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The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse documented Christian Brothers activities in Australia and in particular in Ballarat. 

Twenty-two per cent of Christian Brothers across Australia have been alleged sexual predators since 1950, according to the royal commission. 

The commissioners concluded that the Christian Brothers "completely failed... to protect the most vulnerable children in their care" and that senior brothers–including Brother Paul Nangle, Ballarat's highest Brother in the 1970s–had deliberately misled police in more recent statements about their knowledge of abuse. One school, Christian Brothers' St Alipius boys school in Ballarat East, was staffed almost entirely by paedophiles. Brother Robert Best, Brother Edward Dowlan, Brother Gerald Leo Fitzgerald, and Brother Stephen Farrell have been indicated as sexually abusing children in the royal commission, in parliamentary inquiries, and in court cases.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregati...n_Brothers
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Rife with child abusers alright -- 22% is a hell of a lot.

I know there are some very good priests and leaders in the Catholic Church and other Christian churches / organizations.  And, I like Pope Francis's style and message.  

But, this shit has been going on so long and hurt so many people.  If the leadership doesn't take serious, effective, and aggressive action to clean house and put an end to it, I'd love to see them  driven out of business by mass exodus.

IMO It seems fair to liquidate the assets of the Catholic Church and distribute the proceeds as compensation to the victims. In Pennsylvania alone, there are estimated to be 300 priest pedophiles and at least 1000 victims.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/cathol...80814.html