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In 2010, seven credible cases of abuse were reported in a church that numbers over 65 million adherents.
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I see that in 2010 seven cases of credible predatory sexual battery by catholic priests is an acceptable amount for you.....easily dismissed with a wave of your hand......for the better good and all of that, right?
Of course, it's much much worse if it's seven cases out of the couple million Lutherans or Baptists......right?
Saying there were only seven cases in 2010 so "nothing to see here, move along" is like saying there's only a handful of domestic battery cases in a small town. The reality is that there are many many more, they just never get reported.
The corruption runs far and deep in the catholic system just like it does in our government.
Be dismissive all you want of the seriousness of such things because I took my blinders off a long time ago. I understand that 1 in 65 million would be too many. But I'm crazy like that.

When have I ever been dismissive. I have only state it is not a “priestly” problem but a “gay” problem and that the BSA were right to keep their policy on banning homosexuals. That in no way dismisses the problem but says it is a problem no matter where it happens and who commits the crime.

Oh and I was the one who suggested that it was too bad somebody did not have a gun when the priest ran up to them in his underwear while they were comforting his victim. Yet I dismiss abuse?

The problem is that certain people are focused only on sexual abuse that happens in the Catholic Church and imply that it is a “Catholic” problem. This is more dismissive of abuse then any of us writing that abuse is evil no matter where it happens and we point out rightly that percentage wise other institutions have a much bigger problem with predators among their ranks. Oh and some of those places are actually teaching our children that sexual immorality is a good thing.

They are grooming our children to be future victims by telling them homosexual behavior is not wrong and should even be celebrated.