[SuziQ]

I have no doubt that some kids might have been abused, but this study is lumping humiliation with beating and rape, which makes it suspect in my eyes. I'm not saying it didn't happen, but I don't think it happened on a large scale on a regular basis.

It seems like much of it happened from the 20's to the late 50's, when the custom was to spank kids who were behavior problems, and yet, some would get beaten, by their parents as well as some teachers, or other authority figures. That doesn't mean the priests, nuns and brother should have sexually abused, or even beaten the kids beyond a mere spanking. It does make me wonder why this information hadn't come out years ago.

[dangus]

I bet there was a fair amount of rape, but I bet it wasn’t the girls who were raped. Christian Brothers are definitely high on the ick factor. That said, the reporting of this seems sensationalist and filled of sweeping generalizations.

[dangus]

I bet there was a fair amount of rape, but I bet it wasn’t the girls who were raped. Christian Brothers are definitely high on the ick factor. That said, the reporting of this seems sensationalist and filled of sweeping generalizations.