Change my view: every parent that has sent their child to a Catholic Church or School since the 90s when this issue became widely known are at least half as guilty as the rapist priests are.
I went to Catholic schools in Manhattan and the Bronx in the 50s and 60s and it was ongoing back then, including to me by a surrogate father.
One of the most prominent priests in the Bronx parish, Father Gallagher, molested my girlfriend right in his office when she was a fifth grader.
Father Gooch was a well known pedophile to most of the kids who abruptly left the area in spring, 1965 for seriously molesting an 8th grade girl who was best friends with my future girlfriend.
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Sometimesineedhelp ago
Change my view: every parent that has sent their child to a Catholic Church or School since the 90s when this issue became widely known are at least half as guilty as the rapist priests are.
Factfinder2 ago
Exactly. How often have we seen it pointed out here on Voat when people inquire "Where were the parents?":
It IS the parents.
There is no excuse.
Onetime1 ago
I went to Catholic schools in Manhattan and the Bronx in the 50s and 60s and it was ongoing back then, including to me by a surrogate father. One of the most prominent priests in the Bronx parish, Father Gallagher, molested my girlfriend right in his office when she was a fifth grader.
Father Gooch was a well known pedophile to most of the kids who abruptly left the area in spring, 1965 for seriously molesting an 8th grade girl who was best friends with my future girlfriend.
This stuff has been going on forever.
Factfinder2 ago
Is this the Father Gallagher who molested your girlfriend? https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/disgraced-priest-shines-light-on-n.y.-corruptions