Irish priest finds 'tsunami' of cases as he leads Vatican abuse battle

[MineralMan]

10. Sure, and how about all those kids rapped on the knuckles

with a ruler by Sister Mary Margaret? That's physical abuse, too, that wouldn't be tolerated in our public schools.

It's about "original sin." We're all horrible, sinful creatures. That's the lesson. So, children must have the sinfulness beaten out of them, or so the theory went, and still goes in some circles. "Spare the rod and spoil the child."

Religion can be a very, very ugly thing, it seems. We're better off without it, I'm certain.