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While this is true, the issue surrounding the Catholic Church is how the have historically handled it. Often it was covered up, the priest moved to a different parish, and it would just happen again and again with the same offenders. So yes the number offending clergy is roughly the same as the general population but failing to prevent known offenders from inflicting life long damage on innocent children is despicable.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_sex_abuse_ca...
https://kelsolawyers.com/au/paedophile_offenders/brother-kea...
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39078652
NB: These are just the orphanages in a single Australian State - if you'd care to read the various lengthy Royal Commission reports you can find such abuse by Catholic Priests was widespread across the country.
Zero chance of that happening when you have second tier (just below Pope) Council of Cardinal Advisers actively covering up pedophile priests and moving them about to fresh stalking grounds with no advice or warning given to the communities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Pell
Again, for details see the various Royal Commission reports.
Please do not minimise this stuff by making false claims about it being "super rare" .. a good 80% of tens of thousands of post war orphans have rapey priest stories.
Numerous studies have proven the low, low incidence of true pedophilia. I'm not saying sexual abuse was rare.
I understand the difference between prepubescent and postpubescent and I can read (and have read) both national and state investigations into the Catholic Brothers Institutions here in Australia that took in tens of thousands of post WWII children and sexually, physically and emotionally abused a considerable percentage of those children both pre and post pubescent.
Perhaps you might read these specific reports rather than some airy compilation of "numerous reports".
Here are just two of many
https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/sites/default/f...
Dr Coldrey stated that the sexual abuse of boys was on a large scale with the existence of paedophile Brother 'sex rings' at Bindoon and Castledare.
The trust fund operated for three years. It made lump-sum payments to 127 men for child sexual abuse.
Perhaps you're confused because you've never looked into the details?
Customs officer: G'day, passport please.
Man, immigrating to Australia: Cheers.
Customs officer: Anything to declare?
Man: no, sir.
Customs: Do you have a criminal record we should know about?
Man: BUGGER! I didn't realise that one is still required here!People mature at different rates. At some point someone is going to be attracted to a 17 year old while thinking that they are an 18 year old.
The old "She can't be 17 - I'm only attracted to 18+ females" isn't an argument that works.
Grindr is an 18+ app. So explain again what you meant.
Which minors use, and which minors have been sexually abused through - see, e.g., this NPR report “How Grindr, A Popular Gay Dating App, Poses Exploitation Risk To Minors” - https://www.npr.org/2021/08/03/1024108203/how-grindr-a-popul...
I’m not saying this to justify what this group did - I’m sure the vast majority of adult men on Grindr have zero intention of pursuing the minors on the platform, and if they happen to make contact with one, will do the right thing once they find out they are a minor. I’m sure many of these priests had no such intention either.