Tax the Catholic Church

[Aylen]

@Aylen, because you had asked why I was making a distinction about the false name of the abuse problem being pedophilia [link to the brief official definition is there], I thought I would tell you something I further I learned about the official definition. Pedophilia describes only pre-pubescent children, and the definition of pedophilia does not include any distinction between whether the abuse victims are male or female, or if perpetrated by male or female. Just any pedophilia is crime. However the distinction of male or female, heter- or homosexual is made for all post-pubescent victims. That is why it is clear that at least 80% of the victims are of a homosexual nature.

This 80% figure does not factor in the also-widespread issue of sexual crimes against seminarians, who are all male, so that additional (and linked) problem is all homosexual. So even though the responsible bishops, cardinals and the current pope are refusing to speak of the homosexual nature of the problem, it is impossible to hide the obvious fact that the key to the problem lies there, so I don't know how long this charade can go on. One cannot avoid blaring key facts and expect to get to the bottom of the problem, which is what these crimes are crying out for.

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[I want to add that there is no impication that all homsexuals are pederasts. That would be unjust, just as it is unjust to imply that all priests have this proclivity].

I don't know if you have read it but @BandD seems to be more aware of what's up with all this. Including the age range of the priests involve. This has been an issue as long as there has been a Catholic church so no one can pretend it is new. If anything it is decreasing due to things once kept secret now being exposed in institutions, religious or otherwise. I thought you wanted a gay man's perspective but you didn't acknowledge his post.

Here is the report in full. 291 pages.

http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-acti...-1950-2002.pdf

Until more recent times males were less likely to report childhood sexual abuse. Actually children in general were less likely due to feeling shame over it. The number are unknown but you can guess at it if you read the article and fill in the blanks. The statistics include men who didn't report it for over 30 years. Just because you call it pederasty and some reports refer to it as pederasty doesn't mean a lot of prepubescent boys were not abused. The younger the child is the less likely they will recall it in detail since a young child's psyche is more resilient. The older the child the more likely they will understand what is happening and have more mixed feelings of right and wrong.

The word pedophile might not be technically correct but if you read the full John Jay report you will see the issues are far more complex than pederasty. Call it whatever you wish. Just pay your taxes. I will too.

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