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RE: Damned Catholics - Minimalist - 02-18-2023 It seems where these dress-wearing perverts go they have to fuck with the kids. This time: Portugal. https://apnews.com/article/crime-portugal-child-abuse-religion-682c4c7d7c6eae0eb32c48b613de0556 Quote:Portugal church sex abuse study: Victims may number 4,800 Quote:More than 4,800 individuals may have been victims of child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church and 512 alleged victims have already come forward with their stories, an expert panel looking into historic abuse in the church said Monday. RE: Damned Catholics - Minimalist - 03-05-2023 So when an insurance company sues the fucking church who do you root for? https://nordot.app/1004881695877398528?c=592622757532812385 Quote:San Diego Roman Catholic diocese facing yet another lawsuit — now from its own insurance company Have both sides ever lost a law suit? RE: Damned Catholics - Fireball - 03-05-2023 Given the choice, I'd vote for the insurance company. But it's not for me to decide, it's for the courts. RE: Damned Catholics - Inkubus - 03-05-2023 (03-05-2023, 12:44 AM)Minimalist Wrote: So when an insurance company sues the fucking church who do you root for? Quote:The following day at a news conference, Kevin Eckery, the diocese's director of media and community relations, told reporters that the claims could cost the diocese $550 million. Why don't the insurance companies tell the church: We cover stained glass windows, boiler leaks, lightning strikes and the vicar's car. Child rape? You can fuck right off! But then look at it another way: You want us to cover you for what? Do you have any idea how much this will cost you in premiums? We are the Catholic church, we can afford it. As of 2021 there were 73.2 million Catholics in the US. Take a conservative figure and say only 10% of them attend church on Sundays, the average collection plate donation seems to be ~$10. That's 73 million dollars every Sunday, nearly 4 billion dollars a year and that's just the collection plates. Fucking right they can afford it. RE: Damned Catholics - Cavebear - 03-05-2023 (03-05-2023, 02:51 AM)Inkubus Wrote:(03-05-2023, 12:44 AM)Minimalist Wrote: So when an insurance company sues the fucking church who do you root for? You can get insurance for nearly everything. Not that I've tried odd ones, but I have read about really weird ones a few times. Space launches are insurable, institutions and companies are insured against sex-crime legal decisions, you can probably get insured against losing a job for cause. I would suspect you can get insured against nuclear war damages (not sure how you would collect). Loved the collection-plate estimate point. But the value of insurance depends on the likelihood of a claim vs the cost of premiums. If you feel immune to severe monetary penalties, then the value of insurance is minimal. The major churches have so much money that they got from poor desperate people afraid of Hell that much of it should be returned. And the fairest way to do that is to recognize that Churches are really For-Profit businesses and should be taxed like any other (and most business are under-taxed). TAX THE CHURCHES! RE: Damned Catholics - Fireball - 03-05-2023 Just think what the world would be like if kiddy-diddlers got a shiv jailed instead of a pass because of an authoritarian affiliation. My dad was a violent man, and even if the teachers at the local elementary were legally allowed to inflict corporal punishment on his children, and he threatened them with physical violence backed them into a closet and choked them if they did, I shudder to think what would have happened to a priest if he had done something to one of us. We were poor enough, and having a dad in prison would have only made it worse. I'm still amazed that the school district never reported that. RE: Damned Catholics - Cavebear - 03-05-2023 (03-05-2023, 03:55 AM)Fireball Wrote: Just think what the world would be like if kiddy-diddlers got a shiv jailed instead of a pass because of an authoritarian affiliation. My dad was a violent man, and even if the teachers at the local elementary were legally allowed to inflict corporal punishment on his children, and he threatened them with physical violence backed them into a closet and choked them if they did, I shudder to think what would have happened to a priest if he had done something to one of us. We were poor enough, and having a dad in prison would have only made it worse. I'm still amazed that the school district never reported that. That is a difficult post to respond to. Choosing between different forms of violence is hard to discuss. I see a lot of anger. It may be justified. But the violence of your Dad really isn't. There are legal remedies for such things. And there are various kinds of therapy for a violent Dad. I just can't support the actions or possible ones that you ascribed. RE: Damned Catholics - Fireball - 03-05-2023 (03-05-2023, 04:12 AM)Cavebear Wrote:(03-05-2023, 03:55 AM)Fireball Wrote: Just think what the world would be like if kiddy-diddlers got a shiv jailed instead of a pass because of an authoritarian affiliation. My dad was a violent man, and even if the teachers at the local elementary were legally allowed to inflict corporal punishment on his children, and he threatened them with physical violence backed them into a closet and choked them if they did, I shudder to think what would have happened to a priest if he had done something to one of us. We were poor enough, and having a dad in prison would have only made it worse. I'm still amazed that the school district never reported that. I don't ascribe to that kind of violence, I'm just reporting about the way my dad was. RE: Damned Catholics - Cavebear - 03-05-2023 (03-05-2023, 04:52 AM)Fireball Wrote:(03-05-2023, 04:12 AM)Cavebear Wrote: That is a difficult post to respond to. Choosing between different forms of violence is hard to discuss. I see a lot of anger. It may be justified. But the violence of your Dad really isn't. There are legal remedies for such things. And there are various kinds of therapy for a violent Dad. I just can't support the actions or possible ones that you ascribed. I completely understand that you don't personally ascribe to that kind of violence. But you are suffering the consequences of it. It might help to discuss this with a professional. You brought up the subject. That means it concerns/bothers you. I understand that. Talking to a professional might help. Or you can just continue the obvious distress. My thoughts to you either way. RE: Damned Catholics - Minimalist - 03-06-2023 Did they make this fucker a saint, yet? https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230306-pope-john-paul-ii-covered-up-child-abuse-as-cardinal Quote:Pope John Paul II covered up child abuse as cardinal in Poland, says report The fish stinks from the head down! RE: Damned Catholics - carusmm - 03-06-2023 Celibacy in the priesthood is a mediaeval invention. It's a means of control but it doesn't stop priests from molesting kids. For that, you'd need faith. RE: Damned Catholics - Minimalist - 04-05-2023 And "Maryland" is a small state! What is needed is a prosecutor who brings RICO charges against the whole fucking criminal edifice which is the catholick church and all their fucking pervert priests and enablers. https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/news%20documents/OAG_redacted_Report_on_Child_Sexual_Abuse.pdf Quote:The incontrovertible history uncovered by this investigation is one of pervasive and The report is 463 pages long and it only goes back to the 1940's! RE: Damned Catholics - Minimalist - 04-16-2023 Not a bit surprising! Quote:Six People Arrested in Undercover Child Predator Sting Quote:Sean Baba, 29, of Portland. Baba was working as the Director of Music Ministry at St. Pius X Church and School in the Cedar Mill community. The church and school were notified of his arrest and have fully cooperated with the investigation. Yeah, yeah....wait until it comes time to write the check and then you'll see the pervert catholick bastards disappear. RE: Damned Catholics - Minimalist - 04-21-2023 Two things about fucking catholicks..... they never fucking learn and they never fucking stop! https://nordot.app/1021906305594884096?c=592622757532812385 Quote:Philly archdiocese accused of covering up sex abuse complaints against priest who allegedly found a new victim in Nashville Quote:PHILADELPHIA — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia is facing new accusations that it covered-up sexual misconduct, this time involving a former priest who allegedly forced himself on multiple women and told them the unwanted encounters were “special trials” ordained by God. RE: Damned Catholics - Minimalist - 08-18-2023 Caught again! Fuckers are incorrigible. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66543503?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA Quote:Cologne Catholic diocese clergy and staff used work computers for porn Quote:Clergy and staff of the Archdiocese of Cologne tried to browse pornography on work PCs, its archbishop has confirmed. RE: Damned Catholics - Dom - 08-18-2023 (08-18-2023, 07:36 PM)Minimalist Wrote: Caught again! Fuckers are incorrigible. Well, it's a lot better they use porn than having them rape children. They have my blessings, go watch some porn. RE: Damned Catholics - Minimalist - 08-18-2023 Who said they didn't? They simply didn't get caught doing that. Yet. RE: Damned Catholics - Fireball - 08-19-2023 Perhaps it was child porn? That's not quite as bad as physical contact, and yet... RE: Damned Catholics - Minimalist - 09-15-2023 Catholick fuckers still at it wherever they can! https://www.rawstory.com/pariss-catholic-foreign-missions-society-under-fire-over-alleged-abuse/ Quote:Paris’s Catholic Foreign Missions Society under fire over alleged sexual abuse Quote:The French Catholic Church is facing new accusations of a sexual abuse scandal within Paris’s Foreign Missions Society, an organization dedicated to spreading Christianity overseas. As a criminal investigation has been opened into accusations against three clergymen from the group, a FRANCE 24 investigation by journalists Karina Chabour and Julie Dungelhoeff sheds light on the allegations against the society. RE: Damned Catholics - Cranky - 09-16-2023 Meanwhile, as the pervs are busy perving, they're also putting out shit like this: https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/09/new-catholic-diocese-of-cleveland-policy-bars-gender-affirming-care-use-of-pronouns-among-staff-students.html The last paragraph really cracked me up. Why should anyone listen to an organization that can't keep its clergy from raping children? RE: Damned Catholics - Inkubus - 09-16-2023 (09-16-2023, 12:31 AM)Cranky Wrote: Meanwhile, as the pervs are busy perving, they're also putting out shit like this: For those like me who can't be fucked on disabling ad blockers and shit could you maybe quote the last paragraph? RE: Damned Catholics - Cranky - 09-16-2023 Here ya go: Quote:Despite the restrictions, the diocese said in a statement to Cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer that every person is “welcome and invited to be a part of the Church. This was, of course, after listing a bunch of anti-trans rules. Hypocrites. RE: Damned Catholics - Cranky - 09-17-2023 I'll add: why should we take anti-transgenderism seriously from a bunch of old men running around in frilly robes? There's more lace in this picture than in a Victoria's Secret catalogue. RE: Damned Catholics - pattylt - 09-17-2023 (09-17-2023, 12:45 AM)Cranky Wrote: I'll add: why should we take anti-transgenderism seriously from a bunch of old men running around in frilly robes? They wear more funny hats, too! RE: Damned Catholics - Minimalist - 09-17-2023 I kept wondering where else I'd seen silly hats and outrageous costumes. And then it came to me. They could be archbishops! |