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[–] Strocker89@beehaw.org 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are you sure it's not because you've had to pay billions of dollars in settlements for priests raping children?

Are you sure that's not why?

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I don’t think the victims are getting paid that much. Our society has gone from “if someone powerful did something to you then you did something wrong” to “okay maybe they were wrong for that” but we’re still a ways away from “and they should pay a real price.”

[–] Strocker89@beehaw.org 1 points 3 days ago

That wasn't a comment on the politics of the situation, the church just had to pay $800 million in California in restitution for their crimes. The Catholic church has spent billions of dollars settling lawsuits and criminal cases.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Whoa, that’s pretty interesting.

Consequences are a bitch, yeah. It’s not enough, to be honest.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

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