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Why do catholic priests (sexual abuse cases) get such low jail time; if any at all ?
I dont understand why people always talk about the pope not doing anything about it.
This is a police matter. Surely the police press charges and it is nothing to do with the church ?
looking at the long long list of abuse cases in the catholic church, MOST PRIESTS GET A COUPLE OF YEARS JAIL FOR ABUSING CHILDREN (pedophilia).
But someone like Harvey Weinstein gets 23 years in Jail for abusing Adult women!!
Surley abusing multiple children is far worse than what Harvey Weinstein did.
Do why do these priests get such a low jail term ?
(i note that an occasional few do get a proper sentence, but on the whole, MOST of them get away with 1 to 3 years).
WHY IS THIS ?
and how does a priest get TRANSFERRED to avoid prosecution; and why dont the Police just press charges ?
ARE THE POLICE SOMEHOW NOT ALLOWED TO PROSECUTE A PRIEST WITHOUT THE CHURCHES PERMISSION? (coz, if so, that sounds illegal)
5 Answers
- ?Lv 71 year ago
Obviously you haven't done any research on how long sentences are. And of course prosecution is nothing to do with the church or the police. The public prosecutor brings charges on the basis of police evidence. In England, that is the Crown Prosecution Service.
- Dr. DLv 71 year ago
Many of these cases are very old. Many happened 50+ years ago and the abused person didn't do anything about it until recently.
- NosehairLv 71 year ago
Because people have a tenacious hold on the understanding that priests are actual saints and, like a midevil Kings, must be allowed to do anything they like in that regard without question. And there is always the old Christian catch phrase that we mortals should never question these things because "God works in mysterious ways". That justifies virtually EVERYTHING including abusing kids.
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- W.T. DoorLv 71 year ago
A quick internet search shows sentences of 15 to 25 years in prison for Catholic priests convicted of rape in the USA.
