• SharkEatingBreakfast@sh.itjust.works
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    P×dophiles are flocking to churches because they’re unregulated by the government. They’re becoming a safe haven for these sick fucks because they often attempt to handle conflict and scandals within their own walls. Also, due to a high need for childcare, often no background check is needed!

    A “scandal” is bad for business attendance numbers, so they like to keep it quiet, if they can.

    My family has gone to so many churches throughout the years, and at least 5 or 6 have had the sexual abuse of a child come to light within church leadership.

    I am dead serious about this: KEEP YOUR KIDS OUT OF CHURCHES!!!

    EDIT: I forgot to mention that most clergy are not bound by laws that would make them mandated reporters for child abuse.

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        I mean, yeah, that’s how I deal with it.

        But even some non-church-going folks with drop off their kids at “youth group” essentially for free childcare and debatable “moral development.”

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      Even when it does come out, church people often rush to support the perpetrators. They do the “I’ve had a beer with them and I like them so they couldn’t be a bad guy” thing that I do not understand at all about people.

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      This is true, they try to hide this type of activity, and if you fight it they’ll take you down too. Source: personal experience.