I'm a recovering catholic and 2 of my priests were gay and one touched children. Also the head nun was a homo. So don't bother with that ideas either.
there corruption everywhere, I think alot of dysfunction is from ignorant parents who are dependent on the church who dont listen to their kids or teach the children how to respect their own body and boundaries. As an adult whos not committed to a church and doesnt leave my kid alone for any reason, I can cherry pick my way through any church that tolerates me. I would hope that if i uncovered that kind of corruption in a church, I would figure out how to report it.
Theres alot of dysfunction in the Catholic church, were you sexually abused to or what specifically messed you up about the church? If conditions were ideal, would Catholicism still have messed you up?
I'm really sorry to hear about the priests and the nun :( thats horrible, people who fondle children should be put down like a dog with rabies.
I was never touched. But I did have some solo bike rides with one of the Fathers and at the time I didn't think anything of it but I did wonder why he was wearing really short shorts. He had me over for a cookout but I thought it was weird because it was just me and him. I was 11. My favorite priest Father Joe got moved along but there was no indication that he was touching kids. I adored him, such a great person. Father Paulo came from the Philippines and would stand up in front of the congregation and for 45 minutes mumbled and talked incoherently about God only knows what. He single-handedly ruined Catholicism for me by making God boring. And this is before I knew about children being raped. I enjoy the prayers that Catholicism offers but I never really think much of men in dresses telling me how to worship God. I think that the community behind it is nice because generally Catholics are kind people at least to your face but then they more than likely whipped the heck out of their kids when they go home (I speak from experience). Hey don't take my word for it. I absolutely encourage you to go at least check out a mass or two with your family. See if you can find a high mass those are the ones where everything is sung. And those can be fun especially when people can really sing.
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