You're making a comparison that doesn't actually address the point being discussed. Nobody should minimise the industrial scale abuse carried out within the Catholic Church or the Church of England. It was horrific, it lasted for decades, and institutional cover-ups allowed countless children to be abused. Those responsible, regardless of race, profession or religion, deserve condemnation. But acknowledging that doesn't mean other forms of organised child abuse should be ignored. The Pakistani grooming gang scandals are discussed because multiple independent reports found that, in a number of towns, there were repeated failures by police and local authorities to act, with concerns that fear of being labelled racist contributed to inaction. That's a specific institutional failure, just as the Church cover-ups were. This isn't an either/or issue. If someone condemns church abuse but ignores organised grooming gangs, they're being selective. Equally, if someone focuses only on Pakistani grooming gangs while remaining silent about decades of abuse by predominantly white clergy, they're also being selective. The consistent position is straightforward: condemn all organised child sexual abuse, wherever it occurs, hold institutions accountable when they cover it up, and stop using one scandal to deflect attention from another. Victims deserve better than having their suffering turned into a political point-scoring exercise.
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