Mass Catholic pedophilia in Ireland

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Well with the current trends of priests in the US, pretty soon 4% or 1% won't be a lot, simply due to the few priests there will be. I read somewhere at this rate there won't be any priests by 2070 or something like that.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Such an easy solution too yet they keep overlooking it. Let them marry. Boom, problem solved.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Wikipedia says four percent of US priests have been accused.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_sex_abuse_cases

I doubt four percent of rabbis or Baptist ministers or whoever are sexually abusing children. That's a really high number for such an inexcusable offense. Also, the efforts to cover up abuses make the situation so much worse. Again, can anybody say they are surprised by the Irish story?

First off, you are a dumbass.

Secondly, you are a dumbass.

Third, you are a dumbass.

The first reason you are a dumbass is because, as Phil was pointing out, accused and guilty are not the same thing.  I know of three priests who have been accused at some point, two of them I know never would (and no proof was ever presented), and in the third case, it was proven that the "victim" was lying (though the victim had been abused by his real father as a child).  In fact, all scientific studies suggest that pedophilia is no more common in the Catholic priesthood than in the general population, and that, aside from being committed to celibacy, the sexual leanings of the Catholic priesthood are generally in line with those of the population at large.  Something like 80% of the recorded cases of sexual abuse were committed by repeat offender priests, who had generally abused as many as five children.  Thus, only a couple hundred priests, over the last fifty years, have accounted for the vast majority of cases.

The second reason you are a dumbass is because, in fact, ministers from other faiths are no less likely to be convicted of such charges as Catholic priests.  When it happens, though, it usually stays local, because people from these other faiths don't have bishops, archbishops and the Vatican above them to point fingers at (deservedly, at times).

However, I will never forget the story, about six years ago, about a child porn ring that was busted in West Virginia.  The news loudly proclaimed that two Catholic priests had been arrested as having a role in it.  You had to dig deep into the story before you discovered that three protestant ministers had also been arrested on charges, in connection to the same ring.

Third, well dude, you are just a dumbass, so go f-uck yourself.

Emo much?

What's emo about that post? It includes capital letters, correct puncutation, a multi-paragraph format, and only one use of the word "fuck". THIS is an actual emo post on the forum, nothing like that.

ok, Inks, I won't curse you out.  just don't do that anymore.  because you want the numbers to look a certain way.  we all do.  but hey, it doesn't work out like that.  let me tell you a story, Inks.  back in the summer I hung out with this group.  we called it, The Group.  we hung out from mid-afternoon everyday to past midnight.  but then this girl came in.  well, she was there anyway, but she ed sh**t up hardcore.  and one of my friends was in love with her, but it was painfully obviously he'd never get with her.  then another of my friends fell in love with her around August 10th.  and she actually liked him.  but there was a problem.  my two friends that were in love with the same girl, they had been best friends forever.  literally.  so the friend that.  oh who cares.  the point is, it ed sh**t up.  and now The Group is no longer.  and I've tried to wink towards my past, but winking towards it doesn't work.  I've become obsessed with it.  and I want The Group back, but it's no longer.  I want the numbers to look a certain way.  but they don't.  sorry Inks.  it happens.  so don't mess with my entries and I won't mess with yours.  it's better that way.