How many Atheist organizations or irreligious organizations have been accused of the covering up child abuse?

by jwleaks 40 Replies latest watchtower child-abuse

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  jwleaks

  I don't know of any but would like some references if anyone does. Of course not all atheists or irreligious people need to belong to an organization.

  Studies on the demographics of atheism have concluded that self-identified atheists comprise anywhere from 2% to 8% of the world's population, whereas irreligious individuals represent a further 10% to 20%.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_atheism
  

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  Ruby456

  a good place to start would be the NSPCC and wiki as they report that many secular organisations have covered up child abuse. hospitals, care homes, the conservative government in Britain under Thatcher - this is being investigated now.
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  cofty

  What is an "atheist organisation"?
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  Ruby456

  I'm taking the question to refer to any secular organisation. atheism and secularity are often taken together
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  disposable hero of hypocrisy

  Sorry for the big paste, but this is from Wikipedia...

  • Atheist Alliance International[7]
  • The Brights' Net is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to "building a constituency" and "constructively address[ing] the marginalized situation of persons who have a naturalistic worldview."[8]
  • European Humanist Federation is a union of "numerous humanist organisations from most European countries" whose purpose is to promote humanism and secularism in Europe.[9]
  • International Humanist and Ethical Union(IHEU) is "the sole world umbrella organisation embracing Humanist, atheist, rationalist, secularist, skeptic, laique, [sic][10]ethical cultural, freethought and similar organisations world-wide." IHEU is a union of over 100 Humanist or secularist organizations in more than 40 countries. It is an international NGO (Non-governmental organization) with special consultative status with the United Nations.[11]
  • International League of Humanists
  • International League of non-religious and atheists
  • Rationalist International

  AustraliaEdit

  • Atheist Foundation of Australia
  • Council of Australian Humanist Societies
  • Rationalist Society of Australia
  • The Secular Party of Australia

  BelgiumEdit

  • Willemsfonds

  BrazilEdit

  • Brazilian Association of Atheists and Agnostics (ATEA)
  • Sociedade da Terra Redonda
  • Secular Humanist League of Brazil

  CanadaEdit

  • Humanist Association of Canada
  • Mouvement laïque québécois
  • Centre for Inquiry Canada
  • Freethought Association of Canada

  GermanyEdit

  • Central Council of Ex-Muslims
  • German Freethinkers League
  • Giordano Bruno Foundation (Giordano Bruno Stiftung)
  • International League of non-religious and atheists
  • Humanistischer Verband Deutschlands

  IcelandEdit

  • Sidmennt - Icelandic Ethical Humanist Association

  IndiaEdit

  • Indian Rationalist Association
  • Atheist Center
  • Dakshina Kannada Rationalist Association
  • Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations
  • Hyderabad Rationalist Forum
  • Indian Humanist Union
  • Kerala Yukthivadi Sangham

  IndonesiaEdit

  • Indonesian Atheists

  IrelandEdit

  • Atheist Ireland
  • Humanist Association of Ireland
  • Humani

  ItalyEdit

  • Italian Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics (UAAR)

  KuwaitEdit

  • Youth Association of Kuwait (yakuwait)

  NetherlandsEdit

  • De Vrije Gedachte (DVG, "The Free Thought")

  New ZealandEdit

  • Humanist Society of New Zealand
  • New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists
  • New Zealand Skeptics

  Northern IrelandEdit

  • Humani

  NorwayEdit

  • Human-Etisk Forbund HEF has over 78,000 members,[12] making it "the largest group [in Norway] outside the State Church."[13]
  • Norwegian Heathen Society

  PhilippinesEdit

  

  The Philippine Atheists and Agnostics Society (PATAS) logo

  • Filipino Freethinkers
  • Philippine Atheists and Agnostics Society

  Puerto RicoEdit

  • Movimiento Ateista de Puerto Rico,[14] first and oldest secular organization in Puerto Rico Founded in 2008 by Edward Vitale

  ScotlandEdit

  • Humanist Society of Scotland
  • Scottish Secular Society, founded in 2012, identifies itself as Scotland's largest secular group.

  SwedenEdit

  • Swedish Humanist Association

  United KingdomEdit

  • British Humanist Association
  • Conway Hall Ethical Society, founded in 1793, identifies itself as "the oldest freethought community in the world." Conwall Hall[15]
  • Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association
  • Humani
  • Humanist Society of Scotland
  • Leicester Secular Society, founded in 1851, bills itself as the "oldest secular society in the world."[16]
  • National Secular Society
  • North East Humanists
  • Rationalist Association
  • Scottish Secular Society

  United StatesEdit

  

  Freedom From Religion Foundationbillboard

  

  American Atheist bench and "Ten Commandments" display (Bradford County, Florida).

  • American Atheists
  • American Ethical Union - a federation of about 25 Ethical Societies representing theEthical Culture movement founded in 1876 byFelix Adler.
  • American Humanist Association, The first and largest organization promoting Humanism in the US. The American Humanist Association strives to bring about a progressive society where being good without gods is an accepted way to live life. We are accomplishing this through our defense of civil liberties and secular governance, by our outreach to the growing number of people without traditional religious faith, and through a continued refinement and advancement of the humanist worldview.[17]
  • American Secular Union
  • Americans United for Separation of Church and State is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to preserving church-state separation to ensure religious freedom for all Americans.[18]
  • The Atheist Agenda
  • Atheist Community of Austin (TX)
  • Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, "The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty" represents multiple Baptist groups (but not the Southern Baptist Convention) in supporting religious liberty and the separation of church and state.
  • Camp Inquiry, a summer camp run by the Center for Inquiry.[19]
  • Camp Quest, "The Secular Summer Camp", is the first residential summer camp in the United States for the children of those who hold a naturalistic world view.[20]
  • Center for Inquiry The mission of the Center for Inquiry is to foster a secular society based on science, reason, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values. The Center for Inquiry holds that evidence-based reasoning, in which humans work together to address common concerns, is critical for modern world civilization. CFI also maintains that values are properly the subject of study and discussion as much as empirical claims. CFI, and its affiliates, the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and the Council for Secular Humanism, also carry out their work through education, publishing, advocacy, and social services, especially through their dozens of regional centers and communities, and programs in many different countries.
  • City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism
  • Council for Secular Humanism is a non-profit educational association and, according to its website, "North America's leading organization for non-religious people." The Council aims to "meet the needs of people who find meaning and value in life without looking to a god." CSH publishes Free Inquiry.
  • Fellowship of Humanity
  • First Humanist Society of New York
  • Freedom From Religion Foundation, according to its website, is the "largest group of atheists and agnostics in North America." The Foundation represents the interests of freethinkers, with an emphasis on gender equality and reproductive rights, and the separation of church and state. It publishesFreethought Today, "the only freethought newspaper in North America."
  • The Humanist Institute
  • Institute for Humanist Studies
  • Internet Infidels is "a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to defending and promoting a naturalistic worldview on the Internet."
  • Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers
  • North Texas Church of Freethought
  • Practice What You Preach Foundation is a "non-profit organization that builds bridges between faith communities and secular organizations in the Greater Los Angeles Area."
  • Rational Response Squad
  • The Reason Project
  • Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science
  • Secular Coalition for America
  • Secular Policy Institute is a think tank organization of thought leaders, writers, scholars and speakers with a shared mission to influence public opinion and promote a secular society.[21]
  • Secular Student Alliance
  • United Coalition of Reason
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  disposable hero of hypocrisy

  I didn't realise there were so many!

  So I suppose the OP means outrightly secular AND atheist, as opposed to just secular organisations that might not be affiliated with any particular religion , like the police force or a branch of government that looks after care homes etc..
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  Ruby456

  what about this?

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_atheism

  but there may not be any stats on child abuse
  

  Meanwhile here is a topical news report re a UN coverup that may be relevant to you, jwleaks

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/29/un-aid-worker-suspended-leaking-report-child-abuse-french-troops-car
  

  Donovan said: “The regular sex abuse by peacekeeping personnel uncovered here and the United Nations’ appalling disregard for victims are stomach-turning, but the awful truth is that this isn’t uncommon. The UN’s instinctive response to sexual violence in its ranks – ignore, deny, cover up, dissemble – must be subjected to a truly independent commission of inquiry with total access, top to bottom, and full subpoena power.”
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  joe134cd

  I heard on the news tonight. They reckon in England 1 in 20 children has been sexually abused. Some how this figure dosnt surprise me. It's all coming out in the wash now.
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  OrphanCrow

  I don't think you can call the Boys Scouts an atheist organization, but they have been investigated for sex abuse coverup.

  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/scouts-canada-kept-confidential-list-of-pedophiles-1.1010983
  

  Scouts Canada meticulously recorded the names of pedophiles discovered in its ranks for decades in a secretive system dubbed the "confidential list," CBC’s The Fifth Estate has learned.........
  South of the border, thousands of the Boy Scouts of America’s so-called "perversion files" have been released to lawyers suing the organization. In an effort to keep them out of troops, the files document staff or volunteers suspected or convicted of molesting boys. But according to American lawyers who have seen the files the organization often kept allegations from police.

  Sports organizations are another place that are targeted by pedophiles.

  http://www.physical.utoronto.ca/docs/csps-pdfs/Donnelly_Sparks_-_Child_Sexual_Abuse_in_Sport.pdf?sfvrsn=0

  Penn State.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_State_child_sex_abuse_scandal

  
  

  
  
  
  
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  jwleaks

  Thanks for the links and references everyone. Will reply to each as soon as possible. Caught up with something at the moment.