There was a radio programme on the BBC recently about the Catholic Church in Ireland, and the physical abuse, the industrial schools and the laundries, and a point made by a Catholic commentator was the extent to which the church there had been affected by the ideas of Calvinism (OK, Augustine of Hippoism) and saw people of certain backgrounds as not of the Elect, and therefore deserving of punishment. I think I've got that right.

If people are not valued, that presumably makes them more likely to be victims of other abuse, as well.

Penny