Though the details may change, the abuse of children by Church of England clerics presents a depressingly familiar narrative, with the church proving to be more interested in protecting its own reputation than in seeking justice for the victims.
One aspect of clerical abuse has long puzzled me. If churchmen really believed in heaven and hell, sin and salvation, would they put their immortal souls at risk by preying on children? Perhaps they know that hell is, in fact, nothing more than a cynical invention to keep gullible parishioners on the ‘straight and narrow path’. Abusive clerics don’t fear the prospect of eternal punishment in the life to come, because they know it’s just a fairy story.
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