> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Charlie Bell > Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 8:44 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Religious freedom > > > On 04/09/2006, at 2:58 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote: > > > On 3 Sep 2006 at 23:08, William T Goodall wrote: > > > >> > >> On 3 Sep 2006, at 10:53PM, William T Goodall wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> It seems pretty obvious to me, but it's not a subject I find > >>> important enough to put any extra effort into. If you want to prove > >>> me wrong go ahead and knock yourself out. Otherwise we'll just have > >>> to differ on the matter. > >>> > >> > >> Just to clarify that: since they are quite obviously an active and > >> dangerous pedophile organisation *now* the only part you could > > > > Okay, and given at least UK police officer was arrested in the past > > year for pedophilia, that is also an active and dangerous pedophile > > organisation. Nice reasoning. > > Did the UK police cover up his transgressions by moving him to > another station?
This one, probably not. But, my wife...who's worked in sexual abuse for years, and has never been a Catholic has mentioned that denial has been typical of society. Back 30 years ago, sexual abuse of children was thought to be an extremely rare event. We now know it's quite common. Girls and boys who had the courage to speak out were, more often than not, punished for telling lies. This does not excuse the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. By protecting their own, usually by various forms of denial, they have betrayed those they have promised to nurture. That is a horrid act. But it is not a unique act. Most of the time, children are sexually abused by members of their own family. This does not support the conclusion that families are inherently evil. We know that pedophiles like to get jobs that put them in contact with youth, like church youth workers, boy scout leaders, girl guide leaders, teachers, etc. This does not make any of these organizations inherently evil. Up until recently, most of these organizations didn't believe in such accusations. Society as a whole has been in denial about these occurances. Indeed, FWIW, psychoanalysis was started by Freud's denial of the prevalent of sexual abuse of girls. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
