly become that in 1950.