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MichaelDemiboy · 51-55, M
Hey, he was "doing it" with a couple of adult women who apparently were 100% willing accomplices. That is a 'uge step up from the standard fare of Catholic priests, molesting young boys. How about giving the "devil" his due here, acknowledging that at least he wasn't doing THAT!
therighttothink50 · 56-60, M
@MichaelDemiboy standard fare ? I think not.
Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values.[1] People display this bias when they select information that supports their views, ignoring contrary information, or when they interpret ambiguous evidence as supporting their existing attitudes. The effect is strongest for desired outcomes, for emotionally charged issues, and for deeply entrenched beliefs. Confirmation bias is insuperable for most people, but they can manage it, for example, by education and training in critical thinking skills.
Biased search for information, biased interpretation of this information, and biased memory recall, have been invoked to explain four specific effects:
1. attitude polarization (when a disagreement becomes more extreme even though the different parties are exposed to the same evidence)
2. belief perseverance (when beliefs persist after the evidence for them is shown to be false)
3. the irrational primacy effect (a greater reliance on information encountered early in a series)
4. illusory correlation (when people falsely perceive an association between two events or situations).
Just the Facts, Ma’am: False Accusations Against Catholic Priests Are Now At Epic Proportions
MAY 13, 2019 BY THEMEDIAREPORT.COM
Shakedown of the Catholic Church
Looking for dollars: The fraud against the Catholic Church
http://www.themediareport.com/2019/05/13/false-accsuations-against-catholic-priests-facts/
Excerpt from full article above below, read the whole article within link.
[The media will never tell you this, and the professional victims' groups will outright lie. But facts are facts.
Bogus abuse accusations against Catholic priests are rampant. The fraud being perpetrated against the Church is now off the charts. But don't take our word for it. Here are the numbers:
● In 2011, a declaration submitted to the Los Angeles County Superior Court asserted that a former FBI investigator examining abuse claims against priests in Los Angeles had determined that "ONE-HALF of the claims were either entirely false or so greatly exaggerated that the truth would not have supported a prosecutable claim for childhood sexual abuse." (The capital letters are in the original document.)
● In 2016, in a church of 70 million people in the United States, 25 current minors came forward alleging that a current priest had recently abused them. Some of the cases still remained under investigation a year later, but of the 13 allegations in which a determination was made, only two were found to be "substantiated," while the remaining 11 (or 85%) were found to be completely bogus.
● According to independent annual audit reports, as little as 15% of all accusations against Catholic priests in any given year are even deemed "substantiated" by the very lenient standards of diocesan review boards, with the majority of accusations deemed either "unsubstantiated" (indeed false*), "unable to be proven," or still under review.
● [Updated October 2021] The Archdiocese of Boston – arguably the most publicly transparent with regards to accused priests – has published the names of 61 priests who have been determined guilty of abuse by either canonical of civil proceedings. Yet it has also concluded that 38 priests have been falsely accused. In other words, nearly 40 percent (38.4%) of priests in Boston are determined innocent after a complete investigation. Let that sink in.]
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There is no excuse for such disgusting and vile behavior. Those who engage in such criminal acts, be it priests or anyone else they should be fully prosecuted if the allegation is proven to be true and then go to jail for a very, very long time.
However those who falsely accuse anybody of such vile acts also need to be held accountable for ruining innocent people’s lives. The innocent priests will never get their reputations back.
This society and media are beyond sensationalistic and evil. Those who eat up their garbage are deplorable…
Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values.[1] People display this bias when they select information that supports their views, ignoring contrary information, or when they interpret ambiguous evidence as supporting their existing attitudes. The effect is strongest for desired outcomes, for emotionally charged issues, and for deeply entrenched beliefs. Confirmation bias is insuperable for most people, but they can manage it, for example, by education and training in critical thinking skills.
Biased search for information, biased interpretation of this information, and biased memory recall, have been invoked to explain four specific effects:
1. attitude polarization (when a disagreement becomes more extreme even though the different parties are exposed to the same evidence)
2. belief perseverance (when beliefs persist after the evidence for them is shown to be false)
3. the irrational primacy effect (a greater reliance on information encountered early in a series)
4. illusory correlation (when people falsely perceive an association between two events or situations).
Just the Facts, Ma’am: False Accusations Against Catholic Priests Are Now At Epic Proportions
MAY 13, 2019 BY THEMEDIAREPORT.COM
Shakedown of the Catholic Church
Looking for dollars: The fraud against the Catholic Church
http://www.themediareport.com/2019/05/13/false-accsuations-against-catholic-priests-facts/
Excerpt from full article above below, read the whole article within link.
[The media will never tell you this, and the professional victims' groups will outright lie. But facts are facts.
Bogus abuse accusations against Catholic priests are rampant. The fraud being perpetrated against the Church is now off the charts. But don't take our word for it. Here are the numbers:
● In 2011, a declaration submitted to the Los Angeles County Superior Court asserted that a former FBI investigator examining abuse claims against priests in Los Angeles had determined that "ONE-HALF of the claims were either entirely false or so greatly exaggerated that the truth would not have supported a prosecutable claim for childhood sexual abuse." (The capital letters are in the original document.)
● In 2016, in a church of 70 million people in the United States, 25 current minors came forward alleging that a current priest had recently abused them. Some of the cases still remained under investigation a year later, but of the 13 allegations in which a determination was made, only two were found to be "substantiated," while the remaining 11 (or 85%) were found to be completely bogus.
● According to independent annual audit reports, as little as 15% of all accusations against Catholic priests in any given year are even deemed "substantiated" by the very lenient standards of diocesan review boards, with the majority of accusations deemed either "unsubstantiated" (indeed false*), "unable to be proven," or still under review.
● [Updated October 2021] The Archdiocese of Boston – arguably the most publicly transparent with regards to accused priests – has published the names of 61 priests who have been determined guilty of abuse by either canonical of civil proceedings. Yet it has also concluded that 38 priests have been falsely accused. In other words, nearly 40 percent (38.4%) of priests in Boston are determined innocent after a complete investigation. Let that sink in.]
____
There is no excuse for such disgusting and vile behavior. Those who engage in such criminal acts, be it priests or anyone else they should be fully prosecuted if the allegation is proven to be true and then go to jail for a very, very long time.
However those who falsely accuse anybody of such vile acts also need to be held accountable for ruining innocent people’s lives. The innocent priests will never get their reputations back.
This society and media are beyond sensationalistic and evil. Those who eat up their garbage are deplorable…
MichaelDemiboy · 51-55, M
@therighttothink50 That article contains many examples of confirmation bias. If you were trying to illustrate it, nicely done.
therighttothink50 · 56-60, M
@MichaelDemiboy
Parent Nightmare: Public Schools Sex Abuse 100x Greater Than in Catholic Church - Report
https://www.westernjournal.com/parent-nightmare-public-schools-sex-abuse-100x-greater-catholic-church-report/
Catholic Priest Sex Abuse Scandals: How the Media Shapes the Public Perception of Child Abuse in the Catholic Church
https://sites.law.duq.edu/juris/2019/03/16/catholic-priest-sex-abuse-scandals-how-the-media-shapes-the-public-perception-of-child-abuse-in-the-catholic-church/
Parent Nightmare: Public Schools Sex Abuse 100x Greater Than in Catholic Church - Report
https://www.westernjournal.com/parent-nightmare-public-schools-sex-abuse-100x-greater-catholic-church-report/
Catholic Priest Sex Abuse Scandals: How the Media Shapes the Public Perception of Child Abuse in the Catholic Church
https://sites.law.duq.edu/juris/2019/03/16/catholic-priest-sex-abuse-scandals-how-the-media-shapes-the-public-perception-of-child-abuse-in-the-catholic-church/
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@MichaelDemiboy He did it in the workplace
