Cardinal Schönborn says celibacy partly to blame for clerical sex abuse

The Times of London ^ | March 11, 2010 | Richard Owen

[A.A. Cunningham]

If they only had a wife, they'd stop diddling boys.

Those wives of Michael Jackson really cured him of his pedophlia and the fact is that the majority of pedophiles are married men.

You and Schonborn are two geniuses who have no explanation for the behavior of these protestants

[A.A. Cunningham]

Most of the known abuse cases in the Roman Catholic Church were of a homosexual pedophile nature by definition.

Incorrect. The majority of cases involved homosexual ephebophilia - post pubescent - by defintion, not pedophilia. The leftstream media didn't want to admit that because it didn't support the "celibacy is the reason" mantra chanted by those whose intent is to destroy the Church.

[dead]

You really couldn't tell that sentence was facetious? Seriously? Even after I wrote "Logic meltdown" right after it, you still read that and thought I was agreeing with Schonborn?

Good lord, that's pathetic.

[TASMANIANRED]

Considering the source.. I’m betting the Cardinal said something else that was twisted into this headline.

[MrChips]

Who knows? The pedophiles themselves know. And among the reported and convicted cases, i.e. of those we know, they are overwhelmingly heterosexual in their orientations. This is particularly true of the priests who have been reported.

[pogo101]

We’re talking past each other.

You: “They’re mostly hetero.”

Me: “Yes, but they’re disproportionately homosexual.”

You: “They’re mostly hetero.”

I give up.

[MrChips]

I am just being factual, based on documented research.

[big'ol_freeper]

If I remember correctly Schoenborn is a liberal

[pogo101]

So am I. You’ve not gainsaid my point, and I’ve not even attempted to gainsay yours.

95 plus percent of the population is heterosexual. Is it your contention that 95% or more of child molestations are involve opposite sexes of victim and perp? I content it isn’t (i.e., that the offenses are disproportionately homosexual, if still majority-hetero.)

[MrChips]

I just know what I read. And one thing is certain: the heterosexual community is every bit as promiscuous as the homosexual community, and yes, the fact that they are 90% of the population actually argues for their greater involvement in child molestation. But, I am not arguing from a theoretical standpoint, nor am I speculating. I just know what I read. The research has been done. What is clearly wrong is to blame homosexuality for pedophilia, which the Church tried to do in the wake of the priest mess, using it as a scapegoat rather than blaming itself, or celibacy, or the structure of the Church, itself. Note, however, that I do not necessarily blame celibacy either. There are plenty of cases of clergy pedophilia in Protestant churches, too, and among married men.