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Re:Aleister Crowley and William Butler Yeats Get into an Occ... by b800h on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @07:17AM (#36324163)
As regards the drugs and sex, I'm speaking from personal experience of people I've known. Easy enough to google "Tantra Scandal" and find examples, but you could argue that plenty of individuals in mainstream religions have abused their authority in a similar way. I'd argue that it's more prevalent in the places focused directly on sex and drugs, but I don't have a study of any sort to back me up.
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Re:Aleister Crowley and William Butler Yeats Get into an Occ... by JoeJonathan on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @08:06PM (#36334677)
I think that would probably be impossible to quantify. Would you consider amount of sexual abuse per religion, per believer, per cleric, or what? And, of course, reliable historical data on sexual abuse is unavailable.

I think your impression is likely a result of “deviance amplification”—-i.e, hearing about all the bad shit that goes on in more obscure religions, and taking that as indicative of prevalence.

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