Amazing how quickly one's point can be proven on these threads.
Posted on 12/02/2007 11:50:04 AM PST by NYer
Protestant Church Insurers Handle 168 Sex Abuse Cases A Year
-did anyone notice the small print in the articles on the Rochester, NH hostage taker.........he was awarded $$ for sexual abuse from the Catholic church....... RME
Hey, that’s the way Satan rolls.
His fingerprints are all over the place. How can people not see it?
On the other hand, being good little socialists, they can't attack the public schools because that's the mechanism for indoctrinating our youts into their socialist paradise.
Unfortunately, many (certainly no where near a majority) Christians of other denominations, gleefully ignorant of the media agenda and having their own bigotry toward the Catholic Church, are useful idiots for the media agenda; buying in completely and continually repeating the false "pedophilia" charge.
You can see it on here with the immediate posting of any charge of abuse against Catholic priests and the following piling on. One such poster with the initials A. M. seems to wake up in the morning itching to find anything he can to slice more wounds into the Body of Christ.
Of course saying this I will immediately be maligned saying I want to ignore the problem, which is not the case. The Catholic Church is fixing its inexcusable problem with homosexual priests (not pedophiles) while serial abusers in other Christian denominations, other faiths and in our public schools are thankful that they can continue to fly under the radar...thankful knowing that to bring the same indignation to non-Catholic priest abuse would spoil all the joy the anti-Christian bigots in the media and anti-Catholic bigots in the Christian and atheist world are having.
BTTT
>> Well, what a surprise! (not!)
I ditto that sentiment.
Discuss the issues all you want, but do NOT make it personal.
By contrast, the series pointed out, over a 52-year period, some 4,400 priests were “accused” of molestation.
Notice the difference between the word likely when talking about teachers and "accused" priests. One is idle speculation and the other represents, well, accusations. I particularly like the way the word accused is framed in quotation marks, to diminish the use of the word.
Obviously written by a Roman Catholic apologist
from the article: 52-year period, some 4,400 priests were “accused” of molestation
Guilty or not, we all know insurers will settle out of court, just because it is often more expedient than a protracted court battle.
Considering the millions of dollars ROME has paid out recently after actually being found guilty of such, I think you would know that.
Amazing how quickly one's point can be proven on these threads.
I think the big problem in the schools today can be traced to the societal acceptance of fornication among unmarried teens/young adults. If sex between unmarried persons, of whatever gender combination, is acceptable, then what is the objection to teacher-student sex, other than personal taste? If it’s okay for a 16-year-old girl to have sex with a 17-year-old boy, what *rational* objection can there be to her engaging in sex with a 30-year-old man? Maybe she finds him much more interesting than boys her own age. (Who wouldn’t?)
Yes, it’s true that there is an unequal power relationship between a teacher and a student, but that’s true of any sexual relationship, if we’re honest. The problem can’t really be addressed in a reasonable manner without affirming chastity as the non-negotiable norm for everyone.
Consider how your taxes would go up if your local school district were not protected by sovereign immunity. As a former teacher, I think the ap study is right on the mark. The fact is the Catholic Church is a target for claims lawyers. They can depend on the non-Catholic majority’s deep-rooted antipathy toward clerical celibacy.
You completely missed the point of putting “accused” in quotes.
It was not to diminish that there were accused men in the Church, but to point out that they were ACCUSED, not proven to be guilty, whereas the previously mention info states that every school district in the country is LIKELY to have an abuser working there right NOW.
So, some priests were accused, and were innocent, but EVERY school district in the USA is likely to have an abuser there right now.
You wrote: “Obviously written by a Roman Catholic apologist”
And only an anti-Catholic like you could have screwed up something so obvious.
Chuck Asay had a cartoon about this.
A preacher is accused of child molestation. The people vigorously protest, the church is closed down.
The people see a good building to be used for something so they turn it into a school.
A teacher in the school is accused of child molestation and the people say...”yawn”.
Kudos for an excellent summary!
If you read the article linked above, you know the biggest problem in tracking down those Protestant ministers involved in sex abuse stems from a lack of central authority. You go right ahead and continue to support these predators while lambasting the "accused" priests.
Can’t see the image - just a red circle with a white x.
**Teachers Vs. Priests - Unequal Treatment In the Media? **
I’m glad someone is picking up on this theme. I have thought it was true for a long time.
It was really about destroying the Catholic Church and getting her money.
Yes ... that follows a similar logic to "if it's okay to destroy the child growing in utero then why not after birth?". I'm waiting for some lawyer to use that argument to defend some youth who strangled or beat up a screaming newborn.
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