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salin

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19. er... the root of the settlements is sexual abuse and rape.

Wed Mar 11, 2015, 10:28 PM

Mar 2015

for religious exemption to be valid - wouldn't that mean that sexual abuse and rape are part of the religious doctrine, and thus exempt per "religious freedom"?

Implied application per the "religious freedom" defense:

"I am sorry you were raped, but it is a protected action since it was done by a priest, and is thus covered by religious freedom - because it is part of the (non-disclosed to church goers) religious doctrine of the church."

WTH????

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Catholic Church Claims It Can Refuse To Pay Victims Of Sex Abuse Because Of Religious Freedom [View all] babylonsister Mar 2015 OP

Disgusting. n/t Jefferson23 Mar 2015 #1

Not just disgusting, evil Major Nikon Mar 2015 #4

They are as corrupt and complicit as they come and I do not understand why their members support Jefferson23 Mar 2015 #8

I walked away from them years ago. Liberalynn Mar 2015 #25

Please, don't apologize..I appreciate your response, very much. I am not a christian and Jefferson23 Mar 2015 #35

Thank You and I understand your point. Liberalynn Mar 2015 #41

If Dante were writing The Inferno today, I wonder where he would put these "holy" men? Hekate Mar 2015 #2

Is there a 10th circle of hell? smirkymonkey Mar 2015 #14

The pews are emptying, just not fast enough. Young adults are not sticking around, for one. nt Hekate Mar 2015 #15

Well, that's hopeful anyway. smirkymonkey Mar 2015 #16

You and I both. hifiguy Mar 2015 #37

Yet, they still have people in their pews Politicalboi Mar 2015 #3

The Roman Catholic Church deserves Dawson Leery Mar 2015 #5

^^^This^^^ truebrit71 Mar 2015 #7

^^^Ditto^^^ MANative Mar 2015 #9

The RCC is requesting a restoration of it's pre-enlightenment era supremacy over Dawson Leery Mar 2015 #10

The blood on the hands of the RCC could not be washed off hifiguy Mar 2015 #38

Trying to hide behind the wall of religion sakabatou Mar 2015 #6

Quick, put up a Pope PR thread, STAT BrotherIvan Mar 2015 #11

KEEP PASSING THAT PLATE, PEOPLE! Skittles Mar 2015 #12

It's a cult. No more, no less LuckyLib Mar 2015 #13

Wait Till The Pope Hears About This.... global1 Mar 2015 #17

Can't go to heaven unless you're Catholic fadedrose Mar 2015 #18

er... the root of the settlements is sexual abuse and rape. salin Mar 2015 #19

^^^This^^^ eom LittleGirl Mar 2015 #23

That was the first thing I thought while reading the OP. Buns_of_Fire Mar 2015 #42

The Roman Catholic Church of Child Rape needs to burn to the ground Submariner Mar 2015 #20

What drunks? I don't imagine they drink anymore than the rest of us. virgogal Mar 2015 #26

I doubt that they drink anymore than the rest of us so why call them drunks? virgogal Mar 2015 #27

I could smell the fuckers breath in the confessional Submariner Mar 2015 #31

You should have moved across the river-----the priests I knew had no drinking problem. virgogal Mar 2015 #32

we were already poor living in Somerville in the 1950s Submariner Mar 2015 #33

I had a boyfriend from Somerville in the 50s----great guy. virgogal Mar 2015 #36

Except... PeaceNikki Mar 2015 #34

True men of god tiptonic Mar 2015 #21

Is this fallout from the Hobby Lobby case? tclambert Mar 2015 #22

Only on the flimsiest of grounds. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #29

"Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's" Retrograde Mar 2015 #24

Oh good grief. These are victims of a malicious crime. This is beyond appalling. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #28

Time to shut these mofo's down. DeSwiss Mar 2015 #30

I doubt that any federal judge, bankrupcty or Article III, hifiguy Mar 2015 #39

Sects of Jehovah's Witnesses have made a similar claim Orrex Mar 2015 #40

As far as I know there is not justified doctrine that allows priests to molest victims. This is not jwirr Mar 2015 #43

kick for more to see. Dawson Leery Mar 2015 #44