Hasidic leader found guilty of molesting teenage girl

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In all seriousness though this is quite frightening because with the way Hasidic culture works it could easily happen quite often and not get reported or found out.

Yes, that's a major problem. But if you think mainstream Western culture is any better, then google the name 'Jimmy Savile'.

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Here's where the parallels with mainstream Western culture the RCC cease

Well, not really. Social control comes in different forms and there's absolutely no doubt that victims of abuse (sexual and otherwise) in thoroughly mainstream Western settings have been systematically silenced over the decades (just look up any care home scandal; there are plenty to choose from). Fundamentally, this sort of thing is awful, but we don't exactly occupy any kind of moral high ground on this issue. Anyone who thinks otherwise is delusional.