Pope Francis likens child sex abuse to 'satanic Mass'

[Bickle]

50. I'm going to attempt to explain differently

When you are looking to attack someone you perceive as your enemy, you often fabricate, or stretch the truth in order to make the competition look bad in a political war. Take the Vince Foster death, or Benghazi, or yes, The Crusades.

In this case it was accusing the local religion of being in league with Satan, and so their rituals were labeled as such. Hence "satanic mass", the wording used by old Jorge.

There are no Satanists, outside of a handful of seriously mentally ill people by any definition, who aren't doing it ironically, or to rebel against their parents. But giving your flock of sheep something to fight and rage against has been the heart of GOP strategy for the last fifty years, and the tools of religions and governments for five millennia or more. Fight the "other".