Comments | ontd_political: Catholic Friar Engages in Some Victim Blaming

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Catholic Friar Engages in Some Victim Blaming

Aug 30, 2012 21:55

( Trigger Warning: Child Abuse, Pedophilia, Victim Blaming, Jerry Sandusky, Incoherent Rage, Fuckery, Flames on the Side of Your Face )

oh not this shit again, catholic church, flames on the side of my face, child abuse / csa, fuckery, *trigger warning: child abuse / csa, rape culture, rape, rape apologism, pedobear, god save us from your followers, **trigger warning, fuck this guy, how to win friends and influence people

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13chapters August 31 2012, 02:21:25 UTC

I saw this yesterday and wanted to puke. But I didn't see his picture. Anyone else immediately think of Marshal Applewhite?

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kidantarctica August 31 2012, 02:30:03 UTC

belleweather August 31 2012, 02:47:00 UTC

Sounds creepily, disgustingly like wish-fulfillment on the part of the friar.

... and now that I've thought that, I'm off to wash my brain out with bleach. Cheers!

mickeym August 31 2012, 02:51:34 UTC

“My mind and my way of expressing myself are not as clear as they used to be,” said the 79-year-old priest. “I deeply regret any harm I have caused to anyone.”

I think he expressed himself quite clearly, and I'm willing to bet large amounts of money I don't actually have, that he only regrets he's being called on what he said.

What a gross, disgusting person.

quixotic_coffee August 31 2012, 03:07:53 UTC

"It's not so hard to see - a kid looking for a father and didn't have his own - and they won't be planning to get into heavy-duty sex, but almost romantic, embracing, kissing."

No, actually that is hard to see because it's a big leap from a father figure/child relationship to sexual abuse. A normal relationship with a parent figure is not almost romantic, nor is embracing or giving someone a kiss always sexual.

This is disgusting.

And even if a minor is trying to seduce an adult (not that I think this happens to any serious extent) it's still sexual abuse. It doesn't change anything.

kyra_neko_rei August 31 2012, 03:55:54 UTC

I'm trying to add up the double standard here and it's breaking my brain.

quixotic_coffee August 31 2012, 04:22:58 UTC

What now?

kyra_neko_rei August 31 2012, 06:33:23 UTC

Just . . . the position of traditional gender roles and abstinence-only sex education that they support effectively purports that when it's a man "seducing" a woman, it's her duty to refuse and if she doesn't refuse it's her fault, despite that men tend to be physically more powerful and under those same gender roles have more social authority. This is often held to be true no matter how persistent or pressuring he is about it---it's her duty as a Proper Abstinent Girl to not give in. But according to this guy, if a boy "seduces" a grown priest, the priest, despite having more authority and often more physical power, is assumed to be completely blameless in giving in. Meanwhile he's holding the boys to pretty much the same standard as the women referenced above---the letting it happen and the keeping silent about it are viewed as some kind of proof that it wasn't a real crime because if it was they would've refused harder.

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