Did you or did you not suggest the one abused by priests were at fault because they didn’t speak up? IIRC I told you to request the post be pulled.
Absolutely not...IF they were true victims, and MANY were not, they deserve our sympathy. Some of them, however, only became victims when large settlements were being discussed....there were a minority of them who were willing participants because many of the incidents were homosexual attractions.
I was an altar boy, knew many altar boys, went to nice organized campouts, picnics etc designed to reward us and never heard of one one incidence of abuse of any kind....Milwaukee archdiocese.
As the picture of the abuse began to unfold, I immediately smelled a rat...while many were undoubtedly true and certainly mishandled by the church....many were total attempts to get in on the money bandwagon. I justify none of it, but it is such a miniscule part of church history as to be meaningless in the large picture....you do not judge the Catholic church by a virtual handfull of deranged employees who abused their possitions.