DefiantMassRINO...
The adults knew better, but maintained a conspiracy of silence to protect themselves, and did not protect the children entrusted to their care.
This is a very sore subject for me. Fact is, we do not protect our children nor have laws in place to deal with perps that abuse children.
Why do I say this? We have a statute of limitations for bringing criminal charges against folks sexually abusing children. I actually had a case(while a school board member) where it was 14 years after the fact that a child brought an accusation against a teacher for being sodomized for an entire school year. Apparently, this teacher picked one boy out each year and made him his boy toy for the school year.
Imagine a solicitor telling you that we cannot alert the parents of his current class, or past classes, in case some unusual behavior was happening with their son. Could not say a word, or we could have been sued because of the statute of limitations!
As a parent of three at the time, and a son in the other class at the grade level this predator taught at in the same elementary school, I was nothing short of wanting to rip the head off this predator. I ended up telling the solicitor to tell this maggot to leave or we fire him, not caring a sh*t about the statutory limit. This maggot wanted $500,000 to leave.
He finally left when we told him, leave or face termination, and we will take our chances in the courtroom.
This is why I am serious as a heart attack, for all sexual encounters on children less than 12 years of age, I believe if found guilty, it should come with a capital punishment sentence, to be carried out in a public city square for all to see. And anyone in the hierarchy covering up such a heinous act should face the same charge.
When I went to see the shocking movie
Spotlight, about the sexual abuse of children in the Boston Diocese, I was shocked at the numbers mentioned at the end of the movie. Virtually every city in the USA has had children violated by priests. 1 out of 6 priests is a sexual predator in the USA. And it is a global problem too. Any way, in the row behind me at the theater sat a couple, and the man had a very teary face. He told me he was abused by a priest when he was a child. It was a very heart breaking conversation.
I grew up in the Catholic church, and I was fortunate in that I was never faced with such a challenge. We were taught that the priest is literally to be revered totally, a man of God standing in Christ's shoes. No child should have such an experience.
