ABUSE AND RELIGION

[Nonson]

(Reproduced with the kind permission of Bill: not Bill Ungaro)

The home of Borgian Abuse was originally the Roman Catholic Church. I was forced into Catholicism as a child and it was abusive then, circa 1940s. Supposedly celebate nuns and priests took out their sexual frustration on the children in the form of corporal punishment. As a six and seven year old, I had my ears twisted, knuckles rapped with the edge of a ruler until they bled and was once forced to eat a paper wrapped sandwich. The nuns seemed to relish dishing it out. One day, there was a pencil wedged in the base of a desk. I was unfortunate enough to walk into it and have it jammed a couple of inches into my foot. I told the priest and his response was to tell me to sit down. I finished out the school day with the pencil sticking out of my foot. My father was irate and spoke to the priest. The priest said I must have done something wrong and God punished me. And, of course, the threat of burning hell was held over our little heads daily. I never did believe their doctrine and took a strong dislike to organized religion. I figured that since God's representatives were so cruel, I didn't want anything to do with the boss.

Current estimates of Roman Catholic priests in the U.S.= 49,000 to 50,000.

Estimates of pedophile priests = 3,000 (6.1%) to 8,000 (16.3%).

188 Dioceses in the U.S. Divide 3,000 by 188 = 16 perpetrators per diocese Divide 8,000 by 188 = 42 perpetrators per diocese.

Current experts claim a pedophile could abuse 200-265 children in a lifetime.
200 x 16 perps/diocese = 3,200 victims/diocese.
200 x 42 perps/diocese = 8,400 victims/diocese.
3,200 victims/diocese x 188 dioceses = 601,600 victims in U.S.
8,400 victims/diocese x 188 dioceses = 1,579,200 victims in U.S.

Average American family consists of 4-6 people.
(3,200 victims/diocese) 601,600 victims x 4 family members = 2,406,400 indirect victims.
60l,000 victims x 6 family members = 3,609,600 indirect victims.
(8,400 victims/diocese) 1,579,200 x 4 family members = 6,316,800 indirect victims.
1,579,200 x 6 family members = 9,475,200 indirect victims.

These numbers are a reflection of immediate family only and do not reflect the indirect victims within the parishes that are affected.

188 Bishops are responsible for the pain of at least 601,600 direct victims and as many as 9,475,200 indirect victims - a total of as many as 10,076,800 people. Clearly, something is wrong.

Additional information:
Using the higher estimates of pedophile priests (8,000) and numbers of victims (265), the results are even more astonishing - giving a possible maximum of 2,092,440 direct victims and as many as 12,554,640 indirect victims for a total of 14,647,080. For comparative purposes, using the lower numbers the number of direct victims and survivors alone could populate a city larger than Boston. Using the higher numbers, it would be the fourth largest city in the U.S.- one between the size of Houston and Chicago.

Four in 10 US Catholic nuns report having experienced sexual abuse, (a rate equivalent to that reported by American women in general), a study by Catholic researchers supported by major religious orders, has found. The study found that sisters have known sexual abuse less in childhood, dispelling what the authors call an "anti-Catholic" canard that girls fled to convents to escape sexual advances. During religious life, close to 30% of the nation's 85,000 nuns experienced "sexual trauma," ranging from rape to exploitation to harassment. A total of 40% reported a least one experience of that kind.

NCR, 1/15/99: The Wisconsin Psychological Association's survey found offenders distributed among the following professions: Psychiatrists 34%, Psychologists 19%, Social Workers 13%, Clergy 11%, Physicians 6%, Marriage Counselors 4%, and Others 14%.

The Center for Domestic Violence found that 12.6% of clergy said they had sex with church members. 47% of clergy women were harassed by clergy colleagues.

The Presbyterian Church stated that 10-23% of clergy have "inappropriate sexual behavior or contact" with clergy and employees.

The United Methodist research (1990) showed 38.6% of Ministers had sexual contact with church members and that 77% of church workers experienced some type of sexual harassment.

The United Church of Christ found that 48% of the women in the work place have been sexually harassed by male clergy.

The Southern Baptists claim 14.1% of their clergy have sexually abused members.

In the Roman Catholic Church there are over 800 priests that have been removed from ministry as a result of allegations against them. We also know of 1,400 insurance claims on the books and that the Church has paid out over $1 billion in liability with an estimated $500 million pending. One noted expert claims that there are over 5,000 priests with some type of allegation against them. If this is true, then there are at least 1,000,000 direct victims of clergy sexual abuse and between 4-6 million indirect victims in the U.S.

So, it seems that RELIGION is still in the Borgian Abuse business.

Um, let's see...who else is involved in sex scandals, lying, cheating, mysterious deaths of those who knew too much, all in the name of POWER...oh yeah, the Clintons. LOL

It's no wonder Borgian Abuse is rampant...abusers have the example of RELIGION and GOVERNMENT to follow. It all boils down to CONTROL and POWER, whether it be the little man beating his wife (or psychologically abusing her), perhaps sexually abusing his children, to the highest office in the land.

Any seeking after power and/or control over another/others, for any reason, in any manner is a Borgian Abuser.

Nonson
1.31.01

[LippyChick]

Hi Nonson,

Thanks for posting this. It's shocking, but I think we need to be shocked.

LippyChick

[Nonson]

LippyChick,

The fireworks have just begun. I'm P.O'd at this bunch of idiots, and they are going down in flames.

Nonson
1.31.01