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Duppers

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8. Exactly. They're running a scam.

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #7)

Mon Dec 23, 2019, 04:43 AM

Dec 2019

Many yrs ago a retired Methodist
minister admitted to my husband and myself that he was an atheist. He knew we were. Anyway, he said he had to "keep up the appearances." His wife was a believer & he had a retirement from the church.

I've always wondered what percentages of all denominations are faking it. However, it seems that the Catholic hierarchy are in more unique positions to add sexual abuse to their crime of hypocrisy.

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Legion of Christ finds 33 priests, 71 seminarian sex abusers [View all] Omaha Steve Dec 2019 OP

I'd course. "Insular groups of men often do bad things," SharonAnn Dec 2019 #1

Shut down this criminal enterprise lonely bird Dec 2019 #2

More pedophile priests... not even news anymore, just new details. keithbvadu2 Dec 2019 #3

Maybe Jesus can send "legion" into some nearby pigs, which will rush into the river and drown. milestogo Dec 2019 #4

brotherhood of pedophiles RussBLib Dec 2019 #5

"these days" ? FiveGoodMen Dec 2019 #9

Lots of research to support that victims often become abusers as well rpannier Dec 2019 #6

Now, if they really believed that Jesus stuff, Hell and such, 3Hotdogs Dec 2019 #7

Exactly. They're running a scam. Duppers Dec 2019 #8