I know of at least one priest who targeted both adolescent girls and grown women who were in a vulnerable state. He was heterosexual, but he was also a very confused man. When a priest does things that aren’t likely to get him thrown in jail, that doesn’t mean he still doesn’t do a lot of damage…as in victims who suffer from depression and can barely go to church anymore.
I think it is a matter of ongoing education and reminders. That’s what our diocesan sex-abuse-prevention training is meant to achieve.
Most people are very well aware. Most rape in general is men raping women, but no one thinks hetereosexual men are just inherently rapists.not all SSA guys are predators
So homosexual activity is a choice? Of course it is. All actions are something we choose to do.
Yes I do. People just make up excuses for why the evidence doesn’t mean the obvious. Anyone who knows anything about the decadence of pride parades knows that homosexual activity is associated with hyper sexuality.
And heterosexual activity is also associated with hypersexuality. It used to be called nymphomania when referring to women and satyriasis when referring to men. But that doesn’t mean that all or even most heterosexuals are hypersexual and being hypersexual does not necessarily make someone more inclined to be a sexual predator.Thorolfr:
Yes I do. People just make up excuses for why the evidence doesn’t mean the obvious. Anyone who knows anything about the decadence of pride parades knows that homosexual activity is associated with hyper sexuality.
Even if the rate is a bit higher, the vast majority know where their genitalia belong. Remember the scandal mostly is about cover ups, not the priests. You are defending the institution not the victims.
Because by implication you are focused on the priest’s behaviors, not how the institution failed to address it. The scandal is that the church basically aided and participated in it by continuing to let them serve and covering it up.
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Look, I’ve known and had contact with a good number of gay men. They are not different in their level of mental health than other groups…other than the fact that there are a good number that are rejected by their families and the young ones end up living on the street. You help their mental health by coming to terms with the fact that many knew their sexual orientation well before adulthood.
It would be good then to understand what happened during the cover ups before postulating that one sub-group of Priests was most likely the cause. Of course stopping abuse beforehand is highly desirable, but again demanding the Church deal with reality instead of protecting its image is where the real solution lays.