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submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemm.ee to c/news@lemmy.world

The Archdiocese of Baltimore will end religious services at one of the city’s Catholic churches after its longtime pastor was recently suspended from ministry because he admitted to making a payment several years ago to settle sexual harassment allegations.

Last month, Father Paschal Morlino was dismissed from his position at St. Benedict Church in southwest Baltimore, where he served for nearly 40 years and became known for his efforts to help residents of poor neighborhoods surrounding the church.

Few details about the 2018 complaint against Morlino have been released. Church officials have said they regarded “alleged sexual harassment of an adult man.” The complainant died in 2020 and a lawyer representing him in the case has declined to comment citing a non-disclosure agreement.

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[-] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Religions should be taxed. If you’ve got money to pay off sexual assault survivors, you’ve got money to pay taxes.

[-] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago
[-] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

What fuck and they successfully lobby for this? THAT IS A FUCKING INJUSTICE THAT CAN'T STAND.

[-] andrewta@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Could that site have any more ads?

[-] downpunxx@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

The Catholic Church has actively ran the longest largest worldwide Pedophile ring in human history. For the past 1800 years the Catholic Church recruited, supported, obfuscated, defended, and excused pedophilia, which continues to this day. The fact the Catholic Church still allowed to operate, in any way shape or form, with youth of any kind, in any country, anywhere, means we've all purposefully lost the thread. Beside the Catholic Church being criminal, it's only shown how very little adults care about the systematic raping of children. Like, at all. We simply do not care.

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