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trotsky

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4. I don't think anyone has ever said the RCC could stop all child abuse, even that by their priests.

Reply to Lordquinton (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 28, 2019, 05:55 PM

Jan 2019

But what they CAN stop doing is covering it up and protecting the abusers, which is all the survivors want.

That shifting of the discussion is a desperate tactic by someone who has lost the argument a long time ago. Harmony indeed.

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Pope says Vatican abuse summit will not end crisis [View all] Eugene Jan 2019 OP

The crisis will end when enough Catholics vote with their feet Major Nikon Jan 2019 #1

The crisis cannot end until the RCC changes. trotsky Jan 2019 #2

Hmmmm Lordquinton Jan 2019 #3

I don't think anyone has ever said the RCC could stop all child abuse, even that by their priests. trotsky Jan 2019 #4

It's simply horrifying that they can't even grasp the problem. Pope George Ringo II Jan 2019 #5

It's not about stopping all abuse everywhere Lordquinton Jan 2019 #9

But whatabout those Chinese atheists? Major Nikon Jan 2019 #7

The worst part of that is how it diminishes the problem Lordquinton Jan 2019 #8

Uh... Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #6