▲ 122 ▼ One of Australia's most senior Catholic figures convicted of sexual abuse crimes (www.sbs.com.au) submitted 2 months ago by okwithmydecay@leminal.space to c/news@aussie.zone 23 comments fedilink hide all child comments Former Bishop of Broome Christopher Alan Saunders, 76, was found guilty of 13 sex offences on Thursday following a jury trial in the West Australian District Court.
[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago (2 children) Only one? Pretty sure there's a few more of 'em around. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nath@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) Most of them got away with it (died before facing justice). Tragically, an awful lot of their victims have also died from things like suicide and overdoses etc. Before we get too complacent that this is a blight only within one flavour of Christianity, it's important to remember we had a whole royal commission into institutional child abuse that found this happening everywhere where adults had access to children. Parents are better today at being wary around who they leave their kids alone with. And these are just institutionalised instances. It is/was more prevalent that abuse would be from a family member/friend. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago Fucking hell. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nath@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) Most of them got away with it (died before facing justice). Tragically, an awful lot of their victims have also died from things like suicide and overdoses etc. Before we get too complacent that this is a blight only within one flavour of Christianity, it's important to remember we had a whole royal commission into institutional child abuse that found this happening everywhere where adults had access to children. Parents are better today at being wary around who they leave their kids alone with. And these are just institutionalised instances. It is/was more prevalent that abuse would be from a family member/friend. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago Fucking hell. permalink fedilink source parent