re: Lafayette bishop won’t say whether or not he’ll release names of accused priests

I did not state that the Catholic version of Holy Communion is not biblical. That reference was for the gay issues.

I simply don't believe that the bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Jesus. I believe Jesus asks us to take communion in remembrance of His sacrifice. It is symbolic.

If you believe otherwise, as my entire family does, that's cool.

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The sexual scandal was related to accusations since the 1970s that the prominent Mexican Roman Catholic priest had sexually abused many minors and fathered a total of six children by three different women.[1] Described as a charismatic leader and the "greatest fundraiser of the modern Roman Catholic church," he was successful in recruiting seminarians at a time of declining priestly vocations.[1] Maciel was the "highest ranking priest ever disciplined because of sexual abuse allegations."[2]

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most of this stuff happened in the 70s and plenty of people knew about it. he had been accused numerous times. JPII chose not to prosecute him because of his age in 2005

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Formal charges against Maciel were filed by nine men with the Vatican in 1998. The scandal related to Maciel was linked with the wider series of international Catholic sex abuse cases being reported in the Catholic church. Church authorities were criticized for a slow pace of investigations, with conjecture that it was because Maciel was close to Pope John Paul II and had well-placed connections among senior clergy.[2] Putting forward his age, John Paul II's Vatican chose not to prosecute Maciel, but in 2006 Pope Benedict XVI forced him to retire from active ministry.[1] Maciel died in 2008. In March 2010, the Legion of Christ in a communique[3] acknowledged that Maciel had committed "reprehensible actions," including sexual abuse. The communique stated that "given the gravity of his faults, we cannot take his person as a model of Christian or priestly life." The Legion had long denied the allegations against the priest and, since Maciel's forced retirement in 2006 had not made any official statement one way or the other.[1] On May 1, 2010, the Vatican denounced Maciel's actions and said that the Legion needed reform; a Papal Delegate was designated to oversee the organization and its governance.

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My point is that just because some religions allow their preachers to marry doesn't ensure there won't be any sexual hanky-panky going on. Duh.

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My post never stated or implied that or contradicted it in any way. To clarify:

The relative scale of the problem within the Roman Catholic Church compared to other denominations (probably all others combined) which do not restrict clergy to a celibate unmarried state points to the unbiblical, unwholesome, unnatural, and unreasonable restrictions placed on Roman Catholic clergy.

Although not part of the original OP's topic, it goes without saying that sexual hanky-panky appears among other denominations' clergy as well as among teachers, coaches, counsellors, doctors, lawyers, Indian chiefs, tinkers, tailors, soldiers, and spies.

In my opinion, it apparently happens with greater frequency and in greater numbers among the Roman Catholic clergy in large part because of the reasons I mentioned. That was it.

Have a good one.

As a Catholic, the hypocrisy of the church pisses me off so much that I don’t know if I’ll baptize my child into the Catholic Church. It will piss my grandparents off but pretty sure I’m just going to have to take that hit.