Comment on How come it seems for the past decades the Catholic Church has been plagued with sex crimes especially among young boys? How long has this been going on? Or did I just miss something up.

RedditSucks88@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Siegfried@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I thought this was far less common between protestants whose priests can actually have a family, but I rarely get any “protestant news” given that i live in a catholic country

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It happens at the same rate most likely, but I don’t think protestants have the same centralized authority that Catholics do to coordinate massive coverups, so the pastors usually get fired or “quietly retire” rather than being shifted to a new church where nobody knows you’re a pedo.

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  • scbasteve7@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Personally I feel like it happens less often. Catholic really have a reputation. I’ve only ever heard ‘altar boy’ to mean a young boy who’s being groomed and taken advantage of. I have no fucking clue what an altar boy really is.

    Whoever it definitely still happens with protestants. Usually with youth pastors (surprise, surprise).

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