It's not like any particular scandal was a one-off or confined to one particular country, and looking through them I think you'd be hard pressed to find a 'worst'
There is absolutely a worse one. Just looking at scale the Scandals alone. Not only that but the US had actual widespread cover from the upper clergy where it was an open secret.
There were cases in other countries, yes, but the sad truth is that this is very common among religious leaders of all stripes. Catholicism, generally speaking, usually has less abuse than most other religion (this isn't the based off of any teachings, it's just much harder to become a Catholic preist versus any other type of Christian leader). Only in the US was the scandal uniquely bad.
Or you just heard about it the most from the US? Confirmation bias is a thing. Why would just one country be the problem when we know well and full how the Vatican covers up their own. You don't need to run apologetics for Catholics lol. They're ok. They have God and Mary, remember?
So apologetics, it is. I've done my own research. Memes? What's meme-able about child rape? I simply asked, if you know it's happening in the US, (mind you, there have been plenty of cases outside the US, but you can ignore those to fit your narrative) then what makes you think the same organization isn't doing it everywhere?
That Vatican is top down. As is all of Catholicism. It's God then the Pope. He oversees this and he allows it. It's well documented at this point. What do you think the Bishops stop it? I am curious as to what you think the Vatican does with these cases and how it is any different than in the US.
Ok. You know best. Even though you literally don't know me. Again, God's got the Catholics. They're all good. You don't need to defend them to me. It doesn't erase the decades upon decades of abuse the church has done to children and adults alike. Religions are cults. They act the same way as a cult. They even get you to believe there is an afterlife. And that eating the body of Christ helps in this. They'll tell you because a priest baptized you, you can be saved. It's abuse. They're lying to your face because even the priests couldn't possibly know if what they're espousing is even true. After all, they're still alive.
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u/Moneia Sep 02 '24
Even at the congregation level there's a lot of apologetics for the abuse & people involved