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Troublesh00ter's avatar

Disgusted? Enraged? Oh, you betcha. Surprised? Who are YOU kidding? Endemic, systemic abuse, sourcing from religious organizations, seems to be roughly as reliable as the sun rising in the east, and it doesn't matter whether it's New Jersey or New Zealand. There it is.

Yet the report on this pervasive abuse recommends nothing more than APOLOGIES for this heinous action? COME ON!!! At minimum, fines should be levied on each organization and the leaders and supporters should be subject to civil action at minimum and criminal arrest at maximum. Let's keep in mind: this hasn't been going on for just years or decades, but CENTURIES, and possibly well over a millennium, in the case of the Catholic Church. Tolerance or hand-slaps will only encourage them to continue this behavior until strong action is taken to dissuade them of it.

New Zealand needs to be a LOT more serious about this than they seem to be at this moment.

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JerryBier's avatar

Gee, two religious organizations abusing people? Ask me why I'm an atheist.

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