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darkknight109 posted...

Quick question for you, TC, that might put this in perspective.

Were you just as skeptical of the people coming forward to allege sexual abuse committed by the Catholic priests 30, 40, sometimes 50+ years ago? Did you think it was odd that all of them started coming forwards at the same time (and not, y'know, people finally deciding to come to terms with a horrible past because it kept popping up in the news)? Were they also sitting on these allegations for decades, waiting until "the perfect time" to maximize the damage?

Or is this different somehow?

Catholic priests molesting young boys is definitely different. Do we really need to have this conversation? lol

The #MeToo movement is (usually) adult women coming forward with their stories of a man (always multiple years ago, sometimes decades) harassing them, making them feel uncomfortable, etc. Very seldom is it actual cases of rape/assault. And when it does happen, the woman was almost always in college at the time or older. She was an adult when it happened. Someone who could stand up for themselves if they chose to. Someone who could easily go to the police, or photograph bruises and blood on their bodies the next morning on their cellphones to take into evidence. Steps could have been taken. And they often aren't. There is no evidence. Just her verbal testimony. And it's always some journalist that gets her statement before the authorities. Shady as hell.

So a lot of it just doesn't add up.

Catholic priests, however......molest/rape CHILDREN. Oftentimes decades and decades ago before there was even internet, cellphones, social media, etc. Religion had all the protection in the community. "Priests can do no wrong!" To question the morality of your minister is blasphemy. And some of the kids were so young....they might have not even recognized what exactly was happening to them. Priests used this position of authority and power to do what they did. So a lot of the victims didn't come forward until they were old enough to recognize what exactly happened to them and how they weren't the only ones who got "weird massages from Father Johnson every Sunday night". So they eventually start coming forward.

So to sum it up, the biggest difference in choosing to come forward years and years later is that Catholic priests victimized children. The #MeToo movement, in general, is almost always adult women.
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