There are many places around the world where people believe
that catholic priests are sexually abusing and raping young children. The reason
this stereotype is, is because of people we call muckrakers. A muckraker is a
person that goes finds things that are happening in the world and they seek to
bring out the bad things or help find ways to exploit the wrongdoings of
others. So you could say they are just another way the media in the world makes
thing worse.
In the
case I’m talking about today I found that it is believed that catholic priests
are using kids between the ages of 11 and 14 for their own sexual
extravaganzas, In other words as their own personal love makers. While I believe
this isn’t true to all catholic priests, but to some of the ones that may
already have personal issues with this specific case. It is said that in the United States there
are fewer catholic priests touching kids then there is in say Canada and
Ireland and Switzerland. Those places at least have instances where the priests
are caught and the case brought forth to the law enforcers. One reason for
bringing this type of thing out about catholic priests is so that it makes
other religions seem superior or stronger. It is a way for other religions to
attract followers and strengthen the force of their faith.
Now
when it comes to whether or not this is actually happening we don’t know for sure.
But we do know that, yes some cases have been brought forward and we have found
that priests are as a matter of fact touching and raping some kids. But it
should not be put on all priests as a stereotype. I believe that for the most
part catholic priests are safe and people don’t need to change their faith due
to being scared about their kid being touched. Just remember at all times that
if you are going to leave your child unsupervised with any adult that you know
and trust the individual.
One thing
is for sure muckraking makes the media interesting. It is one thing we all
enjoy reading and listening to in the media. No matter what happens in the future
they are always going to be out their making things interesting for us and
sometimes blowing it all completely out of proportion.
Muckrakers do make people aware of wrong doings in society. Sometimes this is good and sometimes it may not be. One has to distinguish between fact, fiction or somewhere in between. Some of these things the public might not know about without these muckraking journalists.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting! It seems like every year you hear a priest assaulting a child, which makes the Church look really bad! I would know, I'm Catholic :D! Overall, good blog
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ReplyDeleteI feel like you could have done more research and made your blog longer. It is an interesting topic, but half of your blog was the definition of muckraking.
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