Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted December 20, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 20, 2018 Accusations of child sex abuse against at least 500 Roman Catholic priests and clergy members in Illinois have never been made public, a preliminary investigation by the state's attorney general has found. That brings the total number of members in the Illinois dioceses who have been accused of sexually abusing minors to about 690, according to the report released Wednesday. The church had previously made public the names of only 185 accused priests, 45 of whom were added after Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office started investigating in August. Madigan started her investigation into the Catholic Church after a sweeping grand jury investigation in Pennsylvania uncovered more than 300 "predator priests" statewide who committed "criminal and/or morally reprehensible conduct." The report out of Pennsylvania was scathing: "Priests were raping little boys and girls, and the men of God who were responsible for them not only did nothing; they hid it all." Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro called it a "systematic cover-up" and a "failure of law enforcement," NPR previously reported. Additionally, the grand jury investigation named the accused priests, something the Illinois attorney general's report did not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtralettucetomatoe580 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 690?! Wtf. That just seems statistically impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted December 20, 2018 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 20, 2018 Just now, xtralettucetomatoe580 said: 690?! Wtf. That just seems statistically impossible. How many are there? That seems like it would be more then 1/2 of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted December 20, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 20, 2018 Just fucking sickening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted December 20, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 20, 2018 Its way overdue for some of those covering this up to be indicted. Go up the food chain and file charges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted December 20, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 20, 2018 28 minutes ago, xtralettucetomatoe580 said: 690?! Wtf. That just seems statistically impossible. I thought that too but how many of these priests were moved from state to state. Abusers in PA ending up in IL and so on and so on. Around 17600 parish's in the US and plenty have more than one priest. Plus it goes back decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtralettucetomatoe580 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 1 minute ago, Highmark said: I thought that too but how many of these priests were moved from state to state. Abusers in PA ending up in IL and so on and so on. Around 17600 parish's in the US and plenty have more than one priest. Plus it goes back decades. True, but either way, just astonishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted December 20, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 20, 2018 This is absolutely disgusting and heads need to roll over this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkevsdi Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Huh. No one asking why the accusers waited so long. I wonder why that is? 690. Is fucking nuts. The percentage would be interesting to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted December 20, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, revkevsdi said: Huh. No one asking why the accusers waited so long. I wonder why that is? 690. Is fucking nuts. The percentage would be interesting to know. Nothing about kids being molested is interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted December 20, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, xtralettucetomatoe580 said: True, but either way, just astonishing. Astonishing, disgusting and enough to enrage someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkevsdi Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 1 minute ago, Skidooski said: Nothing about kids being molested is interesting Knowing the percentage would help understand the scale. How many Muslim clerics have been accused? There is good news it may reduce the amount of refugees. I know when the story about the “Christian brothers” broke, refugees started choosing Quebec over Newfoundland. They said they’d rather have language shoved down their throats than religion up their asses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted December 20, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, revkevsdi said: Knowing the percentage would help understand the scale. How many Muslim clerics have been accused? There is good news it may reduce the amount of refugees. I know when the story about the “Christian brothers” broke, refugees started choosing Quebec over Newfoundland. They said they’d rather have language shoved down their throats than religion up their asses. Muslims and refugees? is wrong with you man? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkevsdi Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 1 minute ago, Skidooski said: Muslims and refugees? is wrong with you man? Fuck Man! 690 Priests!!! That's seems more like it's mandatory than the exception. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted December 20, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 20, 2018 Just now, revkevsdi said: Fuck Man! 690 Priests!!! That's seems more like it's mandatory than the exception. So you do have a sense of scale with this then huh? You just wanted to sneak in some Muslim comment along with refugee crap and soon something about Trump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motonoggin Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 This illustrates perfectly the danger of unjustified heirarchy... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USA Contributing Member $poorsledder$ Posted December 20, 2018 USA Contributing Member Share Posted December 20, 2018 I would think there are a bunch that haven't even been found yet. Is this just in the US or do other countries have fucked up clergy as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkevsdi Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 10 minutes ago, $poorsledder$ said: I would think there are a bunch that haven't even been found yet. Is this just in the US or do other countries have fucked up clergy as well? This seems extreme. But I would guess it’s worse In places with less open media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtralettucetomatoe580 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 32 minutes ago, motonoggin said: This illustrates perfectly the danger of unjustified heirarchy... Not wrong. When you can’t question, when it’s all powerful, and it refuses to change, this is what you get. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwytohell Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Churches , public + private schools and higher education have been the hotbed of adult sexual predators of children. Plus ill informed young adults that fall victim for wanting a better grade in college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted December 20, 2018 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 20, 2018 Fuck the wall. Put priests at the border with their pricks out. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motonoggin Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 7 minutes ago, steve from amherst said: Fuck the wall. Put priests at the border with their pricks out. Lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkevsdi Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 1 hour ago, steve from amherst said: Fuck the wall. Put priests at the border with their pricks out. Don’t say that. You’ll offend Skidooski. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted December 20, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 20, 2018 1 hour ago, revkevsdi said: Don’t say that. You’ll offend Skidooski. I know you try real hard but you're continuously coming up short so please try harder. SMH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Homosexuality and pedophilia is rampant in the Catholic Church. It has always been well known and the church has protected priests. At least the carpet munching nuns weren't raping boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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