[Vision2020] Fw: BREAKING NEWS: Northwest Jesuits to pay $166 million to sexual-abuse victims

[Joe Campbell]

The problem is much worse than this, right? It isn't just a "Catholic" problem.

Even if Priests are allowed to marry, the problem will not go away. 

You make it seem as if Protestant churches etc. don't have these problems but that's false as local examples show.



On Mar 26, 2011, at 7:12 AM, Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> The problem here is that the Catholic Church fosters a haven for those with a proclivity for victimizing children because the Church denounces marriage and prevent women from serving as priests.
>  
> If priests were forced to marry, their spouses would likely know they were child molesters. If women were priests, they would be less likely to offend, less likely to tolerate the abuse, and more likely to notice when it was occurring.
>  
> What better place for a child molester to proliferate their sickness, conceal it from others, and maximize the number of their victims than a place where they don't marry and have unlimited and unrestricted access to children whom believe they are the hand and voice of God?
>  
> Donovan Arnold 
> 
> --- On Fri, 3/25/11, Art Deco <deco at moscow.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Art Deco <deco at moscow.com>
> Subject: [Vision2020] Fw: BREAKING NEWS: Northwest Jesuits to pay $166 million to sexual-abuse victims
> To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Date: Friday, March 25, 2011, 5:06 PM
> 
> The only problem here is that many of these so-called holy men ought be spending life in prison, but it does not appear that hardly any were ever charged.
>  
> Way to go, criminal justice system!
>  
> w.
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> Friday, March 25, 2011
> Northwest Jesuits to pay $166 million to sexual-abuse victims
> In one of the largest payouts in the Roman Catholic Church's sexual abuse crisis, the Jesuits of the Northwest will pay $166.1 million to 500 victims.
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