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[highlyeccentric]

In case you needed a reminder that the tendency of religious groups to close up, prioritise 'in-house' responses and generally behave in a shitty fashion with respect to sexual abuse within the community isn't limited to Catholicism or even Christianity.

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[majoline]

There were a couple of scandals like that at my university recently. I suspect that any closed society of members that are granted recognized authority with only 'internal' checks has the same potential for abuse.

[alexseanchai]

Yeah, I was about to say, it's not limited to religion.

[highlyeccentric]

No, but religion is particularly prone to it. Educational institutions likewise, and, as we have recently heard, certain media institutions.

[alexseanchai]

True.