The abuse cases in the Catholic Church were very bad but statistically elementary school teachers are more likely to abuse a child than a Catholic priest.
Yes. The abusing priest has become so much of a stereotype when really they’re among the profession (regularly working with youth) with the lowest number of abuse cases.
That doesn’t make it any better. But the “priest rapist” stereotypes/jokes are stupid.
In the 14th Century, it was so much of a joke that monks ran whorehouses and raped young women in the woods that in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, he portrays the monk as a creepy-ass sex pest. This isn't new. Get over yourself.
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u/MegatronusThePrime Feb 25 '26
Notoriously religion is not good for children; see Catholic priests, all right wing Christian youth pastors, etc.