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Go protest the pedophile catholic priests, you idiotic neo-nazi scums! Leave drag queens and the LGBTQIA community alone. I wish there actually were a hell for the scum that cause untold harm to children and innocent men and women.
Priest found guilty of sexually assaulting a 7 year old boy. October 13, 2022.
https://www.detroitnews.com/picture-gallery/media/photo/2022/10/13/priest-found-guilty-sexually-assaulting-7-year-old-boy/10491084002/?itm_medium=recirc&itm_source=taboola&itm_campaign=internal&itm_content=ExploreMore
Why is San Franciscos top Catholic shielding pedophile priests?
https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/why-is-san-francisco-s-top-catholic-shielding-pedophile-priests/article_ac4dd79a-4474-11ed-bf00-97b7b100cc69.html
Op/Ed: Priest convicted of pedophilia avoids prison. Will there be clerical consequences?
https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/2022/12/09/enforce-legal-clerical-penalties-for-priests-convicted-of-pedophilia-in-indiana/69713284007/
According to an extensive study produced by John Jay College for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, about 4 percent of priests in ministry from the study period (1950-2002) were accused of sexual abuse.
https://www.pintas.com/sexual-assault-lawyer/clergy-sexual-abuse/what-percentage-of-catholic-priests-have-been-accused-of-abuse/
There's so many pedophile priests in the US, a data bank exists!
https://www.abuselawsuit.com/church-sex-abuse/accused-clergy/
ItsjustMe
(11,274 posts)rubbersole
(6,749 posts)The biggest "groomers" alive.
Initech
(100,129 posts)keithbvadu2
(37,011 posts)Not just unmarried Catholic priests.
Married Baptist/Protestant pastors, rabbis, Imams, church youth workers, etc...
It's the availability of potential victims.
SunSeeker
(51,787 posts)What blows my mind is people still trust priests to be alone with their kids, even after all we've learned about rampant priest sexual abuse.
Lunabell
(6,133 posts)They don't report. They counsel them in the church, get forgiven and promise not to do it again!! Argh! It just infuriates me!!
Celerity
(43,690 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
(8,141 posts)Genki Hikari
(1,766 posts)Arrested or convicted of child sex crimes in one month.
Ah. I did bookmark it.
Genki Hikari
(1,766 posts)The Freedom from Religion Foundation (they used to have a black collar crimes section in their treeware newsletter), or from Bruce Gerenscer's site. He lives to report on every single clergy member convicted of a crime.
https://brucegerencser.net/category/black-collar-crime/