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Originally Posted by blkwebman1919
Not to go off on a tangent, but I find it interesting that some perceptions in many corners of our society link the idea of child molestation and the Catholic Church together, as if priests are more prone to this then anyone else.
It's not like these crimes don't happen in other religious denominations. I remember hearing in a primetime news documentary a few years back about the same issues within the Jehovah's Witnesses. And they were trying to cover things up as well.
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My father had a relatively high profile case against the Mormon church concerning the same thing. The Church had threatened to excommunicate the family if they revealed what happened to anyone (the perpetrator was a Bishop).
The Mormons won that case because the family waited (because of the church's intimidation) past the statute of limitations. Took it to the Oklahoma Supreme Court and lost -- he got a pretty strongly worded written dissent, something which is rare for that body.