And yes, lots of children are raped and molested by people other than priests. But how many organizations can you name that systematically, at the highest levels, for decades, in countries all over the world, covered up hundreds, if not thousands of instances of child rape, protected the perpetrators from punishment or even discovery, and abetted them in gaining access to new victims? And how many of those organizations (presuming you can name any to begin with) also arrogantly presume to be able to dictate moral behavior to the whole human race and attempt to deny human dignity and legal rights based on their "moral authority" from "god"?
So sorry to "vamp" on the issue of child rape, btw. I realize many people would like to whitewash what the Catholic Church has done, or to deflect from it by the tired old "Look, other people do it too" argument, but I just can't quite bring myself. If I could speak up for every child who's ever been raped, molested or abused, or protect every one that might be, I would, but I do what I can (and it's not confined to this site) so why you're pointing that finger is a mystery.
And if you wanted this to be a thread about gun control (the first word of which was "Vatican", btw), you were free to leave it that way, rather than continue on the subject of child rape, which I didn't introduce here in any case.
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