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To: sinkspur

>> I know, from personal experience in two dioceses that abuse victims approached bishops in the 70s and 80s and were bought off or told that, if they went public with their accusations, they would end up in court for defamation. <<

How does that refute anything? Even long after V2, they still are too afraid to come forward? That would mean V2 didn't work in that respect.

>> The results yielded that 30-40% of seminarians admitted to being homosexual.<<

The fact that many are homosexual is not evidence that the field is *inherently* homosexual, only that it presently is.


57 posted on 03/09/2005 3:29:53 PM PST by dangus
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To: dangus
The fact that many are homosexual is not evidence that the field is *inherently* homosexual, only that it presently is.

I never said the priesthood is "inherently" homosexual. As a celibate male-only profession, however, it does attract a disproportionate number of homosexuals.

59 posted on 03/09/2005 5:16:21 PM PST by sinkspur ("Preach the gospel. If necessary, use words.")
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