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dimbear

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27. I should make it clear to anyone just passing by that Kathy Shaw is a passionate reformer,
Fri Nov 22, 2013, 02:11 AM
Nov 2013

but very much a religious person herself. Award winning, as it were.

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Wait a minute. Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #1
Agree with you exboyfil Nov 2013 #2
More info from the article: trotsky Nov 2013 #3
What the church did in 1984 was wrong. Also the police should have pushed it then. Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #4
I think this situation is a perfect picture of the institutional problem that led to so much abuse. trotsky Nov 2013 #5
I'm trying to address a general problem, not necessarily this specific case. Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #6
Exactly my point - the people who were in positions to do something trotsky Nov 2013 #7
One can have victims under age 13 and still not be a pedophile. Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #8
Not really interested in the diagnostic classifications in this context. n/t trotsky Nov 2013 #13
And as long as you're not an official "pedophile" skepticscott Nov 2013 #21
I'm gonna turn you in to the ASPSM. Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #22
You're the one who brought up the diagnostic classification skepticscott Nov 2013 #23
The term has a specific clinical meaning with forensic implications. Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #24
And why does it matter skepticscott Nov 2013 #25
Since you seem to be labelling me an apologist, let me be clearer about my stance. Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #28
All of which is irrelevant to your post 8 skepticscott Nov 2013 #29
I would argue that it has nothing to do with "moral guilt" Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #30
That has less to do with his view of pedophilia than with his capaign against all things religious. rug Nov 2013 #9
So I gather. Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #10
Difficult work. What's your discipline? rug Nov 2013 #11
Psychology. Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #12
I used to work at a maximum security forensic psychiatric hosptal in New York. rug Nov 2013 #14
20 states plus the Feds have sex offender commitment programs. Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #16
For many many similar reports, follow Kathy Shaw at AbuseTracker: dimbear Nov 2013 #19
Oh I'm sure his antipathy to religion hasn't a thing to do with this post. rug Nov 2013 #26
I should make it clear to anyone just passing by that Kathy Shaw is a passionate reformer, dimbear Nov 2013 #27
"So we know that this ex-priest was not assessed as being extremely high-risk for reoffense." Rob H. Nov 2013 #15
More than 20 years ago. Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #17
So the program didn't exist then? Rob H. Nov 2013 #18
I was clearly wrong about his having undergone the sort of risk assessment Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #20
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