ttbn,

"I'm sure you think that is the case, but my money says that there has to be a Christian influence somewhere in the background, because that is what the Western way of life is based on"

In some cases, the influence is Hindu, Buddhist and, dare I say it, Muslim.

The Christian Way means acting toward offending persons in a way they do not deserve. Forgiving one who injures you. Showing grace to an enemy. This principle does have its abusers, but it outweighs the principle of an eye for an eye; balanced on equal justice.

Josephus, is that the justification you give for the churches hierarchy covering up of paedophilia in the ranks. A bit of that "acting toward offending persons in a way they do not deserve". I'll agree, that's what they did. Now Wilson is hopefully going to jail for it.

ttbn, justify your figure of 3%, you can't because you simply invented it to help minimise the extent of the problem within the Catholic Church. You are not the only apologists out there, there are many such people.

//bigoted Christian-hating Green// wrong again ttbn, there are many many examples of good Christian folk in the community, whose selflessness knows no bounds, and I admire them for it. The Catholic Priest Fr.Chris Riley, along with the Uniting Church Minister Bill Crews just to name two. Fantastic human beings, how much better their presence on earth has made society, immeasurable. So pull your head in and directly answer my claim about you.

Paul,

I didn't make it up; it was written by someone who knew about such things. You don't 'justify' what you claim, so don't ask me to do something you can't do. I really don't care whether you believe me or not anyway, so ta ta.

// it was written by someone// written by who and where? Written by the apologists ttbn on the OLO Forum, that's the who and where. What a cop out.

Paul and ttbn,
I see that you have been having a debate about how many priests were involved in kiddy fiddling in the RC church.

I recall seing figure on this not so long ago, when I was looking for figures on child sex abuse and Incest. But cannot recall exactly where.

The figures for the number of priests in the RC church were relativeally low but the thing to remember is that they are estimates only.

I hope this link gives you both further insight into the issue.

https://aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/tandi429