Reading Time: 10 minutes I recently ran a pretty big article on the statistics for paedophilia in the Catholic Church, which received a number of very interesting comments that I think are worth sharing with you. Thanks muchly to the readership for indulging. Astrin Ymris: Many years ago in an online debate I pointed out that it didn’t really […]
Catholic sex abuse scandal
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Are Catholic Clergy more Likely to Be Paedophiles than the General Public? REDUX.
Reading Time: 10 minutes This has come up in a thread again, so I thought I would regale you with a piece I wrote now three years ago on the subject, but now with some updated tweaks. This is a question that has been kicking around ever since the child sex abuse scandal involving the Catholic church came to the […]
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Cardinal Pell Sexual Abuse Verdict: Will Australians Lose Their Faith?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Some time back, I reported a number of times on the case of Cardinal Pell and his involvement with institutional sexual abuse in the Catholic church in Australia. It as a pretty torrid affair with Pell trying his level best to extricate himself. With the wide-ranging Royal Commission looking into the scandal, the law caught […]
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Catholic Commenters, the Pope, Nuns and Their Abortions
Reading Time: 2 minutes Our regular fervent Catholic commenter recently stated these gems: I don’t believe the words of the Bible. Nobody does. Bible believers believe what they think the Bible’s words mean. In other words, they don’t believe the Bible, they believe their interpretation of the Bible. I believe the interpretation of the one Church which formed “the Bible”. And that interpretation is that a human […]
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Is the Australian Church above the Law?
Reading Time: < 1 minute This is pretty staggering:
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‘Shocking’ sexual abuse of children by German clergy
Reading Time: 3 minutes It is no surprise that, given that this sort of thing has happened and been extensively reported on in the US, that it has also taken place elsewhere. As The Guardian reports, things are not looking good for the German clergy: A “shocking” report into the sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy in Germany is “probably only […]
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Saint Peterasty
Reading Time: 8 minutes Here is something a little different for you, kindly with permission from Robert M. Price. Saint Peterasty Robert M. Price The Roman Catholic Church reached the point of crisis some years ago. The ever-expanding scandal of priestly sexual abuse and, just as bad, the intricate and systematic cover-up by the highest authorities, has deepened the […]
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Pennsylvania Catholic Abuse: “It’s Your Word against God’s”
Reading Time: 4 minutes As many of you will know, Pennsylvania State has released a massive report of the Catholic priest abuse that has taken place over the years. If not, The Guardian reports it as follows: More than 300 “predator priests” were found to have committed sexual abuse in Pennsylvania, harming more than 1,000 children, according to a grand jury […]
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Catholic priest caught driving 13-year-old girl to motel
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Philippines is an odd place at the moment. Duterte is invoking his wrath upon criminals. I wonder if this will include Catholic priests and their not uncommon predilection for things they shouldn’t desire. This is from The Independent: A 55-year-old priest and head of a Catholic school has been stripped of his posts after he […]
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To Ban or Not To Ban, That Is the Question
Reading Time: 5 minutes I recently wrote a post answering a critique by fellow Patheos (albeit Catholic channel) blogger Dave Armstrong. Fairly quickly, a number of atheist commenters, some of whom were regular commenters here (and some not), came on to make it known that they had been banned by Armstrong. Many, if not all, were not happy with the […]