I've heard it argued that the reason we're seeing so many pedophile priests is that people who realized that their urges were dangerous turned to religion in an unsuccessful attempt to purify themselves. I'm a little wary of the reasoning under which said urges inevitably turn to action—but then again, maybe loli porn exists for a good reason.
This man, though, just . . . ugh. I forced myself to read the article so I could have an informed discussion on this, but I think I'll be filing it away in the same corner of my mind as Bridalplasty and never discussing it again.
That's Feo . . . He's a disgusting, mysoginistic, paedophilic asshat who moonlights as a shitty writer—Something Awful
But they're more likely to tell the rest of the congregation. Besides, most children (ten and under) are not very likely to register the molestation as "wrong" at the time, unless there's violence or significant pain involved.
This is why the Gregorian reforms can bite the shiniest part of my arsehole. Clerical celibacy is one of the most stupid ideas that I have ever encountered, and not only that it has ended up with a situation where no-one wants to join the priesthood, or those that do instantly becoming hypocrites because they want to have a family.
Also, Fuck "purity". Pure does not equal good by any means.
So he was quite literally "fucking his community"
. There are different sorts of love, and human beings sometimes need sex, to say that somehow focussing on good works gets rid of that is a bit deluded.
The actual reasons behind Clerical Celibacy was so that the priests would have "pure hands" for handling christ. I did study this for a little bit, the Gregorian reforms were mainly aimed at "purity" and increasing the control of Rome. Both of which I quite dislike.

There's a connection between being human (of which there are many, e.g. accountants, students, priests) and paedophilia.
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Ah, now that's a great page-topper.
edited 25th Mar '11 7:01:18 PM by AllanAssiduity