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nathell ◴[] No.43928925[source]
From [0]:

> Rev. Robert Prevost bears responsibility for allowing former Providence Catholic H.S. President and priest Richard McGrath to stay at the high school amidst sex abuse allegations that dated back to the 1990s.

> That's according to Eduardo Lopez de Casas, a clergy abuse survivor and national vice president of the Chicago-based Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP).

[0]: https://willcountygazette.com/stories/671124585-if-he-saw-an...

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BJones12 ◴[] No.43929083[source]
Seeing as he's now head of a religion that believes none of us is perfect (Romans 3:23) it's unsurprising to think someone may allege that he is not perfect.
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eldaisfish ◴[] No.43929116[source]
bad faith response.

No one, from any religion, should directly or indirectly support crimes against minors. If people really cared about kids, we would protect them from sexual abuse from priests and prosecute priests via the legal system.

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BJones12 ◴[] No.43929308[source]
> If people really cared about kids, we would... prosecute priests via the legal system.

Prevost has literally said to alleged victims that they should go to the police.

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Capricorn2481 ◴[] No.43929393[source]
So he "literally" said he won't do anything about it until children can muster the courage and resources to prove in court they were abused.

This is "why didn't she go to the police" for children. The police are not to be trusted, certainly not to against the Catholic Church.

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anon291 ◴[] No.43929470[source]
Then who should investigate? The church cannot do anything to anyone they investigate other than 'order' them to remain in a monastery (which, they can leave at anytime since this is a free country and church rules are not law).
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1. dttze ◴[] No.43929642[source]
They could just out these pedophiles and remove them from positions in the church, but they rather hide their crimes and shield them.

They did absolutely nothing until it became too hard to ignore reality and now they are dealing with that.