Reply #41: Whatever.

[Maat]

I'm not trying to minimize one experience over another. Every experience is tragic to the victim involved. To suggest that one type of victim suffers more than another - well, that's an exercise I won't indulge in.

There is no 'garden variety' abuse; every victim suffers; and, I don't bother to give the suffering a number on a score of 1 to 10. I just see to it that the victim gets help, and advise people about preventative steps.

Your nitpicking with me is irrevelant to the central point - the perpetrator is not just a sexually frustrated person or a person with a certain sexual orientation; there is an overwhelming chance that the perpetrator was abused as a child himself - systematically and repetitively.

The Church can take steps to prevent it; that's the point.

I never denigrated a victim; you read that into it.

Now, this discussion is ended. Have a nice night!