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WhiskeyGrinder

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4. Burn it all down. It's an inherently harmful system.

Reply to cyclonefence (Original post)

Thu Aug 16, 2018, 12:49 PM

Aug 2018

Inherently harmful systems don't necessarily harm everyone; people can have good experiences with the Catholic Church. But its design and processes default to harm, and it deserves no support.

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Outrageous sexual abuse by priests in PA [View all] cyclonefence Aug 2018 OP

Sick TEB Aug 2018 #1

I can't see any reason why the Catholic Church should continue to exist. Girard442 Aug 2018 #2

So they would rather have male priests who sexually abuse than Doreen Aug 2018 #3

Burn it all down. It's an inherently harmful system. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2018 #4

Sickening and evil DesertRat Aug 2018 #5

the catholic church appears to be a conduit for sex starved priests spanone Aug 2018 #6

I actually disagree. I believe the church became a conduit for mostly male pedophiles who had a ReformedGOPer Aug 2018 #10

Chillingly evil, but remember this basically ended a decade ago. Hortensis Aug 2018 #7

Might be time to start letting married men, and women into the priesthood Calculating Aug 2018 #8

I was not a victim of any of the priests mentioned in the report, ReformedGOPer Aug 2018 #9