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icymist

(15,888 posts)
Fri May 26, 2023, 04:07 PM May 2023

Rampant child sexual abuse is occurring in churches -- not at drag shows

A new report alleges widespread sexual abuse by the Catholic clergy in Illinois. Will conservatives call for a ban on minors in churches?

The Illinois attorney general released a report Tuesday finding that almost 2,000 children suffered sexual abuse by 451 Catholic clergy between 1950 and 2019.

“It is my hope that this report will shine light both on those who violated their positions of power and trust to abuse innocent children, and on the men in church leadership who covered up that abuse,” Kwame Raoul said in a statement. “These perpetrators may never be held accountable in a court of law, but by naming them here, the intention is to provide a public accountability and a measure of healing to survivors who have long suffered in silence.”


https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/illinois-catholic-church-child-abuse-rcna86289
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Rampant child sexual abuse is occurring in churches -- not at drag shows (Original Post) icymist May 2023 OP
I would bet those evangelical church have a lot of child sexual abuses that are even larger kimbutgar May 2023 #1
Is the drag queen/LGBTQ issue a distraction from republican/conservative/Christian values and morals keithbvadu2 May 2023 #2

kimbutgar

(23,203 posts)
1. I would bet those evangelical church have a lot of child sexual abuses that are even larger
Fri May 26, 2023, 04:16 PM
May 2023

Than the Catholic Church. These christofascists want to even lower marriage ages of girls and those sexually repressed men in the church go after young boys.

keithbvadu2

(39,976 posts)
2. Is the drag queen/LGBTQ issue a distraction from republican/conservative/Christian values and morals
Fri May 26, 2023, 05:16 PM
May 2023

How many drag queens are in these GOP/Christian organizations grooming and molesting children?

Is the drag queen/LGBTQ issue a distraction from republican/conservative/Christian values and morals?

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