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Essay / Role of Religion in Society - 1170
As it is known that religion began since human existence, conflicts in the world also began. Today, conflicts still arise in society because of religion. For example, news reports from the 1990s indicate that a final problem that religion can cause is sexual abuse, at least in the Catholic Church. As you may have heard, an unknown number of children have been sexually abused by Catholic priests and deacons in the United States and other countries (Terry & Smith, 2006). In 2003, in the Catholic Church in Punta Gorda, there was an incident of sexual assault that remained unresolved. This is where these religious issues turn into social conflicts because they are not reported to law enforcement to put a clear end to the