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Originally posted by legion
My theory on this scandal is this:
I think many pedophiles are attracted to the Catholic priesthood because you take a vow of cellibacy. I think that many, who fear or carry guilt because of their attractions, feel that becoming a priest will MAKE them foresake their urges. I also think that many of them realize all to late that they spend a lot of time around children, and the temptation is far too great.
(For a similar theory, do a Google search on the relationship between pedophiles and Star Trek.)
So, there are a lot of pedophiles in the priesthood, and I don't think it is necessary the Catholic Churches fault. What is the Church's fault is how they handled the situation once this became apparent.
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This post by Legion is unusually lucid.
Agree completely.
Christian and a few others are FOS. Christian, you actually have absolutely NO IDEA what the proportion of pedophiles is in:
The Catholic priesthood
Education
Society in general
Your remarks and conclusions are worse than invalid. You read the stories and watch the news vignettes and draw entirely unreliable and inaccurate conclusions. If there had been a worldwide organization that teaches school kids, and if (instead of the Catholic Church) that organization had been exposed for pedophilia and if the news media had been BLASTING that organization with sensationalized stories for the last several years, then you'd conclude that organization has a higher proportion of pedophiles than the Catholic Church.
However.....I would agree with those who suspect that the priesthood for various reasons including and especially Legion's observations attracts pedophiles. And I would also agree that the damage potential by pedophile priests is colossal. Yes, this is a problem.
And finally, those of you who are continually looking for excuses to diss organized religion will of course jump on this one. There are many others, and you will surely use a "rotation" of justifications that includes this.
Those of you who are expecting to find a religion managed and operated by humans who are free of sin.......will be delighted to also recieve information about a nearly unbelievable real estate purchase opportunity in sunny Florida. PM me for details.