The cases of paedophile and other abuse within the churches, particularly the Catholic church never stop. The church has tried secrecy and bribery but the silence is no longer and many are opening up to what honestly happened and now it reaches from the ground floor right up to the Pope.
The good news is that some of this behaviour is out in the open now and the church has some pressure to stop it repeating as it has over the years. For it is always easier to talk about good and evil when preaching to externals but to face it within is entirely another matter.
Many of those with the paedophile disease (for want of a better term) have been attracted to the church for both good and bad reasons. On the darker side is the amazing degree of exposure to children with little supervision and a great deal of trust on your side. The Scouts and Teachers face similar issues. On the other hand many probably do not want this paedophile disease (for selfish reasons if not altruistic). Many may believe the church offers them hope to purge this evil, this sin, from themselves and thus they will enter the church with every intention of stopping their behaviour. Intentions which cannot be and are not fulfilled.
And so the church draws large numbers of these kinds of people towards itself and provides them with excellent opportunity to carry out their dreadful harm towards children. And in so concentrating them allows the paedophiles to build up supportive networks for mutual protection.
If caught out, the attitude has been of forgiveness and minimalising the impact on the perpetrator. Often not informing the police, often continuing exposure to children. All in all a very soft approach. A softness which has cost countless kids very dearly indeed.
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