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Re: 7 years for women , life for a man (none / 1)
The church has always claimed that child abuse was due to a few bad apples - nothing intrinsic to their theology and practice - e.g. subjugation of women, obsession with sexuality, obsession with child control, celibacy, condemnation of homosexuality, sexual repression in general etc.

Be interesting to compare child abuse patterns with non-catholic/christian socities

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Thu Jan 22nd, 2009 at 02:03:07 PM EST
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