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somewhatslightlydazed
Free MemberI wonder what the figures would be if you looked at any similar sized organization over the same length of time?
Interesting question but it's the coverups and acceptance of abuse that's the real concern, rather than the incidence. As soon as you decide to allow an abuser to continue their abuse, you are an accomplice.
And of course, this is the church- an organisation not shy of moralising In fact, they have representatives in the house of lords to further said moralising. Chose not to get their own house in order for generations but were always keen on telling other people where not to put it. Same sex relationships are wrong, unless cough it's a priest and a child in which case, crack on. So to speak.
We had a chap found guilty of sexual offences a while back, we got a bit of flak over it but basically it led to a succesful prosecution because the uni went "**** that" and did everything we could to get the bastard. The it turned out that he'd left another university with a confidentiality deal after a similar complaint, and that he was kicked out of seminary for yet another similar complaint.
If any of the organisations that had previously caught this particular guy had acted appropriately, then less young people would have been harmed. That makes them complicit. Same with the church. You're not just "tolerating" it, you're enabling it and encouraging it.
If any of the organisations that had previously caught this particular guy had acted appropriately, then less young people would have been harmed. That makes them complicit
The exact same thing can be said of councils, youth groups, sports clubs etc. All of the failings in this report have been identified in these type of groups as well.
It’s about time some of the senior management of the CoE were prosecuted for negligence ...
However as the Catholic Church also seem to have managed to evade kiddie fiddling on a grand scale , I doubt it will ever happen.