In ancient Rome, the poet Juvenal asked "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" ("Who will watch the watchmen?" or "Who will guard the guards themselves?"). Basically, it refers to the impossibility of imposing ethical or moral behavior when those responsible for enforcing it are themselves unethical or immoral.
We see this time and again when people in positions of trust betray that trust by preying on the very people they're supposed to help. Priests sexually abusing altar boys is a very well-known recent example (although it's not nearly as widespread as the mass media would like to pretend). Counselors, psychologists, psychiatrists and others are just as guilty. A recent case drives home the point.
A Canadian “kink-allied” psychologist who worked with vulnerable youth in Calgary is facing child pornography charges following his arrest on January 30 by the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams’ (ALERT) internet child exploitation unit. Dustin Hrycun, 45, worked to treat both adults and troubled youth at Rising Sun Psychological Services.
Hrycun has been charged with possessing and disseminating child pornography through the online social media application Kik. Kik is a freeware messaging platform notorious for its use in facilitating in child sexual abuse.
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Despite the ongoing investigation, Hrycun was released from custody into the community and is scheduled to appear in court February 25.
A now-deleted online profile posted to Psychology Today listed Hrycun as a “sex-positive,” “kink allied,” “queer allied,” “transgender allied,” and “non-monogamy” expert offering counseling services for teens and adults.
“I specialize in depression, anxiety, trauma, couples work, life transition, belief system struggles, religious trauma, existential and self discovery, and sexuality and gender issues. In being a survivor of conversion therapy I have a passion for helping people move through and past anything holding them back from living life unhindered,” reads Hrycun’s profile.
There's more at the link.
One of the things I hated most about the priest sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church is that it led to at least suspicions in the eyes of most Catholics about most of their priests. One could be the purest, holiest, most upright and moral priest out there, but one still suffered from "guilt by association" that was very hard to shake. To call it demoralizing is the understatement of the century! It wasn't helped by bishops who uttered pious platitudes to their clergy about "this is part of sharing the suffering of Christ, who was also falsely accused". Those bishops were responsible for admitting the wrong people into candidacy for the priesthood, and educating them in some seminaries that became a hotbed (you should pardon the expression) for immorality and sin. See "Goodbye, Good Men" for a painfully accurate description of what many had to endure.
Tragically, the same infiltration of liberalism and secular humanism happened to the "caring professions" like sociology, anthropology, psychiatry and psychology. People were admitted to professional status, offering "support" to those in need of professional help, who should never have been allowed to practice. Because of that neglect, they ran rampant through the professions and hurt a great many people, some so severely that they may live the rest of their lives mentally and emotionally scarred beyond repair. Examples are legion: see, for one particularly evil case, pediatrician Earl Bradley.)
What this means is, if you're a parent or caregiver, you need to be hyper-sensitive to the potential dangers of taking a child to a particular practitioner or specialist for assistance. Most of them will be fine . . . but some of them will not. How to tell the difference is beyond my expertise, but I'd certainly do as much of a background check as I could. Have any complaints been made against them to their official licensing body? If so, what sort of complaints? How many? Were any sustained? Does the provider's premises, or his/her staff, or his/her customers, give off any "vibes" (for want of a better word) that make you feel uneasy? Do you talk with your child(ren) after taking them to such a professional, trying to get a feel for their reactions? Are they nervous or scared to talk about it?
It's a sick, sad, sorry world when we have to advise something like that. Sadly, it's the world we've got, and we ignore such precautions at our peril. Also, for the love of all that's holy, do not - I say again, DO NOT!!! - take your child to any specialist who advertises himself in the way that the suspect did in this most recent case. Just reading his profile, and how he describes himself, should make any sound, rational person steer their children as far away from him as possible!
Peter
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Not just that, but the schools (nursing anyway) are promulgating all this DEI and gender crap, and preaching it as gospel. You're not allowed to disagree at all, lest you be expelled. If a dude in a dress says he's a girl, you are required to affirm his delusions. And don't get me started on some of the weirder fetishes. It felt like the lunatics were in charge of the asylum.
When my father was growing up in the late '50s the local Boy Scout leader was diddling some of the boys.
When my brother and I were in scouts my dad became an Assistant Scoutmaster to try to prevent that, a lawyer was Scoutmaster.
After my dad died and I was in college, our Scoutmaster got busted with hundreds of videos and thousands of pictures dating back to his tour in Thailand during Vietnam.
Stereotypes exist for a reason, good thing little girls get to be part of the silent nightmare of many Boy Scouts.
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