Religion

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But neither has any institution caught protecting child abusers defended itself by whataboutism. Once it became public knowledge and it was followed by public outrage, they all knew they were caught and instituted policies designed to minimize future abusers among their own ranks and to quickly respond to any incident done by their employees or occurring on their property.

School districts have policies that require suspected abusers to be suspended immediately and the police contacted. If a crime is confirmed, the suspect is arrested and the public is informed. The district then reviews the incident to determine if other staff violated any rules and if any policy changes are required to prevent similar incidents in the future.

I've never heard of a school superintendent saying that abuse also occurs in families and other places or "we must first recognize how deeply rooted the problem," before we can actually do anything about it. If a superintendent in my area said something like that, I suspect a mob of parents would descend on him with torches and pitchforks.

But the Pope (and for some reason, you) just make believe that no institutional response is required right now because the same problem happens elsewhere. Even though many institutions have made significant and effective changes to protect children in their care. Nobody can prevent 100% of incidents, but the Church can certainly do better and there is no shortage of examples they can follow.