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So the pedophiles running America that are using Catholics as a cover are not associated with the Catholic Church which has a multi-century history of priests, bishops, and popes sticking their dicks into children... hmm... I don't quite believe you.
if someone uses me as a human shield, I do not become their ally
I just find the Catholic Church's whole "We don't support pedophiles" thing funny is a black humor kind of way... considering how often Catholics Priests have to be reminded to pull their dicks out of children. I remember reading the real history of Catholic leadership over the centuries (not the shit they teach in America schools)... it's horrifying and gross how many of the Catholic Church's leaders over the centuries have been pedophiles. And just read the news whenever another pedophile gets caught... it falls into the following categories with religious figures being the number one (and Catholics being a majority in that number one spot - with Protestants and Methodists being tied for second place, and Muslims and Hindus coming in 3rd and fourth): Law enforcement, politicians, corporations, teachers, doctors, men (in general), family members, and religious figures.
links articles proof
I'll list a few. I'm not your personal assistant. use your brain and your favorite search site... and stop listening to the brain rot claiming that all LBGTQ+ people are pedophiles (Ive only seen 3 articles about lgbtq+ pedophiles and those are major exceptions).
every study group focuses on a different thing and their data is skewed by their focus... but it does have a pattern. and yes I forgot about Buddhists and their large pedophile population.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/07/13/331166102/pope-reportedly-says-that-1-in-50-clergy-are-pedophiles -- this one is glaringly obvious
https://reporter.lcms.org/2015/most-child-molesters-religious/amp/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3995507/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/nation/3-big-us-churches-in-turmoil-over-sex-abuse-lgbt-policy
Child abuse perpetrators by race U.S. 2023| Statista -- I found 8 different statistic sites that all had the same stats. so I chose one that didn't spam me. -- the world wide stats follow the same trend with very little variation.
https://bravehearts.org.au/research-lobbying/stats-facts/child-sex-offenders/
https://www.ussc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/research-and-publications/quick-facts/Sexual_Abuse_FY21.pdf
https://www.icrw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Gender-Stat-Child-Sexual-Abuse-pdf.pdf
https://www.aol.com/news/2016-07-07-this-profession-hides-some-of-the-most-prolific-sex-offenders-in-21425811.html
https://www.thesmartset.com/article05111001/
following the above link: -- these are the books cited in the last link above. they are both interesting reads from an analytical point of view. my old High School actually had a copy of Saints & sinners : a history of the popes before it got removed by religious parents complaining. so I got to read it when I was in 9th grade.
https://www.academia.edu/30917304/Vicars_of_Christ_The_Dark_Side_of_the_Papacy -- no need to pay. just say no thanks to all and you can still get the entire book.
https://archive.org/details/00book1593273669/page/n8/mode/1up -- Saints & sinners : a history of the popes -- this one I couldn't find a free pdf view of but I am sure you know a few legally grey sources for free books since the book is nearly $30.
edit: forgot a "fun" link. https://theweek.com/articles/495712/pope-benedict-pedophilia-scandal-timeline
edit 2: for the poor baby root. I did say I wasn't your fucking personal assistant and that you can do your own research. I linked the fun articles. and you missed the Pope saying that 1 in 50 Catholic Priests is a pedophile. there are roughly 400k priests recognized by the church. that's 8k priests raping children. and root here who blocked me cause he can't handle the fact that his priest is very likely to be a pedophile... ignores the fucking sources which have even more fun stats. but then again... he's got his head buried in the sand so deeply that if I didn't know any better... I would suspect that he's one of the 8000 pedophile priests.
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In one study, 93 percent of convicted sex offenders described themselves as “religious.” Perhaps surprisingly, many sexual predators consider churches as “safe havens,” Vieth said, with trusting, forgiving adults and easy access to children.
"Described themselves as religious" ≠ Ordained Catholic Priests
Protestants and Non Religious people are the majority in this study and Significantly more victims from Protestant institutions reported having current psychosocial problems.
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Contains nothing about the Church
Again, nothing about the Church
Nothing about the Church
this is about... doctors?
list of 10 bad people that WERE in the church at a certain historical point in time
I do not listen to that brainrot