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Father Adam McMillan's avatar

This priest sounds awful and did horrible things and should be punished and laicized and spit upon in the public square.

The CFRs are claiming to be helpless victims, but they did something wrong in allowing priests to work alone when the whole point is to go out two by two, they did many things wrong that allowed such a man to be a part of the order and they did many other things wrong that such assaults could happen on multiple occasions.

We live in a world of serpents. If you are bit by a snake, it will not help to say, "Wait a minute, this was wrong. I didn’t do anything wrong. I’m a victim here." Eve was tempted by Satan himself, but she still did something wrong.

The CFRs need to take responsibility for the decisions they made that led to the events. This "I did nothing wrong attitude. I am a victim" is a dangerous idea and untrue. We all have agency and when serpents strike we all should try to figure out what we did wrong.

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Dallas Mediator's avatar

If Dakota's Law would have passed, this dude would be in jail right now. But it continues to be the "ha! your word against mine, and I'm a priest and I will be believed and you will be shunned". Abusing his position to prey on women... what a freaking loser.

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