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Entry: A Tale of Two Normans: Podhoretz and Finklestein Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/a_tale_of_two_normans_podhoretz_and_finklestein#8050 Post contents: Adriana, I am not saying that hierarchies are perfect, but even the alleged misdeeds, let alone the proven ones, of the Catholic pastors and bishops in the sex-abuse scandals pale in comparison to those of egalitarian liberal democratic governments. And frankly many of the alleged rape victims were not victims at all, at least not in any provable way. Some may have been seducers, many after the fact opportunists. You have a bare handful of cases where criminal or even civil charges were proven against specific individuals. Most of the alleged cases amounted to mass class action settlements without trial, but with dioceses handing out millions to anyone claiming to be a victim. An acquaintance of mine from high school and college days "recovered" his memory of being molested by an unnamed priest and received a million dollars to compensate him for the "trauma" which he had forgotten about for 35 years or so. Of course he and other "victims" had to split their loot with their attorneys. I'd guess that about 90% of the "clerical sex abuse" cases are an attorney driven scam and media smear against the Catholic Church. Sent at: 2008 05 15