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Also a shame how badly they treat victims of sexual abuse/rape (both in the Church and at universities like BYU): with ostracism, cover-ups, public shaming and more abuse.
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Any institution or organization concerned with their reputation will tend towards that behavior, it is the general norm not the exception. But the more power and authority the worse.
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Agreed, but I would say there's a limit to what people will ignore for the sake of a secular organisation which is harder to surpass within a religion.
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e.g. "if you report this the company is dead" vs "if you report this you'll go to hell and the church will look so bad that many others will turn away and go to hell too"
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Rape/child abuse is pretty up there at the limit of mortal suffering, to outweigh it you need something beyond mortal pain, or a "higher power".