BALTIMORE (AP) — More than 150 Catholic priests and others associated with the Archdiocese of Baltimore sexually abused over 600 children and often escaped accountability, according to a long-awaited state report released Wednesday that revealed the scope of abuse spanning 80 years and accused church leaders of decades of coverups.
The report paints a damning picture of the archdiocese, which is the oldest Roman Catholic diocese in the country and spans much of Maryland. Some parishes, schools and congregations had more than one abuser at the same time — including St. Mark Parish in Catonsville, which had 11 abusers living and working there between 1964 and 2004. One deacon admitted to molesting over 100 children. Another priest was allowed to feign hepatitis treatment and make other excuses to avoid facing abuse allegations.
This goes to the church goers who are PFRs and then the church gets high and mighty about it without looking inward…(looking at you Anglican church in IL, et al):
95%…all I am going to say…sigh…
Catholics. Them that attempt to deny human sexuality to their priests. I was 13 when a neighbor kid told me the story. It was right as were to enter the front door to his church when out of nowhere he mentioned choir boys and…. He put his hand in something then put it to his forehead. Holly water, he said, doing the cross with his hand.
Then he said…ah don’t worry about it. I told him I’d wasn’t worried cause I’d jack the guy up! Slang for a punch to the jaw.
I’ll simply refer to my comments about Idaho’s Children’s Trust Fund. Don’t sweat me, I was raised Lutheran so is normal for me to squelch about the men in black. Mormons & Mennonites don’t really condone their inhumanity either. Unfortunately the Mormons were the only ones with the coffers to respond to what the federalists had done with respect to the employment of database. Most of SCOTUS has ties to Harvard. I’m not calling Harvard corrupt, just overpriced.