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Solly Mack

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1. "... an era of another century..."

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Aug 14, 2018, 02:25 PM

Aug 2018

Snort.

Attempting to portray the abuse as happening a long, long time ago and that now, in this century and in this new era, the abuse has somehow stopped. That victims and their stories - from that long ago era and last century - were just so long ago as to not be relevant to today's church. That the guilty and the complicit are no longer in place.

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UPDATED: Hundreds of accused priests listed in Pennsylvania report on Catholic Church sex abuse [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 OP

"... an era of another century..." Solly Mack Aug 2018 #1

70 years, how awful n/t hibbing Aug 2018 #2

In the late 1960s I remember reading about Catholic priests molesting children csziggy Aug 2018 #9

By the way how did that celibacy thing work out? Is it a magnet for pedophiles? olegramps Aug 2018 #3

Maybe if those Qanon dolts focused on actual pedophiles instead of made up ones... Initech Aug 2018 #4

K&R. What awful widespread abuse & corruption. NYT article, 1 hr. ago. appalachiablue Aug 2018 #5

Catholic Church protecting pederast priests is not even news anymore... just more details. keithbvadu2 Aug 2018 #6

Sexual abuse of children occurs in all branches of organized religion. Very strange indeed. YOHABLO Aug 2018 #7

this is insane! Shut down this criminal organization already! AlexSFCA Aug 2018 #8

The revelations and settlements across the country have been going on for almost 20 years BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #10

How many thousands more... llmart Aug 2018 #11