Hi Gary,
Here are some links:
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/8064707.htm
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/02/28/church_hierarchy_faulted_by_lay_panel_on_abuse/
http://www.detnews.com/2004/religion/0402/26/religion-70383.htm
Since sexual abuse in the Catholic Church seem to be higher that
statistical norms, it suggests individuals with a predisposed sexual
attraction toward children are drawn to the priesthood, or there might
be environmental factors that aggravate the problem. I might also
suggest that individual with homosexual/child abuse urges seek refuge
within the church as an escape from themselves.
So far as I know there is no correlation between homosexuality and child
abuse. Certainly the church environment, especially as found in the
Catholic Church, provide fertile gound upon which the behavior can be
exploted.
Regards,
LelandJ
Gary Sutherland wrote:
>Maybe, maybe not. So far as the Catholic church goes it's continued open
>policy of precluding marriage must tend towards attracting or generating an
>environment where abuse of this kind can flourish.
>
>Cheers
>Gry
>
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>
>Hi Pete,
>
>A recent study undertaken by the Catholic Church indicates sexual abuse
>of children as a percentage of a given group may be most prevalent
>within the Catholic Church. I would not be surprised if the same
>problem did not exist within the Christian Church, even within the
>Religious Right persuasion of religion.
>
>Anyway, there definitely is a problem with sexual abuse of children
>amount Catholic Priests. The problem seem go as high as four percent
>of Catholic Priests have abused children.
>
>Regards,
>
>LelandJ
>
>Pete Theisen wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi Leland!
>>
>>Been there, done that. The "counsellors" are the biggest faggots of
>>all, by the way. What color *should* my views be, brown? The kind of
>>balance we need here is them in jail and normal people, and normal
>>people's children, free of them.
>>
>>I am dealing with it just fine, *they* have to deal with me, now, and
>>I don't think they quite like it. They most likely wish I would die or
>>go away or get tired or something.
>>
>>
>>At 09:28 AM 2/27/2004, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hi Pete,
>>>
>>>Your personal tragedy as a youngster seem to be coloring your views
>>>on this issue, so you would probably have a hard time seeing the
>>>issue in a more balanced way. You might talk to a counselor about
>>>you childhood, to come to terms with what happened, deal with it, and
>>>then let it good. You definitely have a fair amount of emotions,
>>>anger, etc, that is probably being repressed.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>LelandJ
>>>
>>>Pete Theisen wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi Leland!
>>>>
>>>>Well, if I were a Texas legislator, I would certainly want to "site
>>>>on important committees"! But I would be opposed to gay's getting
>>>>"married" in any case. I think the whole thing misses the point. The
>>>>time spent on this would be better spent preparing interment camps
>>>>to segregate the most deviant of these people from the general public.
>>>>
>>>>At 11:00 AM 2/26/2004, you wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi Pete,<snip> they can punish there opponents by not allow them to
>>>>>site on important committees, <snip>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Regards,
>>>>
>>>>Pete
>>>>
>>>>
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