I went to catholic schools for 12 years. After the scandal broke, I wondered if some of the priests, nuns, or brothers who taught me were abusing or had abused kids. I would be surprised. they all seemed more or less decent. (some of the nuns were huge, evil-looking bull-dykes though.)
this sort of makes sense, as in the movie and the reporting, they revealed that abusive priests typically targeted kids from broken homes, without fathers, who had troubled pasts. there weren't a lot of kids like that at any of the cath schools i attended. probably more of an inner-city or rural thing.
when i was in jr high, I remember the Legionaries of Christ bought property next to our school. they had this one creepy priest that used to constantly come over to the school and encourage boys to come to after school events at their place (my jr. high was coed, and i noticed they never approached girls). I avoided that place as much as I could because it always just creeped me out in a way I couldnt explain. we had some official school retreats there (coed) but i always GTFO as soon as they ended. I remember there were a bunch of guys who would go to events there including weekend sleepovers.
years later, I read about them and found out they were
founded by a pedophile priest in Mexico, who came from an upper class background and received money from the mexican wealthy. after decades of abusing kids, the vatican eventually sent him away to a monastery. they allowed the organization to continue operating though. and they kept all the money the pedophile brought in.
