The Cover-Up Playbook: How Religious Institutions Shield Abusers
https://mormonmap.blogspot.com/ 🔍 Common Modus Operandi: Unpacking the Shared Institutional Playbook of Child Abuse Cover-ups in Jesuit/Catholic and LDS Organizations This analysis delves into the documented commonalities in how the Jesuit Order (as part of the broader Catholic Church) and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS/Mormon Church) have institutionally responded to and covered up child sexual abuse. It aims to identify precise, confirmed operational patterns that transcend their theological differences, highlighting a shared modus operandi rooted in institutional self-preservation. Theme 1: The Principle of Perpetrator Relocation Over Removal The institutional strategy of moving abusers to new environments rather than disarming or reporting them. 1. Systematic Transfer Without Disclosure Both organizations repeatedly employed the tactic of transferring individuals accused or known to be abusers to new locations without informing the receiv...