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re: Archdiocese of NOLA parishes and charities on the hook for $60M in abuse settlement
Posted on 11/12/25 at 10:33 am to Squirrelmeister
Posted on 11/12/25 at 10:33 am to Squirrelmeister
Yep. And none of them have suffered anything remotely resembling abuse. Nor has anyone in my family. Nor have any priests I’ve ever known been accused. The so-called scandal is a media concoction. Public school teachers pose a greater threat to your kids than Catholic priests do.
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Posted on 11/12/25 at 10:42 am to soonerinlOUisiana
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Bullshiit. They didn’t go to the cops because their lawyers told them not to.
Most of these cases came about in the 60s and 70s. In the vast majority of cases, the parents were the ones who didn’t press the issue. Many of these people were big time Catholics, who thought the Catholic Church could do no wrong. They might report it to the archdiocese or a more senior priest, and it would all be handled internally.
But they weren’t running to attorneys. And there wasn’t this cabal of attorneys who were handling these cases. And they certainly weren’t extorting the archdiocese to extract huge settlements for their silence. If so, they would’ve gone to the press and this would’ve been big news back in the 60s and 70s. But that never happened.
You are literally just making it up and pulling it out of your arse.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 10:50 am to Diamondawg
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50 years ago they would either find him lying dead on a logging road or trying to steal more chain than he could swim with
You do realize that part of the reason there are so many victims is because the abuse had been happening for decades. There was a story about a guy that was expelled in 1960 after working at St. Paul’s, De La Salle, Christian Brothers, and Rummel. He was then accepted by Archbishop Hannan as a Deacon in the mid-70s before being finally removed in the late 80s. I believe he had 30+ victims from the late 50s until he was finally removed.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 12:17 pm to TigersBucs
Christ’s church you mean?
Posted on 11/12/25 at 1:37 pm to MMauler
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Most of these cases came about in the 60s and 70s. In the vast majority of cases, the parents were the ones who didn’t press the issue. Many of these people were big time Catholics, who thought the Catholic Church could do no wrong. They might report it to the archdiocese or a more senior priest, and it would all be handled internally. But they weren’t running to attorneys. And there wasn’t this cabal of attorneys who were handling these cases. And they certainly weren’t extorting the archdiocese to extract huge settlements for their silence. If so, they would’ve gone to the press and this would’ve been big news back in the 60s and 70s. But that never happened. You are literally just making it up and pulling it out of your arse.
Yeah, well the actual facts say otherwise, notwithstanding what Prods and lapsed Catholics want you to believe. I’m not making anything up.
And even if you’re right, it’s bullshiit that present day Catholics are having to defend their church 50-60 years later, when the only “evidence” is the word of the so-called victims. Sort of like Trump having to defend himself for something that is alleged to have happened in the 80s.
PS: go fvck your anti-Catholic self.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 1:37 pm to MMauler
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Most of these cases came about in the 60s and 70s. In the vast majority of cases, the parents were the ones who didn’t press the issue. Many of these people were big time Catholics, who thought the Catholic Church could do no wrong. They might report it to the archdiocese or a more senior priest, and it would all be handled internally. But they weren’t running to attorneys. And there wasn’t this cabal of attorneys who were handling these cases. And they certainly weren’t extorting the archdiocese to extract huge settlements for their silence. If so, they would’ve gone to the press and this would’ve been big news back in the 60s and 70s. But that never happened. You are literally just making it up and pulling it out of your arse.
Yeah, well the actual facts say otherwise, notwithstanding what Prods and lapsed Catholics want you to believe. I’m not making anything up.
And even if you’re right, it’s bullshiit that present day Catholics are having to defend their church 50-60 years later, when the only “evidence” is the word of the so-called victims. Sort of like Trump having to defend himself for something that is alleged to have happened in the 80s.
PS: go fvck your anti-Catholic self.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 2:53 pm to soonerinlOUisiana
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And none of them have suffered anything remotely resembling abuse. Nor has anyone in my family. Nor have any priests I’ve ever known been accused
Well that’s really good but that isn’t the case for all the abused kids and the pedophile priests which the church covered for.
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The so-called scandal is a media concoction
It’s not. It’s due to the church allowing pedophiles to re-offend rather than kicking them out and turning them over to the authorities.
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Public school teachers pose a greater threat to your kids than Catholic priests do
Maybe, or maybe not. Your accusation though is baseless.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 4:47 pm to Squirrelmeister
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Maybe, or maybe not. Your accusation though is baseless.
Abuse rate among priests. +- 4%
Abuse rate among public school teachers +- 7%
The number of people who have actually been abused by Catholic priests is trivial in comparison to the size of the church, BTW.
Posted on 11/14/25 at 9:53 am to soonerinlOUisiana
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Abuse rate among priests. +- 4% Abuse rate among public school teachers +- 7%
You are quoting the John Jay study for the rate of priests who have been credibly accused of abuse. The average number of victims of each priest was 5-10, with many in the 200+ range due to the church’s practice of sheltering pedophiles.
The 7% rate - I don’t know where you got it from. The studies I’ve read show the rates of credibly accused teachers of sexual abuse (not “misconduct”, to compare to the standard used against priests in the Jay study) is around 0.5%. Teachers also only have on average 1-3 victims.
Psychology Today
We also know that the church harbors and protects pedophiles while the schools have mandatory reporting, meaning the numbers are skewed due to likely underreporting of victims of abuse by the clergy. But let’s ignore that underreporting for a sec.
Just going by the numbers, priests abuse at a rate of 10x to 60x more per capita than teachers. Let that sink in. A priest is 10 to 60 times more likely, statistically, to abuse children than a teacher.
But don’t let facts get in the way of your feelings.
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The number of people who have actually been abused by Catholic priests is trivial in comparison to the size of the church, BTW.
Sick bastard trivializing child abuse.
Posted on 11/14/25 at 10:20 am to Squirrelmeister
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Sick bastard trivializing child abuse.
Actually, it’s just math. Trivial based on the numbers.
But regardless, the whole thing is bullshite. The church wasn’t guilty. Bad actors within the church were guilty. We’ve dealt with it, and moved on. You people outside the church can go fuuck yourselves.
Posted on 11/14/25 at 3:33 pm to soonerinlOUisiana
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Actually, it’s just math. Trivial based on the numbers.
I hope your altar-server children aren’t molested and abused.
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But regardless, the whole thing is bullshite. The church wasn’t guilty. Bad actors within the church were guilty.
I agree- molesting children is bullshite. The church was guilty - arguably more so than the pedophile priests - because they knowingly allowed a system of child abuse and coverup of crimes. They moved abusive priests from parish to parish to molest more kids. They didn’t care about the children but only taking in the revenue from the parishioners. It was and still is sick.
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We’ve dealt with it, and moved on.
I hope so, but if the church doesn’t change its systemic practices of creating a system allowing predators to harm children, it will continue to occur.
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You people outside the church can go fuuck yourselves.
Right back at you buddy. You exemplify your savior Jesus. Good job.
Posted on 11/14/25 at 3:34 pm to soonerinlOUisiana
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Actually, it’s just math. Trivial based on the numbers.
I hope your altar-server children aren’t molested and abused.
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But regardless, the whole thing is bullshite. The church wasn’t guilty. Bad actors within the church were guilty.
I agree- molesting children is bullshite. The church was guilty - arguably more so than the pedophile priests - because they knowingly allowed a system of child abuse and coverup of crimes. They moved abusive priests from parish to parish to molest more kids. They didn’t care about the children but only taking in the revenue from the parishioners. It was and still is sick.
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We’ve dealt with it, and moved on.
I hope so, but if the church doesn’t change its systemic practices of creating a system allowing predators to harm children, it will continue to occur.
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You people outside the church can go fuuck yourselves.
Right back at you buddy. You exemplify your savior Jesus. Good job.
Posted on 11/14/25 at 6:26 pm to Squirrelmeister
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I agree- molesting children is bullshite. The church was guilty - arguably more so than the pedophile priests - because they knowingly allowed a system of child abuse and coverup of crimes.
This reflects a fundamental ignorance of what the church actually is (hint: the clergy are only a tiny part). Please just shut the fuuck up and go pray at your drum-set/rock-n- roll church since you don’t know WTF you’re talking about.
This post was edited on 11/15/25 at 9:36 am
Posted on 11/14/25 at 6:34 pm to soonerinlOUisiana
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This reflects a mental ignorance of what the church actually is (hint: the clergy are only a tiny part).
So you are admitting culpability and sin. Good place to start.
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go pray at your drum-set/rock-n- roll church since you don’t know WTF you’re talking about.
Ok pal
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