# Catholic or Ex-Catholic Dopers: What PERSONAL Experience/Knowledge Have You of Lecherous Priests?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 21, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-or-ex-catholic-dopers-what-personal-experience-knowledge-have-you-of-lecherous-priests/653537 "2013-03-21T14:59:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-or-ex-catholic-dopers-what-personal-experience-knowledge-have-you-of-lecherous-priests/653537/61 "2014-04-14T23:55:48Z")

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That’s the thing. I moved residences thrice and live-in jobs more than a dozen times, and not once did I encounter or hear of a parish priest misbehaving. But then, news of wrong-doings often gestate for years; when the child-victim is already an adult --or committed suicide.

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