re: Did the Catholic Church hide pedophiles?

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so that makes up for kid fricking? Since that’s the bath water we’re talking about In your analogy..

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No. The sexual abuse should never happen because the Church should perform at a higher standard than mainstream society does. The pedophilia and sexual abuse happen at a rate very similar to the general population, and that is unacceptable because the Church should be held to a higher standard and should not have any at all. I agree with you there.

However, I would say that the amount of charity that the Church does is much, much higher than the average organization or individual does. It would be a huge detriment to society to lose that.