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Arrest and tax those who would cover-up child abuse : Comments

By Max Wallace, published 17/12/2010

All, including churches and other religious bodies, should be legally required to report child abuse

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Society would benefit more if there was no child abuse.The amount of money that is used to clean up the mess left behind by various people who abuse is unfathomable.

Why is it not clear cut? you abuse a child and are found to be the one responsible you do the time in jail.

Society is left with devastating consequences, some are criminals in jail who possible if they had not been abused would not have turned to drugs and alcohol to cover up the pain. Some are people who struggle in their regular lives and looked down upon because they have not had the chance to attain meaningful or decent employment. Many suffer mental anguish anxiety and depression. This clearly needs to be addressed and people in society need to realise they are able to do something positive about this. Just by educating themselves on abuse and the dire effects. People may protest in their cities over abortion rights and most recently freedom of speech wikileaks saga.

How many have stood up and had a rally and protested about the abuse endured by many children or adults. Writing to your MP and ask what is being done about such and such a situation. Holding all people accountable this includes the various religions and government organizations. As I have mentioned just focusing on the catholic church or religious people will not solve things it will look like a witch hunt. I am sure there are many who are involved in various religious places who Your reply did not process correctly. Please REPLY to this message and
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attached.do not wish any of this to have occurred. People need to talk about abuse even the Pope there is no need to be embarrassed or guilty it needs to be spoken about by all people.
Posted by gothesca, Monday, 20 December 2010 2:16:23 PM
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Check out the documentary Deliver us from Evil http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814075/
It follows a child sex offender priest on his parish movements from victim to victim. We hear from the priest, the victims and the church hierarchy. It shows that the church likes to think that 'priests are God's chosen princes on earth. The devil is always opposing God and tempting his chosen ones to sin. Therefore when a priest sins (eg has sex with children), that is because the devil has come in the form of the child tempting the priest to sin.' This internal logic of justification explains why the church regards victims of sex offender priests as threats to the church and treats them that way. Benedict is discovering that it is not really working too well.At last.
Posted by mog, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 11:06:45 AM
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Oh mog,

to think that the Vicar of God could be so decent:

"Prayers were said at Mass on Sunday for victims of former Catholic priest and paedophile Tony Walsh following the publication of Chapter 19 of the Murphy Report.

"The previously censored chapter of the report described Walsh as the “most notorious” paedophile encountered by the Commission of Inquiry and estimated his victims to run into the hundreds."

Read the full horror on the xtian news site:
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/prayers.for.victims.of.abusive.former.priest/27270.htm

And, just to show the Micks are not the only sinners, try the ABC TV here on the 'scathing report' on school chaplains:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/11/25/3076862.htm

There is always an excuse, a justification, and way out for these dangerous creeps.
Posted by The Blue Cross, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 11:16:54 AM
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As a Jewish person, I can tell you that child sex - it is always rape as no child can be 'consenting' - carries the death penalty in traditional (Torah) Judaism. Jews do not accept the excuse "the devil made me do it" which seems to be the cry of the 'Christian' perpetrators of these crimes against children.

A recent case in Israel; an 8 year old girl was raped. The father of the girl found out who did it, shot and killed the man (almost all Israelis are armed). Goes to court, father charged with murder, court finds not guilty of murder but of manslaughter (Israeli criminal Law is largely based on British Law). Verdict - suspended sentence and probation due to the extreme provocation of the crime against his daughter. The father got to keep his guns.

In Australia, we don't value our children and so the courts give such lenient sentences. Any parent here who acts to defend their children or punish those who attacked their children is treated far harsher than the child attacker. Why?
Posted by RichardJoachim, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 12:07:27 PM
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God-swill Richard, God's will.

He moves in mysterious ways, and no one in Australia has the stomach to question any of the claims made under the name of our various gods.

To do that, is to invite ridicule, and hurtful expressions of bile from 'the faithful'.

No wonder Israel gets on so well with the USA, both have gun-toting wild west mentalities that drive their populations.
Posted by The Blue Cross, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 12:52:49 PM
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I do not think that killing a perpetrator
is a way anyone should go. This is a emotional response. I am glad that we do not have the laws in Australia like is found in America and Israel. This is also not going to help solve the problem of child abuse.

Preventing child abuse and educating everyone on it is more valuable than focusing on punishing people. This has not reduced the abuse at all just helps it become more hidden and more secret. Abuse of children needs to be exposed for what it is and the damage that is causes to a society. The bacci bazzi boys in Afghanistan is one of the saddest and most disgusting things I have ever come across. This is done in full view of people and it is brushed off as a cultural thing. It is in all cultures abuse of children, the only way a country or our earth will progress is if all people fight against child abuse and take it seriously. Punishments is a bandaid measure whether they are weak or long term ones.
Posted by gothesca, Tuesday, 21 December 2010 1:09:00 PM
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