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According to Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, a boy named George, “was forced to stand on a bed in a rectory, strip naked and pose as Christ on the cross for the priests. They took photos of their victim, adding them to a collection of child pornography which they produced and shared on church grounds.”

The catastrophic scale and historical magnitude of the abuse makes clear that this is not a case of “a few bad apples” but rather a radical systemic injustice manifested at every level of the Church. Systemic sin cannot be ended through individual goodwill. Its wounds are not healed through statements, internal investigations, or public relations campaigns but rather through collective accountability, transparency, and truth-telling. We are responsible for the house we live in, even if we did not build it ourselves. This is why we call on the U.S. Bishops to offer their resignations collectively, in recognition of the systemic nature of this evil.

SciFiFisher wrote:Sadly, it's as if some sort of disease has infected the Catholic Church. The disease goes back a long time apparently.

geonuc wrote:I'm not opposed to priests and nuns having orgies. In fact, maybe if they had continued that tradition, fewer children would have been abused by the clergy.

I'm not opposed to priests and nuns having orgies. In fact, maybe if they had continued that tradition, fewer children would have been abused by the clergy.

Rommie wrote:CG, I interpreted geonuc's comments as more on the lines of if you have adults in the Catholic Church able to have sex, you're far less likely to attract pedophiles who are trying to get out of their urges and feel like it should be covered up (because all sex is shameful, let alone pedophilia). And I will agree there is something to this argument, but won't put words in geonuc's mouth and let him clarify what he meant.

Cyborg Girl wrote:"Men become pedos if they don't get enough sex" is an argument I've really seen though, and one that a lot of people IME have accepted uncritically as long as it's not stated too directly. So I'm always on the lookout for it. Perhaps too much so.

SciFi Chick wrote:This article is 30,000 words long. I haven't had time to finish reading it, much less verify it. The first three paragraphs were so horrifying that I have to wait until I move off this boat to read it, because I already have some puking issues, and this definitely set off my anxiety/gag reflex. I truly hate it when horror is real.

Cyborg Girl wrote:OMFG. I can't even finish reading that.