Live By the Lie, Die By the Lie
No, not all freakazoids are sexual predators, although sometimes it does seem that all sexual predators are freakazoids. Sexual crimes by freakazoids - and the subsequent coverup of such crimes by religious authorities - get publicity not, as you might think, because of the hypocrisy, but because of the false claims that require the coverup.
When you bet the whole premise of your philosophy on the claim that a particular kind of worship of a particular kind of invisible sky wizard confers superior morality on adherents, you're just begging to be deluged by moral cripples seeking a hiding place and/or hunting ground.
From the AP:
Three female plaintiffs claim in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that an evangelical church group covered up allegations of sexual abuse against children, failed to report accusations of misconduct to the police and discouraged its members from cooperating with law enforcement.
The lawsuit was filed in Maryland state court against Sovereign Grace Ministries, a 30-year-old family of churches, with about 100 congregations. Most of its churches are in the United States, but it has planted churches in about 21 countries.
The plaintiffs allege a conspiracy spanning more than two decades to conceal sexual abuse committed by church members. The alleged abuse happened in Maryland and northern Virginia in the 1980s and 1990s. The lawsuit accuses church representatives of permitting suspected pedophiles to interact with children, supplying them with free legal advice to avoid prosecution and forcing victims to meet with and "forgive" the person who had molested them.
"The facts show that the Church cared more about protecting its financial and institutional standing than about protecting children, its most vulnerable members," the lawsuit claims.
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