Most school shootings are inexplicable to anyone but the killer or killers. This one may not be: https://twitter.com/xxclusionary/status/1640598560876920832

As soon as a friend sent me the link, before I even clicked on it, I just knew what it was going to be. Churches and church-affiliated schools covering up systematic sexual abuse of children is very nearly as common as the abuse itself.

Expect an intensification of the "groomer" rhetoric in the coming weeks. They still think they can cover themselves that way.

#church #school #shooting #schoolshooting #sexualabuse #molestation #grooming #conservative

@medigoth While not an exact comparison, this is very questionable.. A **public** school teacher is about two times more likely to commit sexual abuse than a catholic preist.

@freemo How about youth pastors, teachers at church schools, et al.?

I agree that the Catholic church has been scapegoated (probably shades of ancient anti-Catholic prejudices in general). They've covered up plenty of abuse, but they're certainly not the only offenders, and probably not the worst ones. My point is that these days, religious conservatives in the US label things like teaching LGBTQ kids to be comfortable in their own bodies as "grooming" ... while having an *extremely* well-documented history of covering up the real thing.

@medigoth

> How about youth pastors, teachers at church schools, et al.?

If you have specific data for them im all ears.

> My point is that these days, religious conservatives in the US label things like teaching LGBTQ kids to be comfortable in their own bodies as “grooming”

Yes that is a serious issue, mostly from the right, and leads to all sorts of problems. No arguments there.

@freemo I don't have the data. I was hoping maybe you did. :)

If neither of us has the numbers, of course to some degree we're just blowing smoke. But I will say I personally know an alarmingly large number of people who suffered exactly that type of abuse, and never got justice for it.