The investigation found that clergy paedophile rings shared patterns of behaviour with criminal gangs, the Mafia, terrorist cells, corrupt police, drug dealers, money launderers and price-fixing cartels ...
The research showed their abuse was facilitated and reinforced by church hierarchy ...
The researcher, Sally Muytjens, spent more than three years investigating "dark networks" of paedophile clergy in Victorian dioceses. She published the research late last year, receiving a doctorate from Queensland University of Technology.
Muytjens’ research found the largest and most active dark networks were at schools including St Alipius in Ballarat and Salesian College, Rupertswood, and orphanages including St Vincent de Paul’s in South Melbourne and St Augustine’s in Geelong.
One of the worst offenders, convicted paedophile and former Christian Brother Edward "Ted" Dowlan, was active in five of the 16 dark networks, she found.
Her study also identified Christian Brother Rex Francis Elmer as a member of two paedophile networks.
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The one true church, led by the infallible bride of Christ....who believes that shit? A shower of dirty bastards more like.
ReplyDeleteit is all crap but still there can be found people who believe it. Watching the bull shit scamvangelists in the US selling their shit to fools eager to buy reminds us of that.
DeleteYes AM lies, hypocrisy and utter nonsense exist in all religions but sexually abuse is endemic in the Roman Catholic church. Sure there are nonces everywhere but not to the extent or with such far ranging cover ups as the RC church, a church with grandiose claims of divine supremacy. Clearly it is linked to celibacy.
ReplyDeletePeter - abuse is endemic in the Catholic Church. But it is a singular institution where its abuses are congregated and probable easier to trace. I imagine it is the same for Hindus, Muslims and Jews. There was a piece here recently where it was argued that the greatest concentration of paedophilia in Israel was in the Orthodox Jewish community.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe it is linked to celibacy in the Catholic Church. I think the church drew people who were paedophiles because it was the perfect and safest place to practice it. Rape to your hearts content and the leadership would cover for you and at worst move you to pastures greener.
My own view is that clerics of all hues behave like this.