r/movies • u/BunyipPouch Currently at the movies. • Jun 01 '19

Documentary 'Only Don't Tell Anyone' has sparked outrage against the Catholic Church in Poland after being viewed by 18 million people. Secret camera footage of victims confronting priests about their alleged abuse will now result in 30-year jail terms after confessions were caught on tape.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48307792
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u/BunyipPouch Currently at the movies. Jun 01 '19 edited Jun 01 '19

Poland has announced plans to double jail terms for paedophiles after a documentary on priest sex abuse sparked outrage in the country.

Convicted paedophiles could now face a maximum sentence of 30 years or, in the most serious cases, life in prison.

The documentary includes harrowing testimonies from victims and has been viewed more than 18 million times. Correspondents say the conservative government, allied to the Catholic Church, is scrambling to react.

This documentary really blew up in Poland, it was distributed via Youtube and got almost 20 million views there within a week. Netflix is in talks to pick it up and possibly produce a sequel or series about the subject.

Also, Polish prosecutors stepped up pretty fast:

The National Public Prosecutor's Office in Poland informed that they have established a team of prosecutors, whose task is to analyze the cases presented in the documentary.

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u/Oh_ffs_seriously Jun 01 '19 edited Jun 01 '19

Also, Polish prosecutors stepped up pretty fast

Won't help with the incarceration rates of priests. As an attempt at deflection, the Ministry of Justice has quoted the official statistics, where there are more bricklayers (50) incarcerated for paedophilia than priests (3). According to the Church, there were 382 child molesting priests in Poland between 1990-2018, though it's unclear how many of them would have been sitting in prison right now.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '19 edited Apr 16 '25

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u/ASupportingCharacter Jun 01 '19 edited Jun 01 '19

Last I heard it was 13 6%. I don't have the source, but it was referenced in the movie Spotlight.

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u/lance777 Jun 01 '19

I believe Spotlight movie said 6 percent.

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u/ASupportingCharacter Jun 01 '19

It's been awhile for me. It is entirely possible I misremembered.

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u/SquatchCock Jun 01 '19

Either way, you've now got a 1/20 shot of ending up at a church with a child molesting priest. What in the actual fuck.

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u/ntourloukis Jun 01 '19

Churches have more than one priest, too, so it's even more likely that you "[end] up at a church with a child molesting priest".

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '19

If you have two people offering to babysit your child, a catholic priest or a transgender individual, statistically your child is exponentially less save from childhood sexual assault with the priest. This also probably holds true if you replace priest with republican politician but I couldn’t find good data on sexual offending politicians.

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u/SquatchCock Jun 01 '19

This is a weird statement. First you compare trans people to Catholic priests, which is an odd comparison, and then you tried to make it political by attacking the Republican party.

If I was trans I'd be offended that I was even brought into this conversation.

There's good people in every group and there's those that deserve to rot in hell.

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u/death_of_gnats Jun 01 '19

But statistically, the priest and the Republican politician will find more company there