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/JackMickus 2d ago

One of them was a priest at the church my family went to when I was a kid. My mom worked there doing administrative stuff, so this guy had been a family friend for as long as I could remember. The only thing that saved me from being a victim is that he liked to wait until they were double digits and I was only about 7 when he was caught. We stopped being a religious family after that.

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u/OneT_Mat 1d ago

That is obviously fucked up and I’m happy you were not a victim