Comment on UK Pride Charity Founder Arrested On 37 Charges Involving Child Sex Abuse

• wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You made the weird bigoted claim. Yet you ask me for the cite?

  …duq.edu/…/catholic-priest-sex-abuse-scandals-how…

  public school teachers tend to offend in this way at a higher rate (5-7%) than Catholic priests or other clerics (4%

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  • protist@mander.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You completely misunderstood my point. Using sexual abuse cases perpetrated by someone whose identity you don’t like as an argument against that identity is what is bigoted. Deliberately ignoring similar cases perpetrated by people whose identity you do like is bigoted and perpetuates abuse.

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    • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You brought your religion. As the citation shows they are less likely to molest children. I never commented on the main article but I will comment on religious bigotry. It’s a myth.

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      • protist@mander.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        According to a study conducted by researchers at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, “4,392 priests and deacons had allegations of child sexual abuse from 1950 to 2002 against 10,667 children, representing approximately 4% of all priests in the United States in that time period.

        My god man, this is at the beginning of your source. You’re still completely missing my point in an effort to…I guess make it seem like child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church is a myth? Reread my previous comment and try to think about it again if you’re interested in trying to understand how what you’re saying here is totally off topic

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