[bramps]

To anyone reading this article:

When you heard about Jerry Sandusky and Penn State, were you not horrified to learn that children were raped by a monster, others knew about it, yet did nothing to stop it and yet more children were raped?

Now please tell me what's different from this situation and what has happened at the Catholic church (except on a much larger scale at the Catholic church). Personally I don't think any embellishment is necessary. Please don't shoot the messenger, just tell me what's different.

[wideawake]

The difference would be if people extrapolated from Jerry Sandusky the following assumptions: that everyone who has ever coached for Penn State either knew all about it or were rapists themselves, and that Sandusky was just imitating his predecessors.

Another difference would be that in reality, Sandusky's accusers were credible enough to warrant a criminal trial. His victims seem to have been more interested in justice than cash. That is rarely the case exxlesiastically.

[Mrs. Don-o]

No, it's not different. In both cases, the guilt for this disgusting crime is shared both by the perv who did it, and those who knew, or should have known, but did nothing.

If anything, the crime is 10 times worse when done by someone consecrated to the Christian faith.

Brendan O'neill's point is the Irish and British journalists have falsely accused thousands, even tens of thousands of blameless priests and nuns, by their wild, and in some cases wilful, slanders.

False accusation protects no child, benefits no innocent person, and constitutes an assault on the only institutions which still teach that acts of sexual perversion are intrinsically immoral.

Surely you know that.

Yesrs ago, there was in my hometown a fireman who was an arsonist. Strange but true. What makes more sense: to prosecute him, and anyone who covered up incriminating evidence? Or to vilify, bankrupt with lawsuits, slander, and possibly abolish fire departments?

[Jim from C-Town]

The difference is that it happens much more often in sports that a coach sexually assaults a child than it ever happens in the Catholic Church. It happens more often in MOST areas of society. The Church is simply held to a higher standard. As they should be. There is also much more of an interest in damaging the Catholic Church than organized sports.

Like MOST male ‘Pedophiles’ Jerry Sandusky was a homosexual who preferred pubescent adolescent boys. They where all between age 12 - 19 and he started a charity ‘the Second Mile Foundation’ in order to increase his access to troubled teens whom he could engage in sexual acts. He is an Ephebophile. Many Homosexuals are. They desire young pubescent boys. Many older Homosexuals try to emulate the characteristics of pubescent boys like hairless chests and slight body builds in order to attract other homosexual men.