I agree with you, this institution should be torn down from the inside, it should be held accountable and a LOT of the people up top must go to jail.

I will never stand up to defend these creeps that hide abuse and steal money and commit so many crime. But, there is another side to the church, hundreds of people that truly give their lives to serve others and sacrifice everything.

Weirdly my very conservative catholic school forced us to wear skirts as part of our uniform, but had a rule against wearing shorts underneath our skirts. We all still wore them, and the rule was never enforced after one epic conversation:

You’re probably right. I just have a great problem with them releasing this photo with full disregard for the kid.

I don’t think the fact that taking a photo takes 5 seconds is a factor here. The cops clearly opened the car door, checked for pulses and THEN took this photo, with complete disregard for the trauma both physical and emotional that could affect that child from being in this car with his overdosing caretakers.