Posted on 05/29/2005 2:48:28 PM PDT by Tantumergo
3% is a huge number. Do you think 3% of the general population is also accused of pedophile abuses? That would be more like .03%, which makes a priest 100 times more likely. It is a shameful number, and what is far worse is that instead of bringing them to judtice they are simply shufflled through the system.
Non sequitor par excellance!
Just speechless.
I consider 97% to be a huge number, which is the percentage of priests not accused of sexual abuses.
The great majority of accusations are not of pedophilic, but of homosexual abuses, as I explained in my last post.
I do not know what the rate of accusation of homosexual abuses are in the general population, although I think it would be far greater than you might think in this day and age.
The point is not to compare what the rate of abuse is elsewhere, actually; I only mentioned the rate of abuse amongst married, Protestant clergy to assert that celibacy is not the cause of the problem. Any sexual abuse by clergy is an outrage, a violation of trust. What happened was, Catholic (and other) academics in the seminaries abandoned the Truth in favor of worldly wisdom, some of which was Kinsey sexuality and secular moral relativism.
I agree the bishops have been at fault. They have to answer for. It must be cleaned up, and it will be. The scent of brimstone is inthe Church. It will be swept clean.
Soddom, anyone?
Gomorrah?
[Or: once-great britain's apostate-"Anglican" loony London-based lemmings have literally lost it and leapt!]
Marriage is the union of a man and a woman that is pledged to be lifelong. Period. Anything else is not marriage, but "marriage".
Given all the "gay"-activist mischief that (supposedly celebate) gaysbian pastors engage in in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, including in my local area, I do not think that gaysbians should be pastors or priests. Call me a hard-liner, but my views are based on hard knocks!!!!
Abuse of children can be done in any church given the fact that there are plenty of children that are engaged in church activities. However, it is only with the Catholic Church where systematic abusers were protected by the church hierarchy.
I am sorry that is not you compare things. Trust me, 3% is a huge number considering the rest of the population.
It used to be the case that priests could marry. I think it was forbidden post reformation. There is no reason why priests cannot marry and have a healthy sexual life. I agree celibacy is not the problem, but the point of the article is two-fold: first you need to be married to have sex and second homosexual sex is sinful - both within the bounds of the Christian faith.
Is marriage only between man and a woman? I wonder where you get that definition from.
You know it's true, so why do you pretend to wonder?
You are sadly mistaken. http://csmonitor.com/2002/0405/p01s01-ussc.html
Your calling is that of a house painter, not economics. I wonder which diploma mill sold you a degree.
O.K. Let's understand something. Under the secular/civil law, you may have a right to this and that. But under moral law, you have NO right to be a priest or bishop. Occupying such a position is a privilege, not a right, and if you violate the rules you can/should be removed from office.
So if you are in a particular kind of relationship, or if you hold a particular set of theological opinions, you have every right to do so, and I would not change that for anything.
But you do not<>/b> have a right to have that relationship and/or espouse those views and hold Holy Orders. In such a case, you are violating the oath you took. Get another job.
Perhaps this is an excellent argument against an established Church.
I am more than content in what I do. This article does not refute what I said. What I said was that the catholic church hierarchy knew full well of the sex abuse cases and kept shuffling the priests in the system knowing full well of those abuses. You didn't refute those claims. Hope english is your first langauge.
Hyperbole. No point in trying to flame me without logic. The catholic church incubated and protected pedophiles. You cannot run from that fact.
So, polygamy is not marriage?
Married but celibate!!? They're only kidding themselves ... there is no way to monitor these 'marriages'. Another delusional attempt to appease the GLSM.
Thanks for the gratuitous Catholic-bashing. Of course what it really proves is why you need a zero tolerance for gay priests, but some people are too blind to see that.
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