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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not Catholic. I do think this is awful. But I also wonder if you’re equally as obsessive on the school and Family fora, or [b]whether you bother to report on leaders from other faiths[/b], every time there’s a news report about molestation. [/quote]

This.  The media and liberals seem to have an obsession with Catholics that do wrong.  Protestants, Muslims, Jews - they all get a pass.[/quote]

No, there’s plenty of coverage when an evangelical pastor is busted for gay s*x.

The media/popular attention is due to the fact that these guys are massive hypocrites. Trying to exert control over other people’s sexuality and reproduction, including through political influence, and meanwhile engaged in the most rank personal conduct. As for Catholics, there is plenty of evidence that  the Catholic Church specifically has an abuse problem caused by the celibacy requirement and the type of people who are attracted to that, plus access to minors, and a culture of covering up abuse. [/quote]

Kindly cite the “evidence” you claim allegedly linking celibacy to a propensity to commit sexual abuse.

As for “the type of people attracted to that,” people who engage in sexual activity with minors, or with anyone, by definition are not celibate.

The rate of sexual abuse by educators, police, foster parents, prison personnel, scouting and coaching personnel, and non-Catholic clergy vastly exceeds anything even alleged, let alone proven at any time against clergy in the Catholic Church. The rate in schools is estimated to be at least 100x that alleged against the Church.  The vast majority of the persons committing such abuse are married/non-celibate. [/quote]

Kindly cite the "evidence" for your assertion that non-catholic clergy abuse at a higher rate than catholic clergy [/quote]

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