Posted on 04/14/2010 10:28:34 AM PDT by DManA
VATICAN CITY - Gay groups and politicians condemned Pope Benedict's number two on Wednesday for calling homosexuality a "pathology" and linking it directly to sexual abuse of children.
The comments made by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone during a visit to Chile, and the controversy they caused, were splashed on mainstream Italian newspapers on Wednesday.
The French foreign ministry and some Catholic blogs that support the pope also condemned the cardinal's remarks.
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We live in a world gone mad.
Here we are in the middle of a media driven circus concerning gay priests abusing boys and we must not notice the obvious...
On the other hand, if you're a Catholic priest, your diocese may be sued into the ground (even for abuse committed after they've removed you from the priesthood!) and churches and schools built by the blood, sweat, and tears of Catholic laypeople who never met you and never molested any kids may be taken by the courts to make lawyers very, very rich.
Makes perfect sense, I think ... /s
They would prefer to condemn the Vatican for spreading the Gospel but we aren’t ready for that yet. Next year maybe.
Just sayin'...
I think most folks have understood this to be a homosexual problem rather than a pedophile problem.
The obvious is the insane to liberals.
A pervert is a pervert.
The purpose of reproductive organs is to reproduce a species, not to get one’s rocks off on whatever one can find.
Thou shalt never speak the truth. This is the only commandment of the social engineering radicals of America.
I believe the overwhelming majority of the young males abused were post-pubescent as well.
Every male homosexual friend I’ve ever met tells the same tale of their “first” experience being one of molestation by some older gay guy. That’s why they freak out so much when the actual truth is revealed this way. They are WAY too psychologically damaged to look at themselves.
That is why there is no point in arguing with leftist vermin. Kill them on sight and dispose of the stinking corpse.
Perversions and other mental diseases seldom are isolated; they tend to run in groups. Anyone with half a brain knows that.
I defend the Roman Catholic Church on this one.
* The majority of priests with allegations of abuse were ordained between 1950 and 1979 (68%). Priests ordained prior to 1950 accounted for 21.3% of the allegations, and priests ordained after 1979 accounted for 10.7% of allegations.
*Over 79% of these priests were between 25 and 29 years of age when ordained. For priests whose age at the time of the first alleged abuse was reported, the largest group—over 40% was between 30 and 39. An additional 20% were under age 30, nearly 23% were between 40 and 49, and nearly 17% were over 50.
*The majority of priests (56%) were alleged to have abused one victim, nearly 27% were alleged to have abused two or three victims, nearly 14% were alleged to have abused four to nine victims and 3.4% were alleged to have abused more than ten victims. The 149 priests (3.5%) who had more than ten allegations of abuse were allegedly responsible for abusing 2,960 victims, thus accounting for 26% of allegations. Therefore, a very small percentage of accused priests are responsible for a substantial percentage of the allegations.
*The largest group of alleged victims (50.9%) was between the ages of 11 and 14, 27.3% were 15-17, 16% were 8-10 and nearly 6% were under age 7. Overall, 81% of victims were male and 19% female. Male victims tended to be older than female victims. Over 40% of all victims were males between the ages of 11 and 14.
*In the 51% of cases where information was provided, half of the victims who made allegations of sexual abuse (2,638, or 25.7% of all alleged victims) socialized with the priest outside of church. Of those who did socialize with the priests who allegedly abused them, the majority had interactions in the family’s home. Other places of socialization included in the church, in the residence of the priest, and in various church activities.
Taking flak. Over the target.
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Yep! The forces of the Evil One are in overdrive. We must all pray.
I am so confused. Apparently the PC position is that Priests are all a bunch of pedophiles - NOT that there’s anything WRONG with that.
I’m confused as well. I point out to libs that 90%+ of abuse cases are homosexual, but apparantly, it just doesn’t register, as we are not supposed to know that. Just remember the party line - “the Church is BAD, but don’t bother to look beyond that.”
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