SOLUTION TO PEDOPHILIA IN THE CLERGY.
The article “And the Pope Cried” rolling in the Internet is touching but it does not convince everyone. However, it surfaces the problem of pedophilia in the catholic clergy, which many say is connected to the CELIBACY because the church does not allow priests to marry. Human beings were created to procreate and to have progeny (children). The bible says that man must procreate and multiply! To date, priests do not follow this specific God’s ordinance in the holy bible.
1st FACT: Catholic priests always have the chance to be alone with altar boys in their parishes or churches, especially when they prepare for mass, baptisms, or other events in the church. Mostly they dress alongside the “altar boys”. Slowly those priests develop a sexual desire towards some particular boy! Therefore, a pedophile priest is a bomb ready to go off. This crime affects disastrously not only the church’s reputation but also all those honorable priests who take that vow seriously!
1st SOLUTION: If the church changed the regulation of celibacy and allowed priests to marry, many psychologists say that 99% of the sexual offences against altar boys would go down or disappear in the catholic clergy. The proof is obvious and already exists: ALL other religions allow marriage of their priests, bishops, deacons, etc. And consequently we do not hear about pedophilia occurring in any of those churches. This sexual abuse only happens inside the CATHOLIC church. Therefore, the crime of pedophilia in the clergy is entirely the Church’s fault.
2nd SOLUTION: The Pope should eliminate the presence of `Altar Boys” in the church. Why does it have to be adolescent boys helping the priests? When Jesus said, “Let the children come to me”, He did not mean come help the clergy. The church should allow only old, retired men to help priest, not young boys. And why does it have to be BOYS helping the priests? Why?
2nd FACT: Many Christians do not know, or perhaps have not researched on their own, the fact that JESUS was married. According to independent historians, His wife was Mary Magdalena. Long ago this fact was obscured by the catholic clergy. Although Jesus is the son of God in the flesh, Jesus and God were one in purpose, objectives, and intention. To put simply, Jesus was a Jewish Rabbi and no rabbi passed the age of 25 years old without marrying, unless due to mental sickness or physical inability. Historians say that probably He got married between the age of 18 and 25 as it was common in the Jewish tradition in those days. Perhaps that is why no one knows much about Him between the age of 14 and 28 years. Marriage, as both a natural institution and a sacred union, is rooted in God’s plan and comes as a gift from the hands of God. However, how can any priest teach anything about marriage if they have NO experience in this area?
Why don’t we have written evidence that Jesus was married? The answer is with the Ecumenical Council (LXX) around the first century when the clergy removed written references from the canonic books that Jesus was married. But nowadays clues are surfacing to indicate that Jesus was indeed married. In the bible it is written about the marriage party where Jesus himself served wine to the guests. The Jews nowadays say that at that time only the FIANCÉE was allowed, or was a custom, to serve wine to the guests. Jesus served them. Perhaps the Conclave did not remove this detail from the books because they did not know Jewish traditions. In the process they removed or left out many important information to produce a bible the way they wanted.
For instance, they did not include in the Bible the “Book of Mary”, which nowadays is interpreted as being written by Mary Magdalena. She appears sitting on the right side of Jesus in the painting of the “Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci. She also walked next to Jesus and followed the apostles wherever they went. She and the Mother of Jesus are seen together crying at the site of the crucified Jesus. Why only the two women are present at Jesus crucifixion? Have you really thought about it? Notwithstanding, if they indeed had children as any other rabbi in those days, this would be the most wonderful fact for the world to know. All this makes sense, if any Christian thinks about it with an open mind and his heart open to God’s spirit of revelation.
3rd SOLUTION: If the catholic church changed the rule of celibacy to allow or make it optional for any PRIEST to marry, they would be following the example that JESUS gave us. Such example includes that men should be married, have children, have FAMILY and progeny. That was God’s intention when He created Adam and Eve. What better man, other than Jesus, to show us the example of becoming a father of a family in a marriage blessed by the church, and raise children in the ways that God intended? Jesus would be the supreme example for all human beings to follow. However, the church “cut off its own legs” when it did not include in the Bible all indications of a “married Jesus” in the canonic books LXX, They eliminated more than one third of the books, and this was a great error that now hurts the church.
Yes, the Pope cried when he heard cases of pedophilia perpetrated by priests…. But His crying does not help nor change the attitude of abusive pedophile or gay priests. Therefore their sexual desire is likely to go on. But God is the one who cries more. Among men, the Pope should act on the CAUSE of the problem and not on the SYMPTOM. Crying alone does not help. As my grandfather used to say: “PIANGERE MAI RITORNA IL MORTO – crying does not bring back the dead”.
SUMMARY:
– Allow priests to marry, or give them a choice to do so if they desire.
– Eliminate altar boys in the church.
– Enlist only elderly men to help priests during the mass.
