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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The unique example of a “corrupt organization,” yes? No other organization with any issues? No other corruption? No public entities with problems? Nope. Just the Catholics.
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I think this is akin to systemic vs. individual racism.

The RCC has a systemic child abuse problem. Not an individual problem, a systemic one. At the highest levels of the Church, there was an organized and systemic effort to cover up abuse, to move abusive priests from parish to parish, and to sideline and discredit child sexual abuse victims. It's baked into the crust.

Yes, other organizations have seen abuse occur but none have gone so far to side with abusers as the RCC.

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You haven’t got the slightest idea what you’re talking about. History is replete with examples of organizations, particularly public schools and other public entities with access to children, doing everything they could to keep their abuse problems quiet, and when that failed, hiding behind immunity to avoid making things right. Just recently, a major Protestant denomination (sorry, forget which) got caught red handed in a cover up of precisely the sort you assert was uniquely the province of the Catholic Church. The Church may have had its problems, and those might have been mismanaged (sometimes in relative good faith), but it is undeniable that the Church became and remains a primary target because of size, perceived wealth, archived records, and relative unwillingness to defend. Allegations against the Church also get more attention because of opposition to Church teaching on various issues and a desire to use such (typically unproven and in many cases highly questionable) allegations to undermine the Church’s moral authority. [/quote]

I used to believe this but now see the “everyone does it” as church propaganda. No one is out to get the church, just to protect innocent children. One reason I left was because too many parishioners took this naive view. [/quote]

“Everyone does it” is not a defense, but the assertion that the Church is unique in having hosted such offenses is utterly confabulated, and that needs to be acknowledged. [/quote]

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