Pedophilia Irish Style

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Originally Posted by Cloud

We are seeing the rubber-band syndrome common to any large social change.

Characteristic of an under-damped system. A response that exceeds what is needed followed by oscillations (hype and then inaction, then more hype) that dampens with time. A classic underdamped response - 11 September followed by the 'veins hanging from teeth' attitude that wanted Saddam's head.

But this pedophilia response is not a knee-jerk reaction to an evil. This problem has been festering for generations. It was openly addressed in 2004. Dioceses all over the world have been in process to hide or protect assets for five years now. And still we have only addressed the problem in but a few nations.

What is the number for Malta? Something like 80 of 450 priests are known (by church records) to be pedophiles? IOW the response has really been tame. A classic example of an overdamped response where the response slowly keeps increasing - does not overreach.

The world's response to church hidden pedophilia has been extremely tame. Which is why an issue obvious all over America in 2004 is only just being discovered six years later in Ireland, Malta, Germany, etc.

This will not end until we know the Church's numbers (that should be significant) from every nation. Furthermore, the problem will never be solved as long as the Church has this introverted policy of priests who do not marry. Even marriage of gay priests should be encouraged. But that means the Catholic Church acknowledges reality. Even when all American bishops traveled in mass to Rome to plead for a solution, the Catholic Church choose to deny pedophilia exists - did nothing.

That is the problem. Apologies without action are only useless propaganda. The church has reams of files. Minimal action is to turn those files over to local authorities.