Tornado Alley (PROG)

[Mariner*]

Behind the latest Catholic sex abuse scandal: The church’s problem is male dominance.
Both sexual predation and anti-choice politics are rooted in patriarchal ideology and a culture of sexual shame.

Ultimately, the lesson here is there is no way for religious groups to preserve their traditions of male dominance and sexual shaming while also eradicating sexual abuse. The sheer number of priests who have molested children confirms what experts have long said about sexual predators, which is that they deliberately seek out spaces where they believe they can leverage shame and power to abuse people. As uncomfortable as this is for many to accept, the Roman Catholic Church created a perfect hunting ground because of its ingrained sexism, its hierarchical structure and its culture of sexual shaming. The only way to root out the abuse is to root out those patriarchal values.

https://www.salon.com/2018/08/16/behind-the-latest-catholic-sex-abuse-scandal-the-churchs-problem-is-male-dominance/