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Credibly accused? Or simply accused?


2 posted on 08/14/2018 10:19:45 AM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd ( Flag burners can go screw -- I'm mighty PROUD of that ragged old flag)
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
That's the whole trouble. You just can't tell anymore. Whenever money is doled out for compensation, you can bet that there will be a lot accusations to try their luck.

I don't know a single person who got through Catholic schools in the 1960s or 1970s who did not have a nun whack them across the fingers with a ruler. Today, even that would be called abuse.

3 posted on 08/14/2018 10:32:39 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd

I would suggest that if two or more accuse the same man, it should be looked into with zeal.

That would be the Christian thing to do.


7 posted on 08/14/2018 10:49:01 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
How many of them are still alive?

They've about bled the Catholic Church in this country dry, they'll start in on all other Christians soon enough. It'll be interesting to see whether people screaming about Catholics accept the same sort of proof for claims against non-Catholic schools and pastors as they're eagerly eating up now. Proof that almost all comes from the very same sort of democrat scum that 80% of Evangelicals say lie about everything else, by the way.

All in all, an interesting study in the human preference for things that fit their preconceptions and the ease with which they adopt as a preconception whatever the media formerly known as mainstream have pumped out for decades.

9 posted on 08/14/2018 10:56:31 AM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
Credibly accused? Or simply accused?

Scanning the report (which is available online) it appears to be a mixture of both. Some is well-documented with police reports and subpoenaed files. Others involve accusations that were made in emails or anonymous letters decades later. Many of the priests have died.

For the well-documented cases the details are truly stomach-turning.


11 posted on 08/14/2018 12:41:38 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
From the report...

"The report cites 301 priests, clergy and lay teachers with credible allegations against them. 
There are 99 in the Diocese of Pittsburgh alone.


Of those 99, a group of four groomed and violently sexually assaulted young boys, said Shapiro.


“One boy was forced to stand on a bed in a rectory, strip naked and pose as Christ on the cross 
for the priests. They took photos of their victim, adding them to a collection of child pornography 
which they produced and shared on church grounds,” Shapiro said.


Shapiro said the priests would mark their victims by giving them gifts.


“To make it easier to target their victims, the priests gave their favored boys gifts – 
gold crosses to wear as necklaces. The crosses were markings of which boys had 
been groomed for abuse,” Shapiro said.

12 posted on 08/14/2018 12:58:25 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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