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Nah I have the same opinion of the catholic church that I have of cops.
It takes effort to maintain that much corruption. The whole organization is implicit.
Comparing a bank teller to a companies misdeeds is backwards. That is someone at the bottom of the pyramid. In the church, those at the top of pyramid where the ones who covered up and moved pedophiles around, FOR DECADES. So, thats a rotten organization.
The bank teller thing is exactly what I was saying. Priests are down toward the bottom of the pyramid. Assuming every priest you meet is a pedo is pretty disturbing.
As far as the similarity to cops, the difference there is that the cops all abuse their authority from time to time. Almost every single one of them. Even if it's just fucking with someone for the fun of it, they've all done it. And they've got support from the more authoritative-minded people like the "back the blue" folks. It's definitely an attractive career for people who like to hold power over others - that's not even in question.
No one supports pedophiles. The church covers them up out of embarrassment, not because they condone that sort of behavior.
The people moving the pedophiles around and covering up for them consisted of bishops and cardinals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parish_transfers_of_abusive_Catholic_priests
So you know, from a child victim's point of view there is no fucking difference between supporting pedophiles and covering up for them. You cannot cover up for a pedo without supporting them. Intentions do not fucking matter, actions do. Almost everyone has good intentions.