• Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    (Persecution)

    Theres a catholic weirdo in the comments of the crosspost that so perfectly exemplifies this meme. Yelling about us living in sin but my gosh the outrage when you imply the church is the largest pedophilia coverup in history…

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    ahem

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        Except it is? Wanna enlighten us about what the church does when it finds out a priest or other clergy men is found to be a pedophile? They certainly aren’t turning them into the police.

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          they go to jail in the Vatican itself or Italy

          30-35 years is the max sentence in the Vatican tho, as life imprisonment was banned by Pope Francis

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            In January 2024, a Vatican Court of Appeals handed down the first-ever prison sentence for sexual abuse perpetrated on Vatican sovereign territory.

            Less than three years for this first ever case…

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                I understand they only have jurisdiction in the Vatican, but your comment made it sound like it’s a more common thing than a one off occurrence.

                Personally, I find it pretty telling that the church didn’t take the abuse seriously until they started bleeding followers, affecting their tithes.

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                  the Church charges you? I think it heavily depends on your diocese or area but its voluntarily and doesnt literally have to be 10% of your income

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                    Nobody said it wasn’t voluntary, just that it was impacted by the public’s understandable disgust over the rampant pedophilia the church enabled - and once that happened, suddenly the church is mustering its response.

                    Also quit dodging the question - why present it like it’s a common thing for the church to have done, when it’s happened once?