Back to Steven Weinberg's "But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion."Quote
Darren Paden was sentenced to 50 years in prison Friday after pleading guilty in August to two counts of first-degree statutory sodomy â€" but friends, family members, church elders and community leaders begged a judge to go easy on him.
Prosecutors said the 52-year-old Paden sexually abused the girl up to 300 times over a decade, beginning before she was 5 years old. His 28-year-old son, Anthony Paden, was also charged with sex abuse, although his case remains pending.
But community members have turned their backs on the girl, who is now 18 years old and testified against her abuser in court, and rallied around Paden.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/11/04/after-church-leader-is-convicted-for-decade-of-rape-his-community-blames-the-victim/
Not surprising they blame the victim. It's a common dynamic. Still fucked up, but common.
Happens more often than not. Do you think it would happen if the victim was a boy?
Quote from: Mermaid on November 07, 2015, 02:30:47 PM
Happens more often than not. Do you think it would happen if the victim was a boy?
Perhaps not. We have double standards for gay pedophilia. But the name of the offense is wrong ... sodomy is an incorrect name for an offense, pedophilia was the offense, regardless of how he penetrated her.
I guess some priests haven't evolved over the past 1,700 years.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
For each generation, it is as if no people existed before themselves. To them, the old is new ... until they get older.