re: #25 Shiplord Kirel

The endless revelations about pedophilia in the Catholic Church could quite possibly become the worst scandal in history by the time they have run their course. It appears in every part of the world and goes back at least as far as the living memory of the many witnesses and victims. There is no reason to suppose it wasn’t standard practice in centuries past. Indeed, anti-Catholic propaganda from the Reformation onward includes many such allegations. These were dismissed as scurrilous nonsense until recently. Now, though, we just don’t know. Has the cycle of abuse and institutional concealment been going on since the time of Constantine?
God forbid.

Let’s not make it only about Catholics — remember Warren Jeffs, Michael Strong, etc. etc etc. It’s really a non denominational problem within most fundamentalist and near fundamentalist religions. Statistically speaking you are safer letting any gay person babysit your child than you are in letting a church authority babysit your child.