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Columnist Mike Moran argues that sexual abuse in the Catholic Church is no more prevalent than in other large institutions.
Note to pedophiles everywhere: if you have pornographic images of children saved on your computer, the employee you paid to fix your computer problems may not put his disdain of child exploitation over his chipper “customer is always right” work ethic. You may want to save that stuff somewhere else or (preferably) make getting psychological help a priority over your tech support.
Earlier this year, local deacon, William Steven Albaugh of St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church on Belair Road, was reportedly snitched on by a Baltimore County Verizon employee who had access to Albaugh’s computer. Police searched his home in March and he was charged with having more illegal images, though no children were reported to have been harmed. Albaugh is currently out on bail, presumably thanking God for not being a suspected pedophile awaiting trial within the general prison population.
While a news story about a Catholic Church official being accused of pedophilia is not at all uncommon, this current, local investigation is a good opportunity to ask the question: Why are news stories about Catholic Church officials being accused of pedophilia, not at all uncommon?
Is the Catholic Church some kind of pedophile magnet?
Do the strict sexual sanctions imposed upon Church officials drive them into pedophilia?
Or, is the existence of a higher correlation between Catholic Church officials and pedophilia merely a media-fueled mass panic, unfairly targeting the Church?
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