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"I believe that there needs to be an open recognition that we have a very grave problem of a homosexual culture in the Church,” Burke said in an interview Thursday, “especially among the clergy and the hierarchy, that needs to be addressed honestly and efficaciously.”
The former head of the church’s equivalent of the Supreme Court claimed that "after the studies following the 2002 sexual abuse crisis that most of the acts of abuse were, in fact, homosexual acts committed with adolescent young men."
Pedophilia and homosexuality are not the same thing. The Church is to blame for the sex abuse, because instead of turning these freaks in, they "relocate" them.
As a Catholic, it's time for Rome to follow the orthodox Christians in allowing marriage among priests. I believe in orthodox religions you can have a wife if you are married before the priesthood. It's not allowed if you were not married before though. I think this is a good middle ground.
Being able to marry doesn't cure pedophilia. The church needs to address the problem by reporting the offender to the authorities and stop relocating the priests who abuse children.
Look at all the homosexual defenders trying to twist definitions and words to make this something it isn't then virtue signaling all over the place. It's hilarious. They are homosexuals doing this. Homosexuals can indeed be pedo's too and many are. If it was just simply pedophilia why aren't the girls getting touched as often? That throws a wrench in all of it. Just accept the truth of the matter and stop trying so hard to protect a sick group of people, homosexual predators.
This is so gross.
A church - in which PEDOPHILIA has been INSTITUTIONALIZED - is now attempting to blame anything and anyone on their complete and utter failure to do anything about it EXCEPT perpetuate it. Apparently the church groom their CHILDREN to accept such touching as a matter of course. I cannot think of anything more disgusting.
Like any segment of the population - there are homosexuals that can also be attracted to young children.
But to blame it ALL on homosexuals is just a talking point for an institution that is CORRUPT to it's very core. Especially when there are girls also involved.
And . . there's more to come I hear! Another grand jury out of New York. More filth to come out of the RCC as they protected their PEDOS more than their CHILDREN.
Quit blaming your failings on everyone else and get your CHILDREN out of that institutionalized pedophilia ring NOW.
What planet do you live on? Or are you just a Russian troll getting paid by Putin?
Did you even read the grand jury report first hand? An insane number of priests raped underaged girls as well, impregnanted them and got an abortion for them with the blessing of the church. Priests raped numerous girls , had sex parties for underage kids (m and f) that they tried to partake in and abused numerous girls at all female Catholic high schools too. Get your head out of your behind ....
No, boys were the main target, not girls. It's a homosexual problem but the church won't admit it and the problem won't be taken care of until they do.
The seminaries were the breeding ground for the abuse. It was like joining the love boat for a young man to enter. Throw young men with SSA attraction together in close quarters and see what happens.
More likely the poster is one of the religious zealots who thinks the church is doing it all it can about this issue. He keeps insisting it's an issue of homosexuality and posting passages of the bible saying homosexuality is a sin, leaving out the parts of the bible where many things we consider appropriate today are also labeled a sin.
Cherry picking 101, as well as the head being firmly implanted where the sun doesn't shine.
Sin is sin, that does not change with the times. Modernists will tell you it does, but it doesn't.
Then I do not understand your point. We agree that it's a bad thing when, in your words, " molesters can just move on to molest again and again". The Catholic church facilitated this. And you're saying people shouldn't "get on their high horse", because it may happen in other churches without the active participation of higher levels of clergy? Sorry, can't follow you at all.
Well read the article again. Some churches just dismiss a predator to go their own way. they are more loose with their ministers and where they go, like to another denomination or non-denomination. They are not answerable to any single church.
No, boys were the main target, not girls. It's a homosexual problem but the church won't admit it and the problem won't be taken care of until they do.
The seminaries were the breeding ground for the abuse. It was like joining the love boat for a young man to enter. Throw young men with SSA attraction together in close quarters and see what happens.
I disagree the problem is pedophilia not homosexuality our society doesn't demonize heterosexual men because some men molest little girls and teenage girls. So why is it okay to demonize and place homosexual men in the same category as those that sexually molest little boys and teenage boys. Homosexuality isn't the issue the problem is pedophilia even if the chosen victim by these predator priests is typically a boy. One FBI investigation has estimated that about 6% of Priests are pedophiles significantly higher than the general population. They certainly need to be identified, removed from their positions and if offenders prosecuted for their crimes.
Sin is sin, that does not change with the times. Modernists will tell you it does, but it doesn't.
You are imposing your views that isn't the teaching of the Catholic Church. There is a hierarchy to sin. The legal system also disagrees with your religious views. So get off your high horse and take your preaching to the religion forum.
Homosexuals can also be pedophiles. If every other sexually inclined person can be a pedo, even women, then gays can be as well.
Yes, some priests molested girls but that was the minority, less than a third.
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