Just When You Think Catholic Church Stories Couldn’t Get Any Worse

[initforme]

Only a few relative to the great number of priests.
A ratio twice as great among public school teachers, but you don't care about that.

Our public schools here are spotless.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Pedophilia cases in the RCC have dwindled to near zero since 2005. I've already noted this. Your talking points are a lie. Careful.

Then, why do the cases keep coming. Your priests can't keep their hands off the kiddies.

 

[Mashmont]

Then, why do the cases keep coming. Your priests can't keep their hands off the kiddies.

Like in Tommy's story, every one of these allegations is half a century old or older. I wonder why there are no leftwing media exposes on the ongoing molestation problem in the public school system.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

How many Roman Catholic priesthood and pedophile cases have been filed in the last five years?


In the United States, there have been many lawsuits, criminal prosecutions, and scandals related to sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy over the years. Let’s take a closer look at the situation:

1. Historical Context:
   • The issue of child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests was first publicized in 1985 when a Louisiana priest pleaded guilty to 11 counts of molestation of boys.
   • It gained national attention in 2002 following a series of publications by The Boston Globe.
   • As more allegations surfaced and patterns of cover-ups were revealed in various large dioceses across the country, the issue became a nationwide scandal, creating a crisis for the Catholic Church in the United States1.
2. Scope and Nature:
   • Over many decades, priests and lay members of religious orders in the Roman Catholic Church had sexually abused children, primarily boys, on a large scale.
   • The accusations reached into the thousands of cases.
   • A significant factor was the actions of Catholic bishops who kept these crimes secret and often reassigned the accused priests to other parishes, where they continued to have unsupervised contact with youth.
   • Many accused priests were forced to resign or were laicized (removed from the priesthood).
   • Several bishops who participated in the cover-up were also forced to resign or retire1.
3. Financial Settlements:
   • The dioceses in which the crimes were committed found it necessary to make financial settlements with the victims.
   • These settlements are estimated to have surpassed $3 billion in total by 20121.
4. Zero Tolerance Policy:
   • The revelations led to a “zero tolerance” policy by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).
   • However, in December 2019, it was revealed that numerous bishops across the United States withheld hundreds of names from their accused clergy list1.
5. Recent Developments:
   • In Michigan, the Attorney General’s office recently announced that after five years of investigation into sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, they have wrapped up all active cases against clergy members, with many incidents dating back decades2.
   • A Church-commissioned report in 2004 stated that more than 4,000 US Roman Catholic priests had faced sexual abuse allegations in the last 50 years, involving more than 10,000 children, mostly boys3.

In summary, the issue of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy has had a significant impact in the United States, leading to legal actions, financial settlements, and changes in policies within the Church. The exact number of cases filed in the last five years may vary, but the overall impact has been substantial.

 

[Mashmont]

How many Roman Catholic priesthood and pedophile cases have been filed in the last five years?


In the United States, there have been many lawsuits, criminal prosecutions, and scandals related to sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy over the years. Let’s take a closer look at the situation:

1. Historical Context:
   • The issue of child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests was first publicized in 1985 when a Louisiana priest pleaded guilty to 11 counts of molestation of boys.
   • It gained national attention in 2002 following a series of publications by The Boston Globe.
   • As more allegations surfaced and patterns of cover-ups were revealed in various large dioceses across the country, the issue became a nationwide scandal, creating a crisis for the Catholic Church in the United States1.
2. Scope and Nature:
   • Over many decades, priests and lay members of religious orders in the Roman Catholic Church had sexually abused children, primarily boys, on a large scale.
   • The accusations reached into the thousands of cases.
   • A significant factor was the actions of Catholic bishops who kept these crimes secret and often reassigned the accused priests to other parishes, where they continued to have unsupervised contact with youth.
   • Many accused priests were forced to resign or were laicized (removed from the priesthood).
   • Several bishops who participated in the cover-up were also forced to resign or retire1.
3. Financial Settlements:
   • The dioceses in which the crimes were committed found it necessary to make financial settlements with the victims.
   • These settlements are estimated to have surpassed $3 billion in total by 20121.
4. Zero Tolerance Policy:
   • The revelations led to a “zero tolerance” policy by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).
   • However, in December 2019, it was revealed that numerous bishops across the United States withheld hundreds of names from their accused clergy list1.
5. Recent Developments:
   • In Michigan, the Attorney General’s office recently announced that after five years of investigation into sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, they have wrapped up all active cases against clergy members, with many incidents dating back decades2.
   • A Church-commissioned report in 2004 stated that more than 4,000 US Roman Catholic priests had faced sexual abuse allegations in the last 50 years, involving more than 10,000 children, mostly boys3.

In summary, the issue of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy has had a significant impact in the United States, leading to legal actions, financial settlements, and changes in policies within the Church. The exact number of cases filed in the last five years may vary, but the overall impact has been substantial.

And all of them a half-century old. Despite your ramblingly long copy-and-paste.
Again, what about the far worse and CONTINUING sex abuse going on in the godless public school system?

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

No, not all of them or even most of them a half century old. They covered the reporting from the 1960s to 2020s.

Your ecclesiastical have failed to cause a significant reeducation in the number of cases.

I know a priest who was beaten severely by two older boys when I was kid. He had abused a girl by whipping her. So he was whipped.