TOLEDO, Ohio (WKRC) - A Catholic priest in Ohio was sentenced to life in prison for grooming and sex trafficking children and adults.

56-year-old Rev. Michael Jude Zacharias was convicted on one count of sex trafficking of a minor, two counts of sex trafficking of a minor by force, fraud, or coercion, and two counts of sex trafficking an adult by force, fraud, or coercion.

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    8 months ago

    You believe people become abusing sex traffickers because they don’t have a wife?

    People who seek to control other people are attracted to positions where they have access to vulnerable people.

    You could also argue that religious people have surprisingly often fucked up moral values. Beginning with believing you can pray away your sins instead of taking responsibility. Or that people are of different worth.

    But the idea that marriage makes people less likely to be abusers is a theroy that doesn’t make a lot of sense in my opinion.

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      8 months ago

      “It wouldn’t cure these men of their “issues” but at least adults who like other adults would be pushed towards the front more.”