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Originally posted by UnseenWorld
It's well established the pedophiles are NOT created through the deprivation of sex with adult partners. Stop passing along that misinformation, please. There are lots of good reasons to let priests have sex, but that is not one of them.
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I don't think it's so much the lack of sex that the vow of chastity creates that is causing this problem...rather than that this vow of chastity creates a hide out for those in the Catholic Church with sexual issues...whether it just be that they are homosexuals looking to hide out and not come to terms with their sexuality or pedophiles looking for a place to hide out.
I mean who else would want to commit to such a thing?
The vow of chastity goes against all that is natural.
And have you ever considered why they call church and places of worship...."SANCTUARY?".
According to Merriam-Webster:
Sanctuary:
1 : a consecrated place: as a : the ancient Hebrew temple at Jerusalem or its holy of holies
2 : a (1) : a place of refuge and protection b : the immunity from law attached to a sanctuary
Of course most people would say it's becauseof defenition #1, but it's also associated with defenition #2...especially b.
So to sum up what I'm saying...I think the priesthood became a hide out for what the world considered sexual deviants from homosexuals to pedophiles and anything in between.
Now mix that with the power that Catholics give to their priests etc and you've got the right ingredients for the abuse of that power.