Sins and misconduct of organized religion

[The Cat]

 

[Virtual ghost]

Greek Orthodox priest attacks bishops with acid

 

[Doctor Cringelord]

 

[Siúil a Rúin]

They are talking about how she joined the convent at 16, but that confirmation happens at 13 where as a child you have to make a lifelong choice to be devoted to God.

I have a funny anecdote because I was baptized when I was 8, and when I was in line to get dunked, Jimmy, a little boy I was in love with who had big brown eyes and curly hair was standing across from me. We were making dreamy eyes at each other and I didn't think about God at all.

 

[Kephalos]

The Roman Catholic Church Investigation Report | IICSA Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

Between 1970 and 2015, the Roman Catholic Church received more than 900 complaints involving over 3,000 instances of child sexual abuse against more than 900 individuals connected to the Church, including priests, monks and volunteers. In the same period, there were 177 prosecutions resulting in 133 convictions. Civil claims against dioceses and religious institutes have resulted in millions of pounds being paid in compensation.

It would be wrong, however, to regard child sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church as solely a historical problem. Since 2016, there have been more than 100 reported allegations each year. Across the entire period of nearly 50 years covered by this Inquiry, the true scale of sexual abuse of children is likely to have been much higher.

The Anglican Church Investigation Report | IICSA Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

The Church of England is the largest Christian denomination in the country, with over a million regular worshippers. Convictions of sexual abuse of children by people who were clergy or in positions of trust associated with the Church date back to the 1940s. The total number of convicted offenders associated with the Church from the 1940s until 2018 is 390. In 2018, 449 concerns were reported to the Church about recent child sexual abuse, of which more than half related to church officers. Latterly, a significant amount of offending involved the downloading or possession of indecent images of children. The Inquiry examined a number of cases relating to both convicted perpetrators and alleged perpetrators, many of which demonstrated the Church’s failure to take seriously disclosures by or about children or to refer allegations to the statutory authorities.

 

[Kephalos]

More Catholic misconduct:

French report: 330,000 children victims of church sex abuse

Victims of sex abuse within France’s Catholic Church have welcomed a new report that says an estimated 330,000 children were sexually abused over the past 70 years.

apnews.com

 

[Kephalos]

L. Ron Hubbard said it best, if you want to get rich start a religion:

AP: Catholic Church lobbied for taxpayer funds, got $1.4B

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid, with many millions going to dioceses that have paid huge settlements or sought bankruptcy protection because of clergy sexua

apnews.com

 

[Kephalos]

The worst get to the top in the Catholic Church:

“In a total of four cases, we came to the conclusion that the then-archbishop, Cardinal Ratzinger, can be accused of misconduct,” said one of the report’s authors, Martin Pusch.
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Another of the report’s authors, Ulrich Wastl, said Benedict’s claim not to have attended a meeting in 1980 in which the priest’s transfer to Munich was discussed lacks credibility.

“In all cases, Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI strictly denies any wrongdoing on his part,” Pusch said, and the retired pontiff cites largely “lack of knowledge of the facts and a lack of relevance under canon and criminal law.” But he added that the assertions of lack of knowledge were sometimes “hard to reconcile” with the contents of church files.

https://apnews.com/article/pope-fra...rmany-europe-c75f721f469f969d05348703c093e53d