"No rapey pope please" is such a low bar ffs
this post was submitted on 01 May 2025
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Honestly not so sure about that. Seems like people who reach the highest positions of power in any organization in the world are extremely over represented in the "take what they want without worrying about the consequences for others" category of people. Makes you wonder how we choose leaders in general, not just the how the Church does it.
I mean if they have rules against fraud and bribery you would think having rules against sexual assault and abuse would be a no-brainer. Yet here we are ... still.
We're no closer to criminalizing insider trading by elected officials than prosecuting religious leaders for raping our children — for centuries. That's proof enough we're fucked as a civilization.
When I said "they" I was referencing the Vatican.
I was alluding to the fact that their "rules" are historically for sale, and the modern judicial system as a whole is a crock of fetid shit.
If only they were cardinals, huh?
It's not called 'Cardinal sin' for nothing
The Venn diagram of Catholic* priests and perpetually protected rapists is a circle drawn in crayon.
/* for example
It isn't really a circle though, there are also politicians, media people, police and military officers,...
Many. Many layers. 🤮
Positions of power with lots of fragile prey will always attract predators. Priests, pastors, teachers, scouts, coaches, sanatoriums, families, youth groups, etc.
It takes a good system of heightened vigilance to keep these safe.
That alludes to said predators arriving on-scene after the target group has already hobbled & offered itself to exploitation of its soft bits to such — thereby ignoring the ineffable truth that this specific predator population's been cultivating exactly this for centuries.
It was more an explanations as to why predators flock to these institutions. Unless you're suggesting the Catholic priests in questions are thousand-year-old immortals.
Ha as if