Child rape apologia. A brutal accusation to make.

[guillaumeb]

I posted an article, and the following 3 edited accusations were made that the article is actually a form of child rape apologia.

Major Nikon (30,905 posts)
7. Kinda fucked up to suggest religion has no role to play

Child rape apologia has no place here. Not anywhere else for that matter.

Response to guillaumeb (Reply #98)
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 11:31 AM
Major Nikon (30,905 posts)
120. Another article from the exact same RCC sponsored child rape apologist

So it looks like you are at least 2 for 2 in cheering on child rape apologists, Gil. Good job.

Response to guillaumeb (Reply #122)
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 12:19 PM
Major Nikon (30,905 posts)
124. Yeah, my tactic is to call out child rape apologia when I see it

While yours is to regurgitate and defend it.

And yes, Gil. We do need more at least so long as the child rape apologists continue to rush to the defense of child rapists and their enablers. Very telling you'd think otherwise.

All of the above accusations from this post:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1218304980

Now, from the actual article:

Because of the failure of Catholic bishops in the past to report abusive priests to authorities, states are now also including Catholic clergy as mandatory reporters.

Most bishops do not oppose making Catholic clergymen mandatory reporters except when it comes to what a priest hears in the sacrament of confession.

This confidentiality of confession was respected by Western nations for centuries, considering it on a par with client-attorney confidentiality. Note that no state is proposing that lawyers be mandatory reporters of what they learn about sexual abuse from their clients.

Because laws vary from state to state, we need to have a national conversation over disclosure laws with input from victims, legal scholars and those covered.

And while everyone would agree that the abuse of a child should be reported, what if the information comes from an adult survivor who does not want the crime reported?

Priests, like psychologists and psychiatrists, should be covered by mandatory reporting rules with an exemption for confession, but there needs to be a serious discussion of exactly what should be covered. In these discussions the victims should have a prominent role.

So we have, in order:

A recognition that the RCC has failed in not reporting, and

most Bishops support mandatory reporting, with a proviso, and


the abuse of a child should be reported, and


Priests should be covered, again with a proviso for confession.

How anyone can reasonably infer that the author is a rape apologist is beyond me. This is an open acknowlegdement of the problem and a call for changes in the law to address the problem.

And in my view, such accusations of rape apology reflect an interest in shutting down dialogue, not encouraging it.