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This is beyond disgraceful / abuse in Catholic Church **MNHQ Content Warning for CSA**

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GetMeOutOfHere20 · 06/05/2025 06:51

The systematic covering up by the Catholic Church. Knowing they are attracting pedophiles.

I’d be interested to know from those who play an active life in the Catholic Church if they are seeing change?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62x0ej1n7eo

Alexa MacPherson (left) was sexually abused from the age of three by Priest Peter Kanchong (right)

Abuse victims question if Pope Francis did enough to stop predators

A Catholic priest abused Alexa MacPherson for six years. Did Pope Francis do enough on child abuse?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62x0ej1n7eo

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Toddlerteaplease · 06/05/2025 12:54

My local bishop himself tracked down a priest who’d escaped to Spain. And managed to get a European arrest warrant for another in Ireland. The one in Spain was convicted. The other one wasn’t arrested in the end as the police decided NFA as the victims wouldn’t testify.

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