Comments by "Cat Lily" (@Catlily5) on "The Mormon Church Is Accused of Using a Victims' Hotline to Hide Sexual Abuse Claims (HBO)" video.

@withintheshyness I was abused and my abuser was never removed from anything. I live my whole life knowing almost everyone supported him. At least if someone reported it to the police I would have known someone was looking out for me and not the abuser. Also so many other children can be molested if no one stops it. I am sorry you were traumatized by the police but I think you can have trauma either way.
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@LunaRumms Police can fail but when it comes to abuse I think churches fail more than the police.
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@LunaRumms Move somewhere else. Your whole town is corrupt.
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@LunaRumms Good for you for getting out!
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@Jerushajustintime Police drop the ball but not as often as the churches do.
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@ryanscottnix The problem is how a church handles abuse allegations. Every church will have abuse happen sooner or later. Will the church try to handle it with prayer or by telling the appropriate authorities? Prayer doesn't have a good track record with stopping that type of abusers. If a church relies on prayer only they will end up with a lot of abused children. Save children over abusers. You can still pray for the abusers if they go to jail.
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@lindalds Abusers are from all walks of life. The problem is that many abusers are protected by churches and other organizations.
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@lindalds I am not a member of any church currently. When I was a child the Quaker church my family went to stood by my abusive father. I never reported it to them. I told my school. But they believed him over me. I have never gone to Quaker meeting since I left home. Many of the people there were kind people in many ways but I felt betrayed by them. Would Jesus protect the children or the abuser? Most people know in their hearts the right answer. So why do so many churches protect the wrong people? Let's be honest. Most churches protect the person they know better. The abuser is often someone they have known for a long time. Children were born not long ago and are changing as they grow. So they protect the person whom they have had a longer relationship with instead of the child. It is even worse if the person is in church leadership.
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@blisswindlow Apparently many loose their faith when the police are kept out of it also.
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@withintheshyness I would still tell the police. I can see if you live in a mostly LDS area where police are LDS also that it would mean more cover up by the police.
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Other people are still getting away with abuse.
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