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(Posting in fellowship)I don't have a hard and fast rule, it's just a trend I noticed. All that pastors/priests that gave off the "unsafe religious person" vibes, or actually did real harm, were all south of 40, and they were almost all male. I've encountered a few women that seemed perhaps not completely tethered, but never the kind of "this person could be dangerous in the wrong circumstances" (I don't mean physically dangerous, but spiritually malignant). Those were all younger men, with rare exceptions.
Very interesting.
At least in my neck of the woods, those who got in trouble were always (male) middle age and older. There are a few exceptions though.
Think of the old “creepy old man” stereotype.
Outside of religion and clergy, it’s a mixed bag.
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