• Zoot@reddthat.com
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    19 days ago

    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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      19 days ago

      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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        19 days ago

        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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            19 days ago

            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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              19 days ago

              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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                19 days ago

                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?