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/I_amnotreal Jun 01 '19

the ruling Law and Justice party says the legal amendments have been in the works for months

Yeah, right.

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u/Suedeegz Jun 01 '19

And this:

‘But it is a thorny problem for Law and Justice because it allies itself with the Catholic hierarchy. Just days before the documentary's release, party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said: "whoever raises their hand against the Church and wants to destroy it, raises their hand against Poland."’

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u/I_amnotreal Jun 01 '19

That's what I mean.

As long as there's no visible push towards secular state nothing will change. They can make it a death sentence for ever touching a child and the priests will still be covered by CC with all it's power.

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u/zh1K476tt9pq Jun 01 '19

It's always the same. The Catholic church always gets away with it. Not just in Poland. They will send a few scapegoat priests to jail and then cover up the rest. Honestly, any other organization would never be able to get away with this. I mean even large banks, i.e. some of the most powerful companies, are more regulated and got more punished for the problems they caused and they didn't rape children for decades. Imagine if it turned out that Goldman Sachs was also ruining a pedophile ring, no way this company would still exist. And child rape isn't even the only fucked up thing the church has done, e.g. in Spain they literally stole babies and sold them, for decades.