Former Archbishop Arrested for 100,000 Child Porn Videos/Images on his Vatican Computer
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"Phile" simply means you are a fan, an enthusiast of something. I am a bibliophile, a musicophile, a discophile, a foodophile (subcategory Italian), a former oenophile, an audiophile, a dog-and-catophile.
As for this priest, and men like him, it is only when they act upon their pedophile -- technically, ephebophile (post-puberty) -- interests that they become abusers, criminals. And it happens. I've known about this since 1983. A good friend was sexually abused by one of his parish priests, and when he grew up, he became deeply involved in the movement that brought so many of these priests down. It has helped him enormously, speaking out about this outrage. Saved his heart, his mind, his soul.
The Catholic Church in America allowed generations of closeted gay men to hide out in the priesthood during the 20th Century. Pre-baby boom Catholics were afraid to challenge the church in any way, so it was a secret, if not a particularly well-kept secret, until abused baby boomers started talking about it in adulthood. Mind you, I am not saying every priest wants to play hide the aspergillum with altar boys, but what's happened cannot be a surprise to anyone who's paid attention.
What does it matter the frequency it happens outside of the church? It shouldn't happen in the church AT ALL. People put their faith & trust in the church. The church is supposed to be trustworthy. These acts are the exact opposite. It's a complete betrayal! Do you support that?
And that's the gist of the matter.
Someone made a point years ago that I thought was interesting...
if the Catholic Church were a private/publicly traded business (like Microsoft/Apple for example) where a sizable number of their employees were molesting children and the business hid/denied the allegations that they knew were true or had suspicion to believe were possible, then that business would more than likely go under. People would be appalled and not say, "but, but... Heinz employees do it too!!" But since this is a church built on faith it's "different." People make excuses for it. And there should be no excuses or defending such disgusting predatory behavior.
For those of you that think this is limited to Catholic priests, I hope you realize that this is a problem outside the Church as well. Ever see the show To Catch a Predator on NBC? This problem is much greater than the Catholic Church. And that is not my attempt of letting the Church of the hook. Priests that abuse children should and are being punished. But child predators will seek any opportunity they can to get access to children.
Keep that in mind when you send your kids off to their Atheist or Satan Worship get-togethers.
For those of you that think this is limited to Catholic priests, I hope you realize that this is a problem outside the Church as well. Ever see the show To Catch a Predator on NBC? This problem is much greater than the Catholic Church. And that is not my attempt of letting the Church of the hook. Priests that abuse children should and are being punished. But child predators will seek any opportunity they can to get access to children.
Keep that in mind when you send your kids off to their Atheist or Satan Worship get-togethers.
what planet are you from.... yes predators do seek out children from all areas.. but this is the church, the place put above all others as a place of goodness, help for the poor.. a place to get advice and confess... jeezo..their confession boxes must be full with them telling their dirty secrets to each other.. maybe thats where they get their jollies listening to others repent..what you mean by being greater than the Catholic church or any church for that matter isnt what this thread is about.. its about a member of the Catholic Church being a beast..
To be a pedophile is to have the urges / attraction. Not all pedophiles molest children.
Also, not all child molesters are pedophiles. Sometimes its a crime of opportunity.
This is correct. There was a good article published by Kenneth Lanning about 10 years ago that explained the differences very well.
"Child molestation" is an action defined by the law operating in a particular jurisdiction. Someone could be a "child molester" in one country and not another, or even one U.S. state and not another.
Pedophilia is a psychiatric disposition that involves persistent attraction to children below the age of puberty, and has no connection to the "age of consent" law.
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