r/atheism • u/Leeming Strong Atheist • 3d ago
A new report by the Polish government reveals that one-third of child sex abuse in Poland is committed by priests.
https://international.la-croix.com/news/religion/one-third-of-child-sex-abuse-in-poland-is-committed-by-priests/1473253
u/hadenxcharm 3d ago
The sad part is that another significant chunk is committed by family members.
The white van with the candy thing we were taught in school about stranger danger almost never happens. It's almost always a trusted adult.
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u/PistolGrace 2d ago
My mother was so scared that I would get kidnapped in the 80s. Little did she know, she kept me locked inside the house with the monster she married.
It's also not a drag queen.
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u/Zippier92 3d ago
A Belgian with knowledge of history told me that periodically, every 100 years of so, the peasants stormed the churches and purged the leaders.
Left the buildings intact, just got rid of the skum.
It’s time guido!
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u/Freakears De-Facto Atheist 3d ago
Only a third?
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u/AvengerBear 2d ago
I mean, if you compare number of priests to the rest of the population I feel that's pretty insane.
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u/lIllIllIllIllIllIII Secular Humanist 2d ago
Honestly it seems impossible that such a small cohort of the population would perpetrate nearly a third of all child sex abuse. Catholic clergy are 0.18% of the adult male population in Poland. The 30% figure was based on a sample size of 345 reported cases between 2017 and 2020, with 100 of those cases perpetrated by clergy; 30% is an incredibly high outlier compared to other stats on CSA perpetrated by clergy. Is it due to a major discrepancy in the reporting of CSA perpetrated by non-clergy maybe?
Globally, intrafamilial CSA is usually significantly more prevalent, with something like 75% of CSA cases being perpetrated by a relative.
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u/AlabasterPelican Secular Humanist 2d ago
I would hazard a guess that it's because it is based on reported cases. For 2023 the US dept of state (based on Polish governmental data) puts the percentage of the Polish population that is Catholic at 85%. I would be much more skeptical of the clergy perpetrated CSA statistics presented in the article OP posted, but it's coming from a Catholic newspaper & I see no reason for them to inflate the statistics they are reporting.
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u/Maris-Otter 2d ago
The Google tells me that there are 29,600 priests in Poland. It also tells me that there were approximately 12,000 child sex abuse incidents in Poland per year. The adult male population of Poland is 19.9 million.
Priests as percentage of males: .15%
Average rate of sex abuse: .006%
Priest average rate of sex abuse: 13.51%
Priest sex abuse index: 2240.99
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u/galtpunk67 3d ago edited 1d ago
obligatory r/PastorArrested for those of you unaware
edit.. thanks lemonqueasy
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u/Aeroncastle Jedi 2d ago
And remember that they are organized so they are less likely to be found compared to a random pedophile
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u/kent_eh Agnostic Atheist 2d ago
Anyone who subscribes to /r/PastorArrested is not surprised in the least.
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u/Nutshack_Queen357 2d ago
And they're also a 3rd of the fuckfaces lying about who's the perpetrator to cover their own asses.
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u/StrangeCharmVote Anti-theist 2d ago
Of note, this would be only 1/3 of discovered abuse.
Given the occurrences globally, it's almost certainly more than that which are simply not discovered.
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u/shitnotalkforyours18 2d ago
So those priests teach us "to respect" one another and then they take advantage of their own disciple I mean according to me religion is a formal version of a "Cult" .You can also go and find similar things from "Osho" and "Sadhguru"..
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u/Yaguajay 3d ago
It’s almost like there is some kind of Catholic global competition for pedophile medals and prizes. Poland has replaced old Ireland.