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To: sinkspur;Calculus of Consent
Lowering the hammer on gays in seminaries is the only way to fix this problem. I agree, there is a good article linked at #10 on exactly that subject.

Nobody has to give money to the Catholic Church, and fewer Catholics will if they see all their money going to victims of priestly pederasty. I'm not sure it's primarily a problem of pederasty (molestation of prepubescent boys), I think the problem is more of priestly chickenhawking of young teenage boys, and the silent complicity of the other actively homosexual priests in doing nothing to stop it.

Remember: homosexuals don't reproduce, they recruit! And that goes for homosexual priests as well.

22 posted on 03/25/2002 7:58:34 PM PST by Travis McGee
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To: Travis McGee
Celibate priesthoods don't reproduce -- they recruit! Semenaries... er, seminaries... are running short of young men and are desperately seeking to persuade your sons to forsake the path of marriage and family, and embrace their priestly lifestyle! /sarcasm>

In all fairness, though, we Protestants have similar sexual problems, plus financial scandals too. *sigh* I've been tempted to join the Orthodox -- it would be nice to be part of a church that doesn't end up in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.

49 posted on 03/26/2002 8:08:29 AM PST by Rytwyng
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