The victim being 12 years old would make this priest a pedophile I would think. I have read that there is a differance. Being a new member of the Church, these reports bother me more now if that’s possible. I remember listening to Gordon Liddy (a Catholic) on the radio once, and he was saying that there was a shortage of priests and seminarians in the 70’s. And that the vetting process was eased to fill the ranks. Don’t know, but now it seems like the Church is moving faster to remove these priests. That being said, I think the Priest in Maryland who refused communion to a woman who basically flaunted her lifestyle in his face and dared him to do anything, was railroaded.
It is amazing that the same people attacking the Catholic Church and Boy Scouts for these kinds of things are the ones DEMANDING that the pervs be allowed in.
There are different diagnostic categories in the APA’s DSM, but as a general description, “homosexual” means “male on male” and this is homosexual pedophilia, isn’t it?
I would encourage you to read “goodbye good men” to understand this within the Catholic Church.
Not to long ago I got into an argument with a gal at my gym who tried to say the same thing. I simply asked her what is a male who enjoys sex with another male and then at what magic age of the victim does the pedophile then become a homosexual........