re: La. priest arrested on 500 counts of possession of child porn

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very Penn Statish of them

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No doubt. And in both situations, honesty from the beginning would have been a way better plan that caused way less damage to the institution.

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Protestant preachers are just as likely to be arrested for things like this. You just don't hear about it.

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Maybe, but the fact that there has been documented evidence which shows corruption and carelessness associated with the Catholic Church (shuffling around priests who were molesting and turning a blind eye to allegations) is what makes it seem like there is a systemic model of molestation within the church.

but but its the Transgenders we need to worry about

for all of you saying "the Church"...are you meaning the Catholic Church? or the Protestant Church?......the 1st Saint Redneck Southern Baptist Church?.....because from what I understand....the Church is the body of Christ....not an organization or a certain denomination or a building...please clarify...


I do think that clergy remaining abstinent and not marrying is a huge part of the problem...fwiw...

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I don't like to look at sin like that. People are tempted in different ways and at different levels.

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Do you see the difference in of the ways people are tempted and at what levels? In other words, there's a big difference in being an alcoholic than being a child predator.

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So why do married men abuse their children? It's just if not more common.

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touche'

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So why do married men abuse their children? It's just if not more common.

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I was looking into this after I saw this post and what is amazing is all the misdirection you read about that I think is influenced by pressures from the Catholic church.

I did find a site that is comprised of a group of religious minded people that answer religious questions.

They may not be correct in their summation but it goes with my thinking.

Abuse

And in the Eastern rites of the Catholic Church, they can marry. It is possible to change. It isn't doctrine, and there are exceptions. But there are many pros to unmarried priests as well.

When I say it isn't doctrine, examples of doctrine would be marriage (lack of gay marriage) or male priests (lack of female priests). These are doctrine they cannot and will not be changed by the Church, even if some uninformed Catholics like to say they will change one day.

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So you decide to frick up adolescent children because you can't be with females? That's airtight logic.

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Look at the link above I posted.

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Well, there's better than a 1 in 10 chance that any priest you know is fricking little boys and girls so this shouldn't be surprising.

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Common core, eh?