Catholic League 'debunks' molestation claims: it's not 'rape' if child was 'not penetrated'
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The Roman Catholic Church of Pennsylvania has been in the news recently, as a report detailing the widespread coverup of at least 1,000 molested children by no less than 300 Catholic officials has gone public. What has been particularly distressing is how unCatholic League 'debunks' molestation claims: it's not 'rape' if child was 'not penetrated'
The Roman Catholic Church of Pennsylvania has been in the news recently, as a report detailing the widespread coverup of at least 1,000 molested children by no less than 300 Catholic officials has gone public. What has been particularly distressing is how unsurprising this news is to the majority of the country. Part of the reason is because for decades we have watched people like the Catholic League’s President Bill Donohue deny and victim blame in the most mind-bending ways possible. The Catholic League’s Bill Donohue is what you get when you cross a talking dung beetle with central casting for a corrupt Irish official in a 1970s cop show. Donohue is probably best known for being the “tough talking” religious zealot that is sent out like a bulldog to throw cold water on any and every allegation against the Catholic church, while also attacking any and every LGBTQ civil right, because something about LGBTQ “relations” really gets under his skin and sets fire to him.* On Thursday, Donohue released a thesis called “Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report Debunked.” Donohue opens up with a “Myth” and “Fact” style. The first “myth?” That over 300 priests were “found guilty” of “preying on youngsters.” This is an interesting thing since no one has said they were “found guilty,” as in a court of law. Donohue quickly jumps on this “myth” that no one said and quickly debunks it. He proceeds to try to cherry pick some of the investigatory claims, and in doing so you can see, he has nothing to go with. He’s one hundred percent complicit in church officials molesting children. There are some cases that are so old that they are unbelievable. Consider the case of Father Joseph M. Ganter. Born in 1892, he was accused in 2008 by an 80-year-old man of abusing him in the 1930s. Obviously, nothing came of it. But the priest was accustomed to such charges. In 1945, at the request of Father Ganter, a Justice of the Peace interviewed three teenage males who had made accusations against him. Not only did they give conflicting stories, the three admitted that they were never abused by Ganter. But don't look to the media to highlight this case, or others like it. Read more