One of the interesting aspects of the Catholic pedaresty crisis is that it illustrates the fragility of absolutist/authoritarian systems
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In such systems the perception of authority is what everything hinges on and one scandal such as this can irrevocably destroy that perception for a generation
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It something that I thought about when I went to the Regensburg Cathedral and listened to their domspatzen choir. All those generations of effort to build up awe-inspiring aesthetics and now all that anyone thinks about is how the boys were beaten and abused.
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It makes you understand (a little bit) the impulse within the Church hierarchy to cover it all up,
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