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[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 12 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I was a Catholic, and the church is big on social justice. I used to listen a lot of sermons about government corruption and social inequality that goes on for nearly two hours.

Is the Catholic church the biggest pedophile ring on the planet? Yes. But hats off to a broken clock that point towards the good direction, but only does so twice a day.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

With Epstein's iceberg exposed, I'm not even sure they are the biggest.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 37 minutes ago

Epstein is a few hundred, the Catholic Church has 6,000 pedos caught just in the USA.

[–] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I'll upvote you for the sentiment, but any brief consideration of the scope of the church worldwide yields a significantly broader and more accessible footprint than the top tier of wealth hoarders. The valuation of the church versus those individuals is probably equal, though.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 hours ago

True enough. I concede the notion.