In article <v86ub1$a6lk$2@dont-email.me>, X@Y.com says...
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> > Are red coffee cups still proof
> >of a "War on Christmas"?
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> > Are Christian schools still
> >expelling students for having
> >a rainbow birthday cake?
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> >Christian school expels teen after she
> >poses with rainbow birthday cake
> >Jan. 15, 2020
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> >https://www.today.com/parents/christian-school-expels-teen-rainbow-
> >birthday-cake-sweater-t171861
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> American Christianity is simply a cover for
> Republican pedophilia.
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> The Clergy raping children is no longer just for Catholic priests.
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> The clergy sex abuse scandal has focused attention on the widespread and
> systemic sexual abuse of children by priests.
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> But child sexual abuse is not just a Catholic problem.
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> The Catholic Church - with scandals out of the Boston and Philadelphia
> archdioceses, to name just two - has been at the center of child sexual
> abuse, but in recent years a number of horrific cases of child sex abuse
> has served to focus attention that it is a non-discriminating scourge.
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> Studies show that one in 10 children are sexually abused before their 18th
> birthday. It ranks the second most costly victim crime - second only to
> murder.
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> Predatory priests
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> The arrest last week of Father David Poulson, of the Diocese of Erie, once
> again focused attention on pedophilia in the Catholic Church.
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> More than 10,000 Catholic priests have been credibly accused of child
> molestation and rape - an average of 228 cases per year since the 1950s.
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> But the Catholic Church, in fact, is not an outlier.
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> Abuse across Protestant churches
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> Child sex abuse happens across Protestant and evangelical churches - and,
> at times, at a higher rate.
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> An investigation by The Associated Press recently found three insurance
> companies in the United States that provide liability coverage for 165,000
> Protestant churches typically receive 260 reports every year of children
> being sexually abused by Protestant clergy or other staff.
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> In 2013, Boz Tchividjian, a Liberty University law professor, said the
> Christian mission field is a "magnet" for sexual abusers.
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> Tchividjian, a grandson of the late evangelist the Rev. Billy Graham,
> excoriated evangelicals for turning a blind eye to abuse among their
> ranks.
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> The Presbyterian Church
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> In recent years, the Presbyterian Church, one of the most progressive
> mainline denominations, has been rocked by child sexual abuse cases. The
> majority of cases involved the children of missionaries serving overseas
> from the 1950s to 1990.
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> In the wake of mounting allegations, the church commissioned an
> independent panel to investigate the reports. The panel found that at
> least nine individuals, including ministers ordained with the
> denomination, had abused children.
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> A similar investigation in 2002 found "overwhelming" evidence that at
> least 22 girls and women had been sexually abused by a Presbyterian
> minister and missionary over a 40-year period.
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> The abuse took place in Africa and the United States.
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> Matt York/AP
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> Southern Baptists
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> A survey by the Journal of Pastoral Care in 1993 found that 14 percent of
> Southern Baptist ministers said they had engaged in "inappropriate sexual
> behavior."
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> By 2000, a report to the Baptist General Convention found the incidence of
> sexual abuse by clergy had reached "horrific proportions." Victims
> advocates have derided church leadership for protecting predators and
> covering up crimes.
>
> In 2016 the Southern Baptist Convention elected Steve Gaines as its
> president. A few years earlier, Gaines, at the time head of a Memphis,
> Tennessee, church was implicated in clergy child molestation case.
> Investigators said Gaines knew for years that one of his ministers had
> sexually molested a child. Gaines neither reported the crime to police or
> his congregation, police said.
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> Jehovah's Witnesses
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> Leaked internal documents this year catapulted the Jehovah's Witnesses
> church unto the child sex crimes roster.
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> The insular church discouraged victims of sexual abuse from reporting the
> abuse, the documents showed.
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> The leaked documents exposed sexual abuse accusations from three accusers
> against a member of the church. The documents outline the efforts by the
> church to cover up the scandal and keep it from the "worldly court of
> law."
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> Since the news broke, hundreds of church members have come forward with
> their own accounts of abuse. Attorneys believe there are thousands of
> victims involved.
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> Predators: not so much pastors but volunteers
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> The majority of accused predators in faith settings are not clergy or
> staff but church volunteers.
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> That is according to the Christian Ministry Resources, which serves more
> than 75,000 congregations and 1,000 denominational agencies nationwide.
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> Annual surveys from the organization suggest that in recent years, the
> pace of child-abuse allegations against American churches has averaged 70
> a week.
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> Ultra-orthodox Jews
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> The New York community of ultra-Orthodox Jews has faced a backlash for
> asking observant Jews to consult a rabbi instead of going immediately to
> police with evidence of child sexual abuse.
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> Similar cases have sprung in other cities, including Baltimore and Miami,
> involving allegations of sexual misconduct by orthodox Jewish leaders.
>
> The case involving Rabbi Shmuel Krawatsky, formerly of the Beth Tfiloh
> Dahan Community School in Baltimore, involves the alleged abuse of at
> least three boys at a summer camp.
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> According to a report by The Jewish Week, the rabbi, who was naked and
> alone in a pool changing room with two alleged victims, touched the boys
> inappropriately before asking them to touch his "private parts" in
> exchange for $100."
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> The report also states that the rabbi threatened the young boys not to
> tell their parents.
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> Given the faith's shroud of secrecy there is no hard data regarding the
> number of potential abuse victims in the Orthodox Jewish community.
> Experts estimate that there could be thousands of victims dating back
> decades.
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> The principle of mesirah forbids reporting a Jewish practitioner to
> secular authorities. Issues are supposed to be handled internally within
> the greater faith community.
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> Dennis Hastert
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> In 2016, Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the
> House in U.S. history, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for
> structuring payouts in order to cover up the sexual abuses he perpetrated
> as a wrestling coach in Illinois decades ago.
>
> "The thing I want to do is say I'm sorry to those I've hurt and misled.
> They looked at me and I took advantage of them," Hastert told a judge.
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> U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin called Hastert "a serial child
> molester."
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> Hastert was released last year from a federal prison in Minnesota after
> serving nearly 13 months.
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> The former Republican powerhouse was ordered to serve two years of
> court-ordered supervised release .
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> Jerry Sandusky
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> Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky is serving up to 60 years
> in prison for sexually abusing 10 boys between 1994 and 2009.
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> Sandusky targeted his victims from among the boys who attended his Second
> Mile camp, a charity that he ran for at-risk youth. He was convicted of 45
> of 48 counts of child sexual abuse against young boys from the charity
>
> Banned swimming coaches
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> Approximately 150 youth swimming coaches have been banned for life as a
> result of credible child sex crimes allegations against them.
>
> In 2010, Andy King, a coach with a California aquatics club, was charged
> with 20 counts of lewd acts with girls 15 and younger. He was sentenced to
> 40 years in prison for molesting girls training with the San Jose Aquatics
> Club. King was alleged to have impregnated one of his victims when she was
> 14.
>
> In 2008, Central Indiana Aquatics coach Brian Hindson was accused of
> setting up hidden cameras in locker rooms. He pleaded guilty to charges
> including distribution, production and possession of child pornography and
> was sentenced to 33 years in prison.
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> A coach who failed to step up
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> Chuch Wielgus, who served as executive director of USA Swimming for nearly
> 20 years, came under fire for his handling of sex abuse cases..
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> In 2014, more than four years after rebuking culpability, Wielgus
> apologized to victims and acknowledged that he should have done more to
> protect athletes.
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> He wrote in a blog post: "I wish my eyes had been more open to the
> individual stories of the horrors of sexual abuse. I wish I had known more
> so perhaps I could have done more."
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> Wielgus died in 2017.
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> Millions of children abused by teachers
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> Schools are supposed to be a safe environment for children, but they can
> actually be one of the most dangerous places for children with regards to
> sexual abuse.
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> A study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education found that up to
> 7 percent of all middle and high school students were the targets of
> physical sexual abuse by teachers, coaches and other adults working in the
> school system.
>
> That statistic puts the number of young teens sexually abused by teachers
> and other school adults in the millions.
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> A 2015 report found that just under 500 educators were arrested in
> connection to child sex crimes:
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> 3.5 million students (grades 8th-11th) reported having had physical
> sexual contact from an adult (most often a teacher or coach). 4.5
> million children reported being shown pornography or being subjected
> to sexually explicit language or exhibitionism.
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> According to a report by The Washington Post, 35 percent of educators
> convicted or accused of sexual misconduct with children had used social
> media to gain access to their victims.
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> Young children have long been taught about "stranger danger," but, in
> fact, most perpetrators are individuals close to a child, including a day
> care worker or volunteer. According to federal health authorities,
> pedophiles and child molesters, in general:
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> tend to be male
> can be heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual
> range in age from teens to midlife
> are usually a relative, friend, or neighbor of the child
> carry the abuse out in the home of the victim
> often claim that they themselves were victims of childhood sexual
> abuse.
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> The majority of victims are girls. When boys are victims, the sexual abuse
> tends to take place outside the home, and the perpetrator may be a
> stranger.

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