Posted on 09/09/2014 12:20:01 PM PDT by Dr. Thorne
From the former North Catholic High School in Pittsburgh's Troy Hill to Australia, 157 victims have accused 31 members of the Marianist order of sexual abuse, records show.
Watchdog groups, victims and their attorneys say officials with the religious order failed to stop the abuse or to adequately supervise those accused. Experts say such abuse went on for decades in part because of a culture that granted members of religious groups more credibility than children.
A spokeswoman for the St. Louis-based Marianist Province of the United States did not respond to questions about how many members have been accused of abuse, where they taught, how many lawsuits have been filed nationwide and how much money has been paid in settlements.
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What’s that mean?
I was Marianist educated in the sixties, we had one teacher who tried something. He got a beatdown and was dismissed from the order before the sun rose.
He then became artistic director for a local theater, and a favorite of the hoity-toity artsy elite.
I think what you’ve got here is good doctrine and bad discipline.
I think what you’ve got here is good doctrine and bad discipline.
...regarding the OP, I think what we’ve got here is good doctrine, bad discipline, and completely clueless posters...
What’s that mean?
...I think he means that that being Catholic made them do it...surprised he’s not dragging the Pope into it...
Standard anti-Catholic boilerplate.
DNFTT
DNFTT
Give him time, give him time.
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