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To: burroak
Did you ever play the kid’s card game “War”? Let’s play. Give me the name of a non-Catholic pedophile and I’ll give you the name of a priest.

Stupid game. There are thousands of catholic priests who have been accused of sexual misconduct. Maybe hundreds who have been accused of actual pedophilia (with a child as opposed to a gay teenager). On the other hand, there are millions of pedophiles. And the vast majority of cases of statutory rape between a gay man and a gay teenager go unreported, because there's no real perceived money in it. And there really is an organization called NAMBLA. Google it yourself if you like. The numbers on this one are so totally and completely against you, I'm beginning to think you are actually far stupider than I first suspected. A 2005 census reported that there were half a million RC priests. Ann Coulter (who is not Catholic) reports an abuse rate of 0.15% among Catholic priests. Nobody really knows for sure, and I would concede that the number may be significantly higher. However, it certainly does not begin to approach the possibly 3% of the population in general who are pedophiles.

I agree with your story: If someone molested my kid (or even one of my nephews or nieces, I'd waste the dude and let society judge me for my action). However, it is clear from your story that the Catholic Church has never given you a problem in that area. Therefore, the basis of your hatred of Catholicism also clearly lies elsewhere. All you're doing here is digging yourself a deeper hole.

75 posted on 04/16/2011 3:56:58 PM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does)
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To: presidio9

I don’t hate Catholicism, I just despise pedophile priests and those who make excuses for a church that has concealed their behaviors.

I getting bored going over the same bit.

‘Nuf


76 posted on 04/16/2011 4:59:59 PM PDT by burroak
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