08-15-2018, 02:07 PM
(08-14-2018, 10:05 PM)Clang McFly Wrote: That's what you get for making Catholic priests celibate.
I hope you're kidding McFly. I totally disagree with that line of thinking. If Catholic priests are simply sexually frustrated by the celibacy mandate, they could leave that vocation.
If they don't want to leave the vocation, they could break the celibacy mandate by getting sex from prostitutes or other consenting adults.
People who molest and rape children don't do so as a result of normal sexual frustration, in my opinion.
They do so because they are pedophiles who desire children sexually, which is probably why some of them choose to be priests in the first place -- lots of inherent misplaced trust in the role, lots of easily manipulated targets in their midst, and full cover for their crimes provided by higher-ups who care more about the image and profits of the church than they do the lives of their congregation.
I think some of the many teachers who get busted having sex with their minor students also choose that profession because the role is rife with inherent trust and there are so many potential victims on hand. Fortunately, schools seem to be much better about kicking offenders to the curb than are churches.