Tuesday, October 07, 2008

George Weigel's The Courage To Be Catholic : a "Pedophilia Crisis?"


Page 47 - 48

"The sexual molestation of young children is the most revolting aspect of the broader problem of clergy sexual abuse.

"Pedophile priests - in the classic sense of men who habitually abuse prepubescent children -- are not the majority of clerical sexual abusers; they are, in fact, a small minority of malfeasant clergy, although they are arguably the most loathsome form of the clerical sexual predator.

"Were the crisis of clerical sexual abuse to be described accurately -- as a crisis whose principle manifestation was homosexual molestation - other questions about gay culture might well be raised.

"This, evidently, some did not wish to do,including dissident Catholic moral theologians..."

Oh, my,oh, my! :)

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