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.
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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