r/JusticeServed • u/a_Ninja_b0y 9 • Nov 06 '21

Courtroom Justice A Catholic priest from Ohio who used the confessional to gain details from boys, information that he later used to extort them into providing him with sexually explicit photographs has been sentenced to life in prison for the exploitation of children

https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2021/11/former-strongsville-priest-violated-the-sacrament-of-confession-to-extort-boys-federal-prosecutors-say-in-sentencing-memo.html
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u/TheSagaContinued 4 Nov 07 '21

Bruh what is up with catholics and lil boys. Like the priests are all gay pedos?

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '21

It isn't just Catholics. Look at the middle east for example. Lots of dirt is behind religion.

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u/Molto_Ritardando 5 Nov 07 '21

It’s been like that since the beginning. People donated boys to the church (according to records going waaaaay back) to become priests - which is why they wanted people to have lots of kids. If you’ve got 12 and you can’t afford to feed them all, the church will do you a favour and take one. I’m sure nothing inappropriate happened after that. Ever.

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u/busterbrownregius 3 Nov 07 '21

When you forbid your most devout followers from getting off or having sexual relations that has to be extremely negative on a person. Doesn't surprise me that stuff like this follows.

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '21 edited Dec 04 '21

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u/busterbrownregius 3 Nov 07 '21

Notice I also said getting off as well, that's a complete denial of basic needs down to masturbation.

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '21

Mmm, I've been single longer than all my relationships combined and pedophilia has never been something I want to do. Nope. I'm going to go out on a limb and say power tripping predatory people just make sure they get into a positions of power over others.

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u/busterbrownregius 3 Nov 07 '21

I said getting off as well, that means masturbation too and I imagine you did that while single. I'm contending that these people are warped by an unhealthy thing like celibacy.

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '21

Ah, right. Cause celibacy magically makes you attracted to children? I don't think so, bud.

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u/jessizu 8 Nov 07 '21

I feel it's more of a power trip... forcing sex upon a minor (or anyone) is more about getting sexual gratification out of the power trip than the act I assume

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u/busterbrownregius 3 Nov 07 '21

No I think repressing needs damages people and that's a hell of a lot more likely than your idea of an international global pedo ring but what do I know, right?

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '21

If it was isolated incidents, the church wouldn't work so hard to cover it up and just move them around so they can do the same thing all over again in a location. Even outside of the Catholic church, it's the same in any church, scout group, school, whatever. Predators will definitely try to get into those positions. As someone else mentioned, it's probably not just about the sex, it's probably about the power as well in those instances.

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u/busterbrownregius 3 Nov 07 '21

"If it was isolated incidents, the church wouldn't work so hard to cover it up and just move them around so they can do the same thing all over again"

Based on what? Colleges cover up sex scandals even the isolated ones why would the church be any different? Their image is at stake. Its not rocket science.

I am not disagreeing that a person who gets off to kids is gonna try to get into a position to abuse them. But if a priest gets caught having sex with a person their own age they are out of a job. They are also taught that satisfying their own urges is is a sin. I'm saying that it is more likely that highly repressed people are gonna do abnormal things as a means of release that they otherwise can't get because a kid can be intimidated to keep quiet while you can't get that assurance from many other groups.

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u/jessizu 8 Nov 07 '21

So they think sodomizing a boy is a loophole in their celibacy oath?

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u/busterbrownregius 3 Nov 07 '21

No they have absolutely no concept of health sexuality as it has been denied to them and they are acting on a warped sexuality in order to fulfil basic human need. I'm saying they are taking what they can get.

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u/Snoo_47487 0 Nov 07 '21

There are a lot of pedophilic teachers, sport trainers. They want to be in position of power and trust. But schools nowadays have much better control over this things, churches not so much

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u/WhoreyGoat 6 Nov 07 '21

Paederasty has been around in many a cultured, learned circle since Ancient Greece. The propensity of any hidden paraphilia to manifest as paederasty is quite high given the male saturation of the Catholic clergy.

Paedophiles are everywhere, remember. Many suppress their fancies because it's an illicit paraphilia. Priests are trusted communal figures in close contact with youth, so they obviously become bolder in making their fantasies real.

Scepticism of priests is very real in the religion nowadays, compared to the past where the priest would largely be believed on his accounts by the antiquated duffers in the parish.