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w1n5t0nM1k3y t1_iy82fz9 wrote

This is what happens when things aren't investigated and people aren't formally charged/convicted. Letting peole resign and then forgetting about the problem isn't a solution to police misconduct.

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SaltyBarDog t1_iy84dtw wrote

Like the Catholic Church and priests? Confession, a nosh, and all is forgiven, father. Now we are going to transfer you to a different Parrish.

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FreshlyWashedScrotum t1_iy8imzg wrote

Don't let Protestants off the hook here. Protestants just as fond of child grooming as Catholics are.

The DOJ is investigating Southern Baptists following sexual abuse crisis

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DPSOnly t1_iy9xqam wrote

It is easier to point to catholics because there is 1 of them and about 5000 brands of protestantism, also, the pope runs one of the biggest corporations in the world, so there is money there (that he refuses to give out) for compensation.

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Yolectroda t1_iyae9ii wrote

This is a factor in so much more than just this issue. For example, on basically any regulatory violation, large companies tend to comply better than smaller ones, but it's much easier to go after McDonald's or Wal-Mart than after the local mom & pops or even the mid-tier companies, and when you do go after the big guys, as you said, there's more money (and better press).

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downfall-placebo t1_iyc11mj wrote

Are you serious? Big guys are untouchable. Mom & pops are struggling everywhere they can't comply with ever changing BS regulations and don't have law firms attached to them.

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Yolectroda t1_iyc4lon wrote

You pretty much 100% agreed with me. Smaller companies have a harder time complying with regulations, while big guys don't. This is sometimes a good thing (the local McDonald's is likely cleaner than the local dive), but is often just a symptom of regulatory capture.

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Responsible-Year408 t1_iyaf14p wrote

They give as little to possible to their victims and as much as possible to buy influence in politics. $3 million in Kansas this year alone.

Any dollar you give to a church goes directly towards taking away human rights and protecting sec offenders. Tax the churches into the fucking ground

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PigSlam t1_iyath65 wrote

And the whole celibacy thing the Catholic clergy do that the Protestants don’t might lead to a few more desperate acts.

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WhyBuyMe t1_iybll0w wrote

That really doesn't pan out though. There are abuse scandals in pretty much every organization where adults have power over children. All sorts of religious organizations, religious and secular schools, the Boy Scouts, numerous little league sports teams have all had child abuse scandals.

When a celibate priest decides they can't uphold their vow, they don't automatically turn to abusing children, they end up with adults. There are plenty of stories of priests either dating someone secretly, or visiting sex workers. Sometimes, they quit entirely and get married rather than continue as a priest.

Whether or not celibacy for priests is a good idea can be debated, but abstaining from sex for long periods of time does not turn you into a pedophile.

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[deleted] t1_iybvn3a wrote

True. Whenever you hear about a cult for instance, 8/10 times not only the leader abuses the adults in the sect but then somehow they all end up abusing the children too. I don’t think they are conventional pedophiles, I think it’s the narcissism that makes them believe they are entitled to whatever they want because they are god on earth or some shit. In the cas e of the catholic priests, they just seemed to have kids around in church activities and they are easier to manipulate and scare into silence than adults. I think it’s more of a “crime of opportunity” but of course not all the cases are the same.

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SaltyBarDog t1_iyb0vky wrote

You could add both Mormons and Orthodox Judaism to child abusers.

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bobguy117 t1_iybfm83 wrote

Cops and priests have the same job: abuse as many people as possible under the pretense of moral superiority

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stuckinaboxthere t1_iybtari wrote

Basically anyone in an unregulated position of trust and power in the community will undoubtedly abuse said power and trust

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bobguy117 t1_iybwxd6 wrote

They don't have to, but cops and priests have enough unchecked power over their communities that the jobs only appeal to the absolute worst kind of human.

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misconceptions_annoy t1_iyd5y5u wrote

Pope still hasn’t released records of who attended (was forced into) residential schools in Canada, even after we found over a thousand dead kids (probably more dead from disease than from direct abuse, but why was this a surprise/not officially recorded, and why did they put kids in close, unsanitary conditions without enough food?).

Worse, the articles about it mostly describe someone asking for it then talk about how wonderfully gracious the pope was during the meeting and never mention that he didn’t give over the records - leaving the impression that he did.

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SaltyBarDog t1_iydksvx wrote

Just because present Pope isn't as shitty as previous Pope, does not make him a good person. I wish the media would stop helping the Church trying to rehab their shitty image.

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LurkerOrHydralisk t1_iy9hcxe wrote

You mean sexually assaulting a minor should result in criminal charges regardless of your profession?

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greatvaluemeeseeks t1_iyau4ar wrote

Woah woah woah...how was the cop supposed to know he wasn't supposed to do that if it wasn't specifically outlined in the department's rulebook? His actions were consistent with the department's policies!

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