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She was right in 1992, the Catholic Church is still filled with pedophiles. (lemmy.world)
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[–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Yeah as a kid in the 70s, it was a known trope. Benny Hill and Monty Python even alluded to it.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Long before the '70s. The British arms manufacturing companies Vickers and Armstrong Whitworth merged in the late 1920s to become Vickers-Armstrongs Limited. Employees of the former Armstrong Whitworth were not happy about the merger and joked about being like choirboys - because they were being buggered by Vickers (i.e. "buggered by vicars").

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