Sexual predators never change, and every professional who deals with them knows that. No amount of Jesus is going to make any difference. I have very little use for the clergy in general, and see them as social parasites who contribute little of value to the world. They do so while living off the labors of others. I loathe the members of the clergy who hide behind their clerical collars and magic books to abuse others. In the end, the people in the pews who enable them are culpable in their crimes.
Really, if you have to find your morals in a bronze-age book, you are looking in the wrong place. That book is full of very questionable ideas of what is ethical. I sometimes wonder if Christians understand what empathy is and how it plays into what is moral. No, instead of considering other people, let's pray away the feelings we have.
The Catholic church has similar "rehab centers" for rapist clergy, and it seems that the focus is similar: fasting and prayer for their sins, never a thought for the victims of their abuse. Predatory clergy are a feature, not a bug, of religion.
“I wondered if I truly had a spirit of sexuality on me and if I would ever get it off.“
How sad that she thought it was her fault and something she has to change about herself. You don’t have the “spirit of sexuality on you”, that is something religious men made up to excuse their shitty behavior.
$4.5 million for holy-roller rehab... but if the 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘴 ask for the same $4.5 million for 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 recovery, all you'll hear will be crickets and the distant, ethereal sounds of paint drying. Bet they'd spend another $4.5 million on lawyers just to keep the victims from getting their $4.5 million, too.
The "major sins" of the (patients?) at this place are probably in three categories: sexual, chemical, and financial. Some cases would involve all three, but one would be the primary diagnosis, (a term that only licensed psychotherapy professionals should ever use) and the others would be secondary to that. If well-qualified behavioral professionals are NOT in charge of whatever they do to and for the attendees, then I can only assume that the main treatment there is to prescribe more of what enabled the disorders to get worse in the first place: More religion. Massive infusions of Jesus have a long history of failure in treating sexual predation behaviors, addictive behaviors, and chronic theft behaviors.
This place is going to explode with scandals from within its walls and scandals from its "graduates" after they leave.
"I wondered if I truly had a spirit of sexuality on me and if I would ever get it off."
Can someone please explain to me what the fuck that even means? For 2000 years the christian church has been filling people's heads with pious-sounding rubbish like that. And it is nearly always done to get people to think that they and their natural feelings and inclinations are the problem, not the villainous shamans who promote it all.
Looking at the price tag on the rehab center, I’m guessing there will be some pretty sweet amenities. So criminal clergy go to this place, live it up with no responsibilities, wait for folks to forget what they’ve done, then go back to life as though nothing ever happened, only to repeat the process the next time they “falter”.
So, a resort for them to chill at after the Public Apology to the Ceiling. A place to hide out until the next scandal distracts the rubes and they can come back to the grift full time. Seems legit./s
A "pastoral recovery center," eh? I suppose it's meant to help them recover after truthful allegations regarding sexual misconduct and far more serious charges. The question becomes: will it help them recover from the financial penalties from successfully litigated lawsuits against them, never mind the irreversible damage to their reputations (such as they were) that inevitably result?
Shall we also mention the ridiculous euphemism: "pastoral recovery center." I suppose that sounds better than: "half-way house," especially considering that's what they're really talking about.
Sexual predators never change, and every professional who deals with them knows that. No amount of Jesus is going to make any difference. I have very little use for the clergy in general, and see them as social parasites who contribute little of value to the world. They do so while living off the labors of others. I loathe the members of the clergy who hide behind their clerical collars and magic books to abuse others. In the end, the people in the pews who enable them are culpable in their crimes.
'Christian morals'; an oxymoron.
Really, if you have to find your morals in a bronze-age book, you are looking in the wrong place. That book is full of very questionable ideas of what is ethical. I sometimes wonder if Christians understand what empathy is and how it plays into what is moral. No, instead of considering other people, let's pray away the feelings we have.
The Catholic church has similar "rehab centers" for rapist clergy, and it seems that the focus is similar: fasting and prayer for their sins, never a thought for the victims of their abuse. Predatory clergy are a feature, not a bug, of religion.
“I wondered if I truly had a spirit of sexuality on me and if I would ever get it off.“
How sad that she thought it was her fault and something she has to change about herself. You don’t have the “spirit of sexuality on you”, that is something religious men made up to excuse their shitty behavior.
Jesus forgives them, why can't you? /s
At a facility like this, one can only hope that Christians have the same aversion to fire codes as they do to moral responsibility.
$4.5 million for holy-roller rehab... but if the 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘴 ask for the same $4.5 million for 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 recovery, all you'll hear will be crickets and the distant, ethereal sounds of paint drying. Bet they'd spend another $4.5 million on lawyers just to keep the victims from getting their $4.5 million, too.
This place is going to be called Club Pred.
The "major sins" of the (patients?) at this place are probably in three categories: sexual, chemical, and financial. Some cases would involve all three, but one would be the primary diagnosis, (a term that only licensed psychotherapy professionals should ever use) and the others would be secondary to that. If well-qualified behavioral professionals are NOT in charge of whatever they do to and for the attendees, then I can only assume that the main treatment there is to prescribe more of what enabled the disorders to get worse in the first place: More religion. Massive infusions of Jesus have a long history of failure in treating sexual predation behaviors, addictive behaviors, and chronic theft behaviors.
This place is going to explode with scandals from within its walls and scandals from its "graduates" after they leave.
"I wondered if I truly had a spirit of sexuality on me and if I would ever get it off."
Can someone please explain to me what the fuck that even means? For 2000 years the christian church has been filling people's heads with pious-sounding rubbish like that. And it is nearly always done to get people to think that they and their natural feelings and inclinations are the problem, not the villainous shamans who promote it all.
Looking at the price tag on the rehab center, I’m guessing there will be some pretty sweet amenities. So criminal clergy go to this place, live it up with no responsibilities, wait for folks to forget what they’ve done, then go back to life as though nothing ever happened, only to repeat the process the next time they “falter”.
Why spend $4.5 million on a recovery center when we already have the perfect place to put these pastors? Prison.
Looking it up on Google maps, I see another red flag. It's within a thousand fucking miles of a school, library and/or playground.
"Are there licensed therapists and psychologists and other professionals"
Hahahahahahahahahaha! .... seriously?
So, a resort for them to chill at after the Public Apology to the Ceiling. A place to hide out until the next scandal distracts the rubes and they can come back to the grift full time. Seems legit./s
A "pastoral recovery center," eh? I suppose it's meant to help them recover after truthful allegations regarding sexual misconduct and far more serious charges. The question becomes: will it help them recover from the financial penalties from successfully litigated lawsuits against them, never mind the irreversible damage to their reputations (such as they were) that inevitably result?
Shall we also mention the ridiculous euphemism: "pastoral recovery center." I suppose that sounds better than: "half-way house," especially considering that's what they're really talking about.
A haven for non-repentant sinful pastors, I bet.