| highwaystar101 said: Disgusting man. To be fair, as far as I'm aware church officials are not statistically more likely to commit child abuse than a normal member of the public*, it just becomes far more high profile when it does happen. But still, this kind of stuff is abhorrent. What's especially terrible is that these people have the audacity to commit the crime and then intimidate the victims into silence, by abusing their position of power and their religious doctrines to keep their victims living in fear. Terrible, just terrible. I don't know how humans can act like this. (*I don't where I got that info from, but I have heard it before. Feel free to prove me wrong if you know otherwise) |
No you're right.
Actually they are statistically less likely to do so. Young children are actually safer with a priest then most people.
The horrible part is the coverup really.
Why they defend it is likely because they see it more as a "weakness" rather then a psychologically persistant problem.
Something that can be fixed rather then needed to be monitored... and that if fixed, such a scandle would pretty much ruin that persons life... well for life.
