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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do think there is a strong link between the historic homophobia of the church and the sexual abuse problem.  The church long condemned homosexuality but also long accepted it within its ranks as basically inevitable.  As a result of this ambivalence, the church hierarchy was unable to distinguish between what’s normal (homosexuality) and what’s not normal (preying on people not capable of giving meaningful consent).  I think there was sort of an attitude of “oh, well the gays do that” and so they weren’t able to probe into what was really disordered behavior.  (I really do think that a priest repeatedly sleeping with young women would have been dealt with.). I do know priests that had a single consensual gay act with a non-parishioner and they were lumped in with the predators.  
I have a strong hope that with a new era of understanding of homosexuality and open welcoming of gays into the church community, that we will finally be able to make real change on this problem.
Also, I cannot for the life of me understand why the church does not allow female priests.  I think it is a huge loss to the community and one which makes no sense.  I know many nuns who feel the same.  I think we’re all just waiting it out, accepting that the church is 50 years behind the times.  If they haven’t caught up in the next 20 or so, I will encourage my children to find a new faith for my grandchildren.[/quote]

The problem is they have the dope on each other.   If you uncover "my" abuse of teenage boys, I'll expose your affair with the adult choirmaster.[/quote]

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