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minus-squareEl BartolinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-22 years agoI hate every religion equally, but let’s be clear that you’re thinking of catholic priests, not pastors. Edit: well, I’ve been schooled.
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglish7•2 years agohttps://www.npr.org/2022/06/02/1102621352/how-the-southern-baptist-convention-covered-up-its-widespread-sexual-abuse-scand
minus-squareFuglyDucklinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoGonna drop this one, as well: https://stopabusecampaign.org/2018/01/08/is-there-more-sexual-abuse-in-the-protestant-churches-than-the-catholic-church/ Also there was that incident with the Dalai Lama, and some reports from Muslim-dominate worlds in Islam.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years agoAmerican protestant pastors also molest kids. Secular coaches too. Teachers as well. Also doctors and nurses.
minus-squareFuglyDucklinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-22 years agoIt’s a global problem. Basically any one in power over kids. Which is why it’s important to pay attention to how those people act around your kids. Most aren’t. But enough are.
minus-squareFuglyDucklinkfedilinkEnglish13•2 years agoEvery major denomination that has looked into it has found similar- or more frequent- instances of abuse. Every. Denomination. The only religions that “don’t have a problem” haven’t invested in the effort to check.
minus-squareThe BartolinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoI can’t think of any major religion that doesn’t have a child molestation scandal of some sort.
No… Pastor only says that to the kids.
I hate every religion equally,
but let’s be clear that you’re thinking of catholic priests, not pastors.Edit: well, I’ve been schooled.
https://www.npr.org/2022/06/02/1102621352/how-the-southern-baptist-convention-covered-up-its-widespread-sexual-abuse-scand
Gonna drop this one, as well: https://stopabusecampaign.org/2018/01/08/is-there-more-sexual-abuse-in-the-protestant-churches-than-the-catholic-church/
Also there was that incident with the Dalai Lama, and some reports from Muslim-dominate worlds in Islam.
American protestant pastors also molest kids. Secular coaches too. Teachers as well. Also doctors and nurses.
It’s a global problem. Basically any one in power over kids.
Which is why it’s important to pay attention to how those people act around your kids. Most aren’t. But enough are.
Every major denomination that has looked into it has found similar- or more frequent- instances of abuse.
Every. Denomination. The only religions that “don’t have a problem” haven’t invested in the effort to check.
Holy shit! I stand corrected, then.
I can’t think of any major religion that doesn’t have a child molestation scandal of some sort.