• Ulrich_the_Old@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Do a search for “pedophile pastor”, “pedophile priest” or “pedophile preacher” and you will find page after page after page of sexual crimes against children… To lighten the mood do an image search for golf cheat and count all the american presidents you see.

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      22 hours ago

      There are large numbers of pastors, priests, and teachers. Even if we expect pedophilia to be no more common in these professions than others, due to their proximity to children such crimes will be common. So I don’t think the takeaway from this kind of google search should be that such professions are especially pedophilic.

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        19 hours ago

        It’s not the profession that’s the problem, but there is evidence that problem people gravitate to such professions where they have that position of power.

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          5 hours ago

          I agree, but I don’t think a google search for “teacher pedophile” should change your opinion one way or the other.