This is one of those takes that’s so controversial I’m afraid to post it, which is exactly why I have to.

I neither endorse nor disavow this, and no, I’m not in the picture.

  • @rekabis@lemmy.ca
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    31 month ago

    Pedophiles are pretty much the most hated group in society.

    Not so. Some of them are lauded and widely admired by the populace as heads of congregations.

    I mean, the priesthood is “club med” for pedophiles.

    • @CanadaPlusOP
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      11 month ago

      Only as long as they can plausibly deny it.

      • @rekabis@lemmy.ca
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        11 month ago

        They just get shuffled along to the next random parish - where any word of their “habits” hasn’t yet reached - by the priesthood long before that becomes a problem.

        Thankfully the media has become far less complicit in suppressing knowledge of those abuses. And thanks to the Internet, some reports become widely discoverable even if no charges result.