Is the Roman Catholic Church in general protecting the Clergy who sexually abuse or the Victims of sex abuse??
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The Anglican are no better. Especially in the Boy Scouts.
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In the catholic religion it is considered sinful to display sexual feelings of any sort in public and anywhere other than the privacy of your bedroom. It's very funny because Catholics try so hard to put on a front like they aren't sexual freaks like the rest of us...but recently it has been discovered that the biggest cheaters on this earth is that of married catholic men and freakiest young chicks are those that belong to a catholic family. the most rebelious young man belongs to a catholic family and the most immoral "church figure" belongs to the catholic religion. Catholics seem like they have it all together on the outside but they are so meesed up on the inside....which is why they are so judgemental to anything that is different such as ..playing with yourself. According to Catholic methodology...playing with yourself is, in fact, a sin.
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Most pedophiles are straight, not gay, but that's simply because straight people outnumber gay people so much.\n\nI read that PER CAPITA, homosexuals are more guilty of pedophilia than heterosexuals are.  \n\nLook at the scandal involving sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests.  The vast majority of it involved BOYS -- and not young boys, but mostly older postpubescent boys.  \n\nWhich means that media reports of it being a "pedophile" scandal were not entirely accurate.   \n\nIt wouldn't have been PC to call it a "homosexual crisis" in the Church -- but that's exactly what it was!
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Look at what I found on http://forums.catholic.com \n\n" Homosexual persons are not necessarily called to celibacy but rather to chastity as are we all. The Church recognizes that homosexuality is a disorder (see CCC 2357) and, while the desires are not in themselves sinful, acting out on them is clearly offensive to God (see Romans 1:26-27, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10). \n\nIt is appropriate to judge acting out on homosexual desires as wrong. But far from being "exclusionary”, the Church teaches that homosexual persons “must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition.” (CCC 2358)\n__________________\nJim Blackburn\nCatholic Answers Apologist "\n\nThe "CCC" stands for Catechism of the Catholic Church and the numbers behind them are paragraph numbers.  You can read the catechism online here:  http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc.htm  Check it out to learn about the Church's teaching on homosexuality.
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I watched a great documentary on sexuality and the Catholic Church, and when one particular researcher on the subject was asked that question, he responded as follows. He felt that because no priests are allowed to engage in any sexual act, pedophiles and even homosexuals who have come to believe that their sexual preference is wrong enter the priesthood because they know they can't have sex anyway, so they feel like the priesthood will prevent those feelings from developing. However, as we've seen, that doesn't always provide a solution.
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The Vatican loves it when lots of poor ignorant people have sex and lots of kids...that keeps em dependent and looking for help, which keeps the Catholic Church in business. \nChurch is just as much a racket as anything else is, and guys like that are looking for another gullible 'flock' to exploit, and they're as much to thank/blame for the US/Mexico problem as anyone else. I think it's time for the Church to pay taxes and do ALL their business in public view, right in front of 'god' and everybody! LOLOL Time to broom out the corners, there....
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i'm pretty sure the catholic church would categorize them as sins, especially gluttonous activities like bulimia and binge eating, as they are greedy acts and therefore sins. \nother churches, not so sure, but Protestant churches tend to provide support groups and help for most kinds of ailments or disorders, so they can't have TOO much against them. good luck . JP
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Did we miss the first part of this? I don't get the question.\n\n\nI am not Anglican, but I feel sorry for anyone who would not want to leave the church. A Bishop is supposed to be 'above reproach',  how can any so-called Christian church allow such a horrible abomination within the clergy. It makes no sense atol.
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If priests had been allowed to marry,maybe so many young boys would not have been molested by "some" of the priests.\nIf a priest molests a boy since they are are both males...does that mean the priest is gay? Just a thought... maybe that's why they don't want to marry?
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Fortunately, I've never dealt with someone actively molesting a child in a religious organization/setting.  On the other hand, as a youth leader of an organization for teens, I actively watched and made decisions to help identify and protect the young people entrusted to me by their parents.  It's always best to try to avoid getting into the situations before they happen rather than dealing with the consequences afterwards.
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I think you misunderstand teh role.  Except for priests of the Roman Patriarchate, Rome does not make rules for people.  Catholics follow the rules set down by divine revelation.  Now, for purposes of practicality, certain processes occur in a regulated manner.  For example, morning prayer is sung during the morning evening prayer isn't.  If it doesn't impact divine revelation, then it is optional.  On the other hand, if you disagree with divine revelation you will do what you want anyway, so they don't matter then.
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Catholics are christians.
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I'm a Catholic. I know of a regional priest here who left the Church to marry a woman. He's now an Episcopal priest. As the media is all too happy to inform us, there are also a number of gay priests out there. I suppose that some priests find the Church's demands for a  celibate clergy too much to live up to. That may be the real issue, with the gay-vs-straight issue being something of a smokescreen (gay or straight, celibacy isn't for everyone). I know that celibacy was certainly a concern of mine when I was considering becoming a monk (a move that would've required me to emotionally and physically abandon my girlfriend). What people aren't concentrating on is the vast majority of priests who handle it just fine and are doing their jobs efficiently.
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I would suggest we treat them like any other perophile, perhaps a little worse. They should be tried, convicted and then imprisoned for life. A priest is especially more vulgar and disgusting than others as they are in a position of trust and that trust has been broken. And finally, ex-communication from the church.
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Think Priests ought to be able to marry and this would stop a lot of it.\nAlso, somebody is out to smear them by exposing.\nand......truth be known, just as much goes on in other denominations...of which I am one.\ndeed
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Very well said!\n\nRemember that the people who bring up "all the killing Christians have done" are not really worried or distressed about all the alleged killing.  \n\nThat's just their excuse for throwing rocks at a Church that teaches certain things that they don't want to hear, or that don't jive with their lifestyles.\n\nIt's the same when they blame overpopulation (which is a myth anyway) and poverty on the Church's ban on contraception.\n\nThese blamers aren't really interested in alleviating poverty -- if they were, they would sign up to sponsor a child in a poor country through the many agencies run by the Catholic Church and other Christian institutions.  \n\nNor are they interested in gaining Church-approved contraception for the world's poor.   They're just interested in getting Church-approved contraception for themselves!!!
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Any person, male or female, who knowingly helps hide crime done by  religious clergy (regardless of gender here also and regardless of which religion it is) should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.  By law they are aiding and abetting a criminal.  It is morally and ethically wrong no matter the religious background involved.\n\nBy hiding wrongdoings, these people foster a culture in which ethics have no place.  They thereby encourage the behavior because they do not show their own how wrong the behavior is.  Hiding wrongdoings makes occurrences more frequent and more has to be hidden creating a vicious cycle.\n\nThe people who knowingly hide these acts are just as responsible as the ones committing them and deserve the same retributions for their acts.