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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
You can make a pretty solid case for public schools being the "world's largest child molestation ring", come to that. And yet, we never see much coverage . . . isolated incidents are reported,but there's no hue and cry about the overall problem. Your child is far more likely to be abused in a school setting than a Catholic church, especially now. (And I'm not letting the Roman Catholics off the hook - the way they handled abuse until recently is a disgrace.)
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But he refers to 200+ years ago, which is a new one to me as far as child molestation charges.
And not to quibble too much, blaming all Roman Catholics for the 20th century stuff may not make as much sense as it first appears. The Church hierarchy, particularly in the US, certainly deserves blame. The average Roman Catholic who was probably completely unaware of any allegations, not so much.
And as far as public schools, it wouldn't make much sense to frame the problem that way considering the number of interactions with children daily and the relatively tiny number of molestation cases. Surely more children are molested in their own homes or those of friends and family members. Would you say that the American family is a hotbed of child molestation? Using these standards, I suppose we'd be forced to conclude that places with the best records on child molestation are the places that children are least likely to be.
But I think your point was that EE-BO's claim may have been a little flawed.