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Heard but not acted upon. The abused were young children, often the
complaints were dismissed as vexatious - the priest would say that they
had disciplined the child and he/she was vengeful. When complaints
became too frequent to ignore the priest was moved on and the abused
told that the matter had been dealt with by the church - by moving the
offender on to offend elsewhere.
>>> Whistleblowers were victimised (in govt departments too), no 'working
>>> with children clearance, no talk of inquiries. As has been observed -
>>> society didn't know what to do about it.
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We've always known what to do, there has been a lack of will by politicians
to do anything about it until a campaign is run.
>>> Complaints obviously are heard now. Pedo's might operate the same way,
>>> but times have changed.
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Same story.
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>> Just follow some of the paper trails - amazing the number of "referees"
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>> job applications who are/were catholic priests.
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> Catholic priests running govt departments? Chances of a response to my
> point are looking pretty remote.
When access is gained to personnel files, there will be plenty of examples
of
employees being recommended for jobs by catholic priests which put them
in positions coming into contact with children. Anyone who has a catholic
priest as a referee has to be sus and should be suspended until proven safe
to work around children.
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