This human world of ours would be inconceivable without the practical existence of a religious belief." (pp152, Mein Kampf, Adolph Hitler, 1930)This Page includes not just abuse by clergy, but also abuse by religious fanatics in general. The horror of the Crusades, Inquisitions, and Holocaust were not included.
David Samarzia, 44, who won a $650,000 judgment against the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Duluth, Minn., as damages for being molested as a kid by former pastor Daniel Reeb, told reporters in February that since the church cannot pay the judgment, he most likely would take over the house of worship himself as payment and turn it into a place to help other sex abuse victims. |