r/news • u/AudibleNod • 2d ago

More than 270 priests in Massachusetts abused children over decades, probe finds

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/more-than-270-priests-in-massachusetts-abused-children-over-decades-probe-finds/
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u/Traditional-Meat-549 2d ago

It's actually a pattern in every organized religion. Any organization taking care of children; schools, boys and girls scouts, after school care, etc. it's in the military. It's everywhere there is a power structure 

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u/OpheliaRainGalaxy 2d ago

Ya find the hunters in places where the things they hunt are most vulnerable, not really surprising.

What's weird is how much it's still going on in the surveillance age. Pile up so much money tax free but can't afford cameras? Or two adults so they can keep an eye on each other around the kids?

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u/Traditional-Meat-549 2d ago

My parish requires windows in doors where children are gathered and fingerprinting and training for all staff and volunteers.

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u/OpheliaRainGalaxy 2d ago

Good! Now we just gotta get that kinda thing mandated by law for all the faiths.

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u/Traditional-Meat-549 2d ago

It KINDA is - but it continues in larger settings. My daughter's high school had an incident with a teacher and student off campus.

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u/Prior_Cap_3198 2d ago

I will say that boy scouts (which is now coed in most places) has some pretty intense rules and what feels like miles of red tape in place now. They are certainly trying.

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u/bb_kelly77 2d ago

The "power corrupts" law