Zepherian:.."Homosexuality is pretty common in the catholic hierarchy, and seems to be the more common the more you rise in it. ..."
Growing up Catholic and taking part in all the rituals, I can say, without a doubt I was out of the loop on this one. It wasn't common in my world.
Not that it didn't happen, as is obvious from all the high profile, highly publicised cases. Homosexuality is pretty common in society in general
right? And the percentage of Catholic priests who are homosexual is no different than the percentage in society. Being homosexual is one
thing...but, molesting little boys is an immensely different thing, and it doesn't matter if you're a priest or not. It's a crime.
Bringing up homosexuality in your post is actually very, very misleading, and inappropriate. What these guys are accused of, usually after statute of
limitations expire, is molesting young boys. A hideous crime. To simply generalize and say it's because he a priest, therefore, most likely
homosexual, is wrong...IMO
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reply posted on 15-9-2008 @ 08:24 PM by Zepherian
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You need to reread my post in the context of the replied to post. I am a catholic by birth too, agnostic by choice, and know that not all priests are homosexual predators. However, I stand by what I say, the higher you go up the hierarchy the more common it becomes. We had a sex scandal here, when one of our priests murdered a kid he had assaulted sexually. He had been brought to this region by our Bishop of the time, who is known for being a homosexual. And there are numerous examples from many other countries if I could stomach listing them.
And this structure fits into other sectors too, politicians for example. I remind people of the recent conservative sex scandals in the US. What is really happening, imho, is that a certain evil powerbrokering sector of society places these people in influence because they can indeed be controlled, via blackmail, to serve the interests of the people selecting them. A sort of unethical darwinism that puts predators and perverts in places of influence so that they can be controlled.
I however do not know what is the circumstance around the interviewee here nor was I the one that brought this unfortunate situation up. I mearly postulated that it is common in the catholic church, and indeed think it is common in other sectors of society. And I never implied that catholic priesthood = homosexual predator by default.
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You need to reread my post in the context of the replied to post. I am a catholic by birth too, agnostic by choice, and know that not all priests are homosexual predators. However, I stand by what I say, the higher you go up the hierarchy the more common it becomes. We had a sex scandal here, when one of our priests murdered a kid he had assaulted sexually. He had been brought to this region by our Bishop of the time, who is known for being a homosexual. And there are numerous examples from many other countries if I could stomach listing them.
And this structure fits into other sectors too, politicians for example. I remind people of the recent conservative sex scandals in the US. What is really happening, imho, is that a certain evil powerbrokering sector of society places these people in influence because they can indeed be controlled, via blackmail, to serve the interests of the people selecting them. A sort of unethical darwinism that puts predators and perverts in places of influence so that they can be controlled.
I however do not know what is the circumstance around the interviewee here nor was I the one that brought this unfortunate situation up. I mearly postulated that it is common in the catholic church, and indeed think it is common in other sectors of society. And I never implied that catholic priesthood = homosexual predator by default.
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