re: Apparently celibacy for priests is NBD

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Dry sex doesn’t seem very fun

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Wrong. Especially wrong if in school uniform.

Not to excuse the behavior of this priest, but consensual affection with a 17 year old is not on the same level as the terrible abuses of young children that have taken place. Perhaps a one time incident of human weakness. Reprehensible, but not sure that I see any crime. Also, there were girls at Mt. Carmel and other Catholic schools who went to mass at school in the morning and were walking the runway at NOLA Fashion Week that night in fishnet stockings and spiked heels. Could make a priest or any one of you fall to your knees.

"I try not to commit a deliberate sin. I recognize that I'm going to do it anyhow, because I'm human and I'm tempted. And Christ set some almost impossible standards for us. Christ said, 'I tell you that anyone who looks on a woman with lust has in his heart already committed adultery.'

"I've looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. This is something that God recognizes I will do--and I have done it--and God forgives me for it."
- President Jimmy Carter