Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time

Re:Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time by AuthorizedCust on Monday March 29, 2021 @12:39PM (#26624452)

Virtually every youth-serving organization used to not handle abuse of youth properly. I am not going to pin this just on the Catholic Church. Other youth-serving organizations, like sports, other churches, YMCAs, etc. were all deficient.

I am a volunteer in the Boy Scouts of America. Its market-leading and pioneering youth-protection programs are still examples to this day, and the vast majority of claims in its current bankruptcy process are from before these programs started. Society has changed, and youth are much better off for it.

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Re:Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time by jwalgenbach on Monday March 29, 2021 @01:38PM (#26625400)

"Virtually every youth-serving organization used to not handle abuse of youth properly."

This again? The existence of others committing the same crimes does not indemnify the Church.

Love the "Society has changed" argument. Clearly, recognizing that pedophilia is wrong by the Church is a product of changing times...not like they moved clergy from parish to parish to avoid them being caught.

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Re:Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time by happilyFIREd on Monday March 29, 2021 @12:53PM (#26624680)

Nice try with the 'whatabout-ism', but nearly by definition the non-religious groups are less sanctimonious.

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