RUOK? probably not judging by your posts and thoughts
Yes pedophils come from every walk of life, even non believers
Such people, no exceptions are the lowest form of filth
Always
Now yes other, maybe all, Churches are involved
World wide investigations have highlighted not one as bad as the Catholic Church, over centuries
Tell of these investigations, being horrified by them, does not make me a hater
You highlight your uninformed HATE here daily
In that post, clearly, we can see a symptom of the help Priests got, even from parents, when molesting kids
SOME in that Church forgot it is Christ, not the priest they worship
Unless true accountability not blind defense become the path the Catholic Church is doomed

Good one Belly, bigoted as they get.

Can we move away from the semi-fascist notions of 'collective guilt' - that if one of a group is guilty of some dreadful crime, then all of his/her ilk are equally guilty, and should be stigmatised as such.

Not all Muslims - in fact, very few - are plotting and planning terrorist acts. Not all Aboriginal people are lousy parents, drunks, violent wife-bashers and child-abusers. Not all Pommies are up themselves.

We have to find ways to reconcile, or at least allow to co-exist, various freedoms which may clash - freedom of expression along with freedom of religious beliefs, along with freedom to live as one wishes provided it doesn't require breaking the common law. Society will always be imperfect, so clashes between basic rights are inevitable.

Joe

Belly,

You said "World wide investigations have highlighted not one as bad as the Catholic Church, over centuries"

Care to give a reference?

Loudmouth thank you!
Any other path,[than trying to live together] will never work
Not near everyone from any faith group nation is in any way a threat
Bigotry is wrong always
We and the world, are multiculturalism at work
Reversing that is impossible

Belly,

"Reversing that is impossible"

So is a reference apparently.