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To: MtnClimber
Back in the 1960's and 1970's the Catholic Church had a real problem with men who were pedophiles. They went through all the hoops to become priests. Then, as they went out to all the parishes their real intentions became clear.

At the time all the altar servers were boys who were mostly prepubescent. Those faux priests then took horrific advantage of the youth and innocence of those boys.
NOW there are girls who serve as altar servers.
The Catholic Church has JUST finished with all the civil suits against the Church...that's almost FIFTY years later.

Now priests in formation have to go through all sorts of pre-priest tests. With lie detectors, for example, their pedophilia will emerge.
Yes, I know. Some a*****e pedophile will always slip through and pass the lie detector test. But since then those a*****e pedophilia problems have all but disappeared.

About time.

6 posted on 08/28/2026 1:50:37 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: cloudmountain
Yes, I know. Some a*****e pedophile will always slip through and pass the lie detector test. But since then those a*****e pedophilia problems have all but disappeared.

yes, there were pedo (mostly homosexual-pederast priests) who came out of seminaries in the 1960s-1980s. They certainly caused quite a lot of trouble, abuse, losses to the Church - and headlines

But in fact, even during the worst years - the sexual abuse rate of priests was still lower than organizations like public schools, Boy Scouts, youth sports leagues, and similar to other religious organizations (where investigations were done).

The Church certainly has been chastised for their faults. And our secular media certainly made sure the entire country knew all about it.

What about other organizations? Secularists have also destroyed the Boy Scouts - but what about other organizations, particularly public ones? Where do they stand today?

8 posted on 08/28/2026 2:03:59 PM PDT by PGR88
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