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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
With respect Cliff we know these schools were staffed by vast numbers of sexual predators, including youth on youth crime, the school's kept next to no records and society as a whole didnt care, the idea that a large number of kids who were marked down as died of disease had actually died as a result of injuries sustained through physical and sexual abuse isnt wild speculation Cliff its an utter certainty, the only thing up for debate is the percentage, if you rape or sodomise a 6 or 7 year old the damage done to their bodies is often enough to cause them to bleed to death if they dont get medical attention, these schools were in the middle of nowhere for a reason.
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There were monsters among the staff and clergy for certain. The residential schools, like orphanages* of that era, were rich hunting grounds for sadists and sexual predators. And this being the Catholic Church, abuse by predators was hushed up and abusers told to pray for forgiveness. You can see the same behaviour in Catholic institutions for children in Ireland:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...d-abuse-claims
We have evidence of monstrous neglect and disregard for life and dignity by the people who operated these schools. These were people with a medieval mindset about suffering and punishment.
Rube has called me an apologist for pointing out that the people operating these schools thought they were doing good. But I’m hardly the first person to remark that most of the evil done in the world is carried out by people who believe they are doing good.
* Of course most of the children at the schools were not actually orphans. But the schools were operated as though they were, with the consequent isolation and vulnerability of the children.