[sitetest]

Dear big'ol_freeper,

For the sake of accuracy, there were a few priests who were genuinely pedophilic, assaulting children as young as six years of age.

However, the gist of your post is correct - this was primarily a scandal of active, aggressive, typical homosexuals being permitted into the priesthood.

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[big'ol_freeper]

...and the Church dealt with it, even before it had to be dragged kicking and screaming to disclose the extent of the problem. Almost all cases stem from the 60’s and 70’s.

Now if there were only the witch hunt there needs to be in the public schools.

[SkyPilot]

For the sake of accuracy, there were a few priests who were genuinely pedophilic, assaulting children as young as six years of age.

More than "a few."

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The tragedy of the Church was its moving around priests, ignoring sexual abuse victims and their families, and covering up for abuser for decades.

This is all in court records. Shall I post them for you?

I knew Father Tom Doyle for years - and spoke to this issue personally with him many, many times.

[SkyPilot]

Oh, and by the way, this is just one instance:

At least 789 children and probably more than 1,000 have been sexually abused by 250 priests and other church workers in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston since 1940, according to a 16-month investigation by the Massachusetts attorney general that was made public today.

That is just one.

Now, think about this. The great majority of sexual abuse cases are not, nor have they ever, been reported.

There are literally thousands and thousands of abuse victims.

I really can't stand it when people try to minimize this tragedy with language like yours. "only a few."