why do you think so many priest molested so many little boys over such a long pieriod of time?
550959
because the church protects them and moves them to another area if any one complains sick fucks in my opnion
901065
I just had this conversation yesterday with my mother, what a coincidence. As someone who works in the childcare field, I feel really sad by the lack of men in this line of work. I feel that men have a lot to offer to children, especially children who may come from split homes and lack a male influence. It's interesting how people assume that about men, but not about women. They assume that men are born to be sex fiends, and women are born to be nurturers... well anyone with a brain knows that it doesn't work that way.\n\nMy heart goes out to you, I'm sure you get a lot of flack from people and that it's extremely frustrating. I remember a couple of guys in our program at school who actually dropped out, not because they didn't enjoy it, but because they were tired of being called perverts. \n\nPeople are paranoid and want to protect their children, that's a natural instinct. But assuming a man who works with children is a pedophile/molester is NOT healthy, and it makes me wonder how they're bringing up their children. And of course, those same people need to be reminded that there isn't a strong correlation between homosexuality and child molestation - male child molesters are more likely to molest little girls, often members of their family.\n\nBest Regards,\nHolly
311841
They were. Only now there's a lot more than twelve. There's one for every diocese. They're also known as Bishops.
342077
no i don't think they were pedophiles when going into priesthood. they just had normal human desires for sex. unfortunately there easiest way to get satisfaction was there altar servers in which they had closest contact with.
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.
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I was molested by my brother when I was 13 and while I would like to say yes, I can't. I've forgiven my brother since then, but my forgiving him doesn't mean that I've suddenly forgot about the entire incident or that I approve of what happened. I think this is not the corse to take. I do think that harsher penalties should be in place though. There was one case that I was watching on Court TV and this guy raped a minor and only got 6 months for it. That's a slap on the wrist. I don't this would be grounds for you to use the word murder though. These child molesters in a sense have murdered their victims, because I and many others will never be the same. I use the word murder because that is exactly what it seems like because they kill your soul and any hope you had for the future.
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!
584178
I think a sexual experience of any kind at too young an age will stay with you thru life.  It must be horrible for young boys memories to hold such outrageous thought as those of a man raping you.  I don't think it makes them gay, but I believe it is very confusing to them.
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there are kids that are being molested daily by people of different ethnic group.  Just because it is not talked about doesn't mean it is not happening.  Molestation is just like a bullet, it doesn't have a name on it but it can injure anyone, get it.  white, black, hispanic, russian, german.  the same goes for serial killers.  There is no color barrier there either.
511041
Who told you that? i guess priest of your church . Keep away from him since most of them are child molesters.
1078381
pedophiles in the church?that must explain why Michael Jackson is trying to become a catholic priest.
839452
All these negative responses...its sad. \nYes, I do believe God was watching over those children. Its nice to hear good news with all the bad news that is circulating in today's society. Thank you. :)
106105
Early leaders of the church tried to make everyone feel welcome, even pagans. In doing this they incorporated many pagan practices into the church by mixing them with Christianity. Because of this, A lot of Catholic ritual has obvious pagan aspects. This by itself makes Catholicism open to criticism by those who think theirs is the ONLY religion. And then of course the pedophile priests don't help things either. When I was growing up in a Catholic part of New Orleans, every kid knew of some other kid that had been molested by his priest. My friend got all of his buddies fraudulent baptismal certificates from the priest that was molesting him. We used the certificates to get ID with drinking ages on them. One guy even used his to join the military at 14. With stuff like this going on for decades, the religion is very open to criticism.
404114
A bunch of sick perverts who want to molest kids and think that it should be legal for men to love boys.  What they seemingly don't realize is that the love they want is really the freedom to molest kids, since their "love" is one sided.  I doubt those boys want molested.
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EASY...\nBecause the Bible was written by men...\nPaul claimed he had a dream - maybe he did - but it was his and the other three's writings after all, and they wrote it in different places at different times and that's why the Bible is full of contradictions. \nPeople do their best to interpret the Bible and make it sound related but how come while 4 men wrote it!\nAlso, if you will notice, the New Testament doesn't contain any laws or rules, it's just the teachings about how Jesus was great so that's why the Christians didn't have a choice but to add the Old Testament to it, and now they want to focus on the New Testament.\nFor example, if you will tell a Christian that the Bible is full of violence he will tell you "No! It's just the Old Testament"... got what I mean?\n\nSo the bottom line... it's a book written by men who forgot most of what Jesus had said cause they started writing it about 10 years after the crucifiction, and now the new Priests are trying to make anything out of it as much as the old Priests tried. Some of them were violent, some of them were nice, many of them molested children... etc.\n\nDon't expect them to ever agree.
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Not necessarily easy to say. A few reasons might be:\n\n1. Some folks say that some persons who are gay might be attracted to the priesthood as a way of trying to sublimate their homosexual urges. \n\n2. Often persons who have sexual relationships with children use their position of power to coerce children into trusting them and then they have sexual relationships with them. Priests are the ultimate authority figures and can often intimidate others.\n\n3. The children that priests have contact with have typically been boys--alter boys. \n\nI think that they have gotten away with it because the powers that be in the Catholac Church were arrogant and put the needs of the church ahead of the needs of children. I suspect that there was some level of lack of understanding about child sexual abusers, but in the end it was a lousy value decision made by the leadership in the Catholac Church. It finally took an outcry from many people to stop it.
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You should really investigate more. There could be so many reasons for this. You’re just going to haft to walk in wisdom and find out by talking to them. Whatever they don't learn from you someone else is going to teach them. There going to find out from someone or something (TV, Internet, etc...) no matter what. Even if they haft to teach there selves threw there own curiosity and exploration. You might as well be the one to talk to them and answer there questions. You say your children have never been molested are you sure? This can happen and you not know and they might not tell you very easily. Boys can molest boys, or even older brothers molest a younger female or male sibling. I have known a female that was molested by her older brothers.  So watch over your 4 year old daughter to make sure that she is protected until you get to the bottom of this. Finally if there father is not in there life you should find them a mentor. I recommend a local church with a youth pastor that is fun and in tune with your kids needs. The pastor should stay current with the issues of your children’s age group and as they grow older. Where I go to church the youth church has a gym and even Playstation 2. They teach the kids what they need to know about abstinence and drugs. In addition you should volunteer there to get up to date with what is going on in kids lives. Also this will give you an opportunity to find a male that YOU can trust to speak into your kids lives………Your mom and some things they just need to talk with a man about and have some male guidance. Someone they feel they can talk to too get answers without feeling “busted” by there curious questions. You should also be in a church that will give you REAL usable principles that are practical on parenting, simple and easy to understand.\n\nOh and if there on the internet have you asked your self what are they looking at? Below are some links to help you out. Hope this all helped.\n\n\n22 Year old Male.