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[โ€“] [email protected] 44 points 10 months ago (4 children)

The only reason the church exists, is to abuse people.

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

It's much simpler:

"Do as I say. You'll be rewarded by someone else in the future."

"Your life sucks.? But don't worry, it's supposed to be like that and if you do as I say, everything will be fine"

Obviously"do as I say" include paying the businessman

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

And to extort them. God needs more moneyz!

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

And people are like: more daddy

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

It's even more basic that that.

It's power.

[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


More than one in 200 Spaniards say they were sexually abused by the Catholic church when they were minors, according a report published on Friday.

Spain's acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the release of the report was a "milestone" in the country's democratic history.

"Today we are a slightly better country, because a reality that everyone was for years aware of but no one talked about, has been made known," Sanchez told reporters in Brussels.

The 777-page report also included statements from 487 victims, who stressed "the emotional problems" the abuse has caused them, Gabilondo said.

The report also called for a state fund to be set up to compensate survivors, around 65% of whom are believed to be male.

Since then, the church has faced similar accusations in a number of countries including the United States, Ireland, Australia, France and Chile.


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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

If you don't rape kids, are you really a religion?

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

That's only the ones you're aware of.

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

"But won't anyone think of the" in regards to gays and drag-queens is such a bullshit since that 'argument' usually comes from the religious people

Quitting the church is helping more children than banning people from living out their sexuality in a harmless way ever could

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Aaaaand in today's news that nobody found surprising....

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

To put that in perspective: If he did that to 1 kid every day of the year, he would need 548 years before reaching that number. What a monster

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's not about a single person molesting 200.000 children, that is pretty much impossible. The article talks about the church as a whole - clergy and lay people.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Ah ofcourse, i read that wrong. Im not a native english speaker. Its still monstrous though.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Some priest in a church: "Challenge acce..."

Anyway.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Well I'm sure a rather efficient priest can molest 50 children a day. So he's done in only 11 years!