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Over 2,200 people victim of sexual abuse by German church staff
(www.euronews.com)
Fuck religion.
Ok, hear me out and I hope I don’t get downvoted to oblivion
Isn’t it a major sin according to Abrahamic religions (rape, abuse etc.)? How is religion responsible for this particular case, if anything, there should be severe punishment for these people, if people actually follow their faith.
Clergy are in a position of authority over these victims. Religion is a power structure and as they say, "power corrupts." That's all there is to it. It would seem to be that it takes a special kind of person to want to be clergy, and that person is very corruptible. The religious teachings themselves hardly figure into it.
I am pretty sure that in the books, it is mentioned that God is not afraid to punish anyone, and that all the rules are applicable to every person. They don’t change for a common man or a clergy or even the pope
I am pretty sure these ‘churches’ have just become a place for people higher in power to get away with crimes and squeeze money from people, not a place of worship they are supposed to be, don’t quote me on this tho, I have never been in a church, I wonder what people who actually follow what their faith says do.. In fact I remember a news recently that a church was being closed because it offered ppl shelter or something like that
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So it's not always just the catholic church! Seems religion itself poisons the mind.
My hypothesis is that positions of power attract people who want power. Someone I know knew a protestant pastor. He was the worst kind of human, groomed a girl from his family, had no consideration for anyone. But there's one person he really loved: himself.
Like, last month, or...?
Hey, they're not Catholics. These are promising rookie numbers though
Link to the German News Magazine "Zeit" about the findings. It is in German, sorry for that in advance.
Archive-Link: https://archive.is/ebTFj
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The findings are drawn from an examination of documents and records from regional churches and the Lutherans' diaconal relief and social welfare organisation, Diakonie.
The Protestant Church commissioned the study in 2020, allocating 3.6 million euros for its funding.
The objective was to analyse the internal structures of the church that contribute to violence and the abuse of power.
The EKD, representing 19.2 million Protestant Christians in Germany through its 20 regional churches, expressed its remorse to victims during the presentation of the study in Hannover.
Bishop Kirsten Fehrs of Hamburg, head of the Council of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD), offered a heartfelt apology to the victims.
The revelation follows the Catholic Church in Germany disclosing staggering numbers of sexual abuse by its clergy in 2018.
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