@mutageno - I think the entire concept of "trusted adults" is a magnet for predators - and the arrangement may even breed predatory behavior, by presenting temptation with a chance for zero consequences.
So I have concerns about them all: the priest, the church youth counselor, the public school teacher, the camp counselor, the gymnastics coach... all of them.
Any situation that gives an adult a window of secluded access, to a non-family minor, is likely to result in sexual problems.
@Scubbie @mutageno - But either way, it's shaping up to my mind, as a case of "pick one".
@YoMomz @Scubbie @mutageno I do find it funny when people use usually Catholic priests as an example of a failing of Christianity. When non-Christians commit crimes, people see that as an individual failure, not the fault of their ideology. They talk about how you should not trust mainstream media but when mainstream media pushes a narrative that the Catholic Church is bad, normies believe them without reading into the most charitable organisation in human history.
@Scubbie @mutageno - Ya know... 🤔 this shit is everywhere.
I can't decide if it should be accepted as a regular part of growing up...? Like when new parents are bringing their little bundle of joy home from the hospital, they have thoughts of their first words to come, their first steps, the first time they get raped by an adult, and what they might be as they grow up.
Or if all public institutions centered around children should be quietly abandoned.