tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5233005700656191021.post3065272047157796314..comments2023-03-22T05:48:01.427-07:00Comments on Yeah, but...: Catholicism and PedophiliaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01010829514185379535noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5233005700656191021.post-45055895890292788352013-02-14T07:00:34.553-08:002013-02-14T07:00:34.553-08:00"he Church has been historically bad at punis..."he Church has been historically bad at punishing and preventing this sort of abuse, and this can result in a single priest abusing many children before he is revealed. In other words there haven't been very many abusive priests, but many of those who have been abusive have been able to go on for far too long without intervention. One study estimated over 160 abuse cases per abusive priest."<br /><br />This. This is why people have been so angry at the Church and associated it with pedophiles and child abuse. The Church wasn't just bad at punishing and preventing child abuse. It actively covered up cases of abuse to try and protect its good name. And then even with all the fallout from the abuse scandals, the Catholic Church remains hesitant to punish and utterly ostracize abusers. This issue is probably the single largest failing of an institution that is supposed to protect the weak and the innocent. <br /><br />I am pained so greatly because I admire a number of my Catholic priest friends, and they have become associated with pedophiles and rapists. The only way to bring back some semblance of the Church's good name would be to stop giving tepid half-responses to abusive priests and instead just end them utterly. Revoke their priesthood and banish them from the Church.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13450077842384623698noreply@blogger.com