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"The impact of child sexual abuse on attitudes toward God and the Catholic Church."

  

Dark Laith

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Friday, June 2, 2006 at 5:00 PM
Edited Friday, June 2, 2006 at 5:00 PM

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search&DB=pubmed

This article explores the effects of child sexual abuse by priests and other perpetrators on victims' trust in the Catholic Church, priesthood, and in their relationship to God. Adult Catholics (1,810) in the United States and Canada were separated into three groups: those who reported no childhood sexual abuse (N = 1,376), those who had been sexually abused as children but not by a priest (N = 307), and those who had been sexually abused by priests (N = 40). Analyses of variances compared the level of trust in priesthood, Church, and God of these three groups and found a significant decline from those "not abused" to those "abused by a priest." There was a slight decline in trust for those "abused but not by a priest," however, the results were statistically inconclusive. The 347 victims were then separated into two groups based upon their having received psychotherapy. The "treatment" group (N = 152) reported significantly less trust in the priesthood, Church, and in their relationship to God than the "no treatment" group (N = 194). This study highlighted the possible spiritual damage caused by child sexual abuse, particularly if the perpetrator was a religious leader, and supported the need to assess the religious impact of the victim's abuse and to include a process of spiritual healing.

I think the lesson here is obvious: therapy will pull your children into the gaping maw of Hell.

Dark Laith

  

greymatters

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Friday, June 2, 2006 at 5:04 PM

spiritual healing = more priest sexual molestation

greymatters

  

ZT-In-Heat

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Friday, June 2, 2006 at 5:44 PM

That is fascinating.

Laith, you have to start using CiteULike.

ZT-In-Heat

  

ZT-In-Heat

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Friday, June 2, 2006 at 5:48 PM

Speaking of which...


ZT-In-Heat

  

Dark Laith

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Friday, June 2, 2006 at 6:01 PM

Oh cool. I'll have to use that too.

Dark Laith

  

MajandraFan

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Friday, June 2, 2006 at 6:03 PM

lol news

MajandraFan

  

plurryho

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Friday, June 2, 2006 at 7:07 PM

ever notice how you hear about molesting priests every few weeks but hardly ever hear of any molesting counselors, psychiatrists or therapists?

plurryho

  

anobody

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Friday, June 2, 2006 at 7:19 PM

Laith, you have to start using CiteULike.

That actually doesn't look too bad - kinda like del.icio.us for references + you can export stuff to bibtex (which I like) or EndNote (which I have to use because my boss doesn't like LaTeX).

anobody

  

catloaf

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Friday, June 2, 2006 at 7:22 PM

ever notice how you hear about molesting priests every few weeks but hardly ever hear of any molesting counselors, psychiatrists or therapists?

Are you suggesting that it doesn't happen or that it's just not brought to the public's attention as much?

catloaf

  

mandeemoo22

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Friday, June 2, 2006 at 7:25 PM

ever notice how you hear about molesting priests every few weeks but hardly ever hear of any molesting counselors, psychiatrists or therapists?

I wish my therapist would molest me. My temporary summer one, that is. Oh yes.

mandeemoo22

  

smaller hands

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Friday, June 2, 2006 at 7:25 PM
Edited Friday, June 2, 2006 at 7:26 PM

dude wow. i didn't know ryan seacrest had a degree for counseling.

smaller hands

  

anobody

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Friday, June 2, 2006 at 7:29 PM

creepy

anobody

  

plurryho

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Friday, June 2, 2006 at 7:33 PM

mandee, you can't molest the willing.

catloaf, i think that it's rare. solar eclipse rare.
my point is something carolla said once. i can't quote verbatim, but he more or less stated that knowing the biological drive of the male, isn't deciding to become the kind of priest who can't marry or have g/f's just a tad unsettling when you really think about it?
how many of those guys are just these wonderful, self sacrificing people?

plurryho

  

mandeemoo22

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Friday, June 2, 2006 at 7:34 PM

I'm pretty sure he's gay, but he's just so gorgeous. And I have a thing for dark glasses and on my first session, he wore dark glasses and I was like, "Excuse me, can I masturbate right now?" But, it's actually funny because in his confidentiality/policy contract, it says something like "Although discussions may be intimate at times, this is just a professional relationship." I bet he has to include that because women hit on him all the time.

mandeemoo22

  

catloaf

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Friday, June 2, 2006 at 7:36 PM

Why was he wearing dark glasses? Is he in hiding? Is he on the lam?

catloaf

  

mandeemoo22

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Friday, June 2, 2006 at 7:42 PM

Dark-rimmed glasses.

mandeemoo22

  

catloaf

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Friday, June 2, 2006 at 7:43 PM

Gotcha.

catloaf

  

mikeyfish

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Friday, June 2, 2006 at 7:44 PM

Hot damn. I'd do him.

mikeyfish

  

catloaf

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Friday, June 2, 2006 at 7:45 PM

And I, as always, would hold the camera.

catloaf

  

anobody

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Friday, June 2, 2006 at 7:45 PM

Something about him gives me the willies.

anobody

  

mikeyfish

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Friday, June 2, 2006 at 7:47 PM

Something about him gives me the woodies.

See what I did there?

mikeyfish

  

anobody

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Friday, June 2, 2006 at 7:48 PM

No.

anobody

  

greymatters

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Friday, June 2, 2006 at 11:08 PM

I'm pretty sure he's gay

Next time you visit him, look at his hands, see if they are manicured. The collar of his shirt is a dead giveaway, and the tie is bulky, that's a sign to other gay guys that he has a huge cock.

greymatters

  

mandeemoo22

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Saturday, June 3, 2006 at 7:02 AM

Well, his office is very nicely decorated and he is also extremely well dressed.

mandeemoo22

  

catloaf

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Saturday, June 3, 2006 at 7:24 AM

There ya go.

catloaf

  

ZT-In-Heat

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Monday, June 5, 2006 at 5:26 PM

That actually doesn't look too bad - kinda like del.icio.us for references + you can export stuff to bibtex (which I like) or EndNote (which I have to use because my boss doesn't like LaTeX). —anobody

DocBook > LaTeX > Word

ZT-In-Heat

  

anobody

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Monday, June 5, 2006 at 7:06 PM

Oddly have never used it (except when I was first playing with xsl:fo).

I just wish I didn't have to use Word / EndNote (I'm going to kill myself because of the damn built-in equation editor).

anobody

  

ZT-In-Heat

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Tuesday, June 6, 2006 at 7:41 PM

MathML > Word equation editor.

ZT-In-Heat

  

anobody

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Tuesday, June 6, 2006 at 7:43 PM

True. But both LaTeX and OO's Math > MathML

anobody

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