Why have so may Catholic priests turned out to be pedophiles?
605488
I don't think it's necessarily a gay issue.  It is the Catholic Church's unnatural stifling of the entire sexuality of the clergy.  With no "permission" for the resolution of sexual tension (which exists naturally in all normally developed humans) priests turn to little children, whom they can attempt to keep quiet on the matter. Priests are made to believe that sex for them is sin.. it matters not to them if the sex is normal sex with a woman or with a little boy.. additionally, they work more closely with boys than with girls. (how many alter-girls are out there?) So basically, the Priests are turning to young boys in an attempt to take care of their natural sexual desires in a manner that can more easily be kept a secret.
761592
Stereotyping is never a good idea. As a Catholic, I have to live with endless jokes about pedophilia, for instance, despite the fact that I've never heard of any such thing happening in my own parish or diocese. I survived years of Catholic school and served as an altar boy without incident. Yet I'm stuck with these stupid jokes and stereotypes. And as an Italian-American, I'm stereotyped a second time. Anyway, all this is to say that just because some priests did these terrible things definitely doesn't mean that I did them, or approve of them. So, as we already knew from the beginning, stereotyping is a bad idea, as well as a sign of intellectual laziness.
511041
Who told you that? i guess priest of your church . Keep away from him since most of them are child molesters.
863819
Don't worry, it's a short read:\nhttp://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/says_about/pedophilia.html
463213
there were popes who cheated on their wives and one pope picked up a boy off the streets for sex and made him a cardinal,\n\nso around this time the church said no make these priests all celebiate no wifes no mistresses no boyfriends \n\none guy died on top of his mistress\n\nso thats why thats the history none of that crap about the bible or egypt
1019640
They can bring up scandal all they want - esentially saying, "Look, people in the church have sinned - it must be wrong"  So what?\n\nIt is a slippery slope and indeed cannot be from God.  For Pete's sake, their beliefs change daily!
563843
Because it has been pounded into your head since you were wee tiny to a grasshopper by people over 40 and it has never stopped. The Catholic Church says it's wrong but then, they are all pedophiles so what do they know. Go ahead, knock yourself out!! Just don't do it in public, in front of anyone else or to kids and you will be fine. It isn't going to kill you and you will feel a lot better if you aren't getting any, uh, alternative relief at all or in the near future. Have fun!!
1177871
This is not a situation a blanket judgment can account for.\n\nIt is possible for a priest to mislead his parishioners, either accidental or deliberately.\n\nBut it is far more likely that the average Catholic parishioner would be mistaken, again, either accidental or deliberately.\n\nEither way, assigning blame won't solve the problem. Proper admonishment of the sinner and proper instruction of the ignorant will.
877058
I think if they do not screen their priests a little more prior to accepting them into the church then yes, accountability is usually a good deterrent.
925776
It just comes down to watering down what the bible says to appease people more and more as their morals degrade.\n\nFor a 'christain' country and for 'christian' priests you would think that the bible should be the authority on which to base their morals wouldn't you.  But no! even though it is undeniably clear that god totally condemns homosexuality in a number of places in the bible, they see it fit to either ignore this or say that god has changed his mind!?  On what authority can they say that god has changed his mind?\n\nBy these things they identify themselves with false religion which god will soon destroy, not true religion.
1070524
The church has a tradition of molesting and abusing children which goes back centuries. Maybe because there is nothing in the bible that specifically says harming children is wrong. In fact Psalms:137:9 says Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
726237
Replace with government, and I might agree.\nThere aren't more of them, it's just covered more in the press. I can't remember the last time I heard of a pedo in the church, but I'm sure they are still there.
685451
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....
520185
A celibate life is more likely to be chosen by those who are innately pedophiles. They know that they will never be able to have pedophile relationships out in the open so they choose a life devoid of sex. Then they realize that the urges are too strong for them.\n\nThere was a South Park episode where a bunch of priests got together to discuss the problem of pedophilia in the church. As far as they could see the main problem was that the kids were reporting it too much.\n\n\nBaradore: The Catholic church is not the largest church in the world. They have 1.1 billion. The Muslim faith has 1.3 billion adherants.
405103
Because they were brainwashed from birth. Religion is such a crock of shit. It is funny how many people preach this garbage, and try to push it onto you. I for one do not need this in my life, I have enough complications! And if it is so great, why are there so many priests etc. raping young children? How ethical. Take your bible, shove it where the sun doesn't shine, and roll your holy asses into church where you can join your fellow wack jobs!
347607
There may have been so many cover ups by the Vatican that catholics may never truly know.
579969
What about a former Dallas Police Chief?\n\nWhy not, everywhere in society today, you hear of crimes against children. At day care centers, on the internet, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, teachers, police officers, etc. Just because they are a Priest, doesn't mean that you can't trust them with your kids. Considering the number of Priests/Pastors/Ministers in the world today, you not only hear about Catholic Priests committing crimes, but also Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Protestant, etc. It isn't only Catholic Priests commit these crimes.\n\nTo make the assumption that All Catholic Priests are child molesters, just shows the narrow mindedness that you have.