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Jail or execution for a priest?
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Skwim
Veteran Member
I thought the following from the article is very telling, not that it's anything new,
"A 95-year-old Catholic priest admitted to sexually abusing boys decades ago on Guam. He said he confessed his sins to other priests on the island at the time but none told him to specifically stop."
What a god-awful sickening excuse. It's almost childish. "Gee, no one told me not to stop playing with fire so I figured that burning down the house was just fine."
What is it with the mind set of Catholic clergy? There must be some kind of study on people who chose the life-style, and those who commit child abuse. Do those who become priests come with such predilections, or does the priesthood foster it? Or is it a combination of the two?
Anyone have any thoughts?
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"A 95-year-old Catholic priest admitted to sexually abusing boys decades ago on Guam. He said he confessed his sins to other priests on the island at the time but none told him to specifically stop."
What a god-awful sickening excuse. It's almost childish. "Gee, no one told me not to stop playing with fire so I figured that burning down the house was just fine."
What is it with the mind set of Catholic clergy? There must be some kind of study on people who chose the life-style, and those who commit child abuse. Do those who become priests come with such predilections, or does the priesthood foster it? Or is it a combination of the two?
Anyone have any thoughts?
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The Emperor of Mankind
Currently the galaxy's spookiest paraplegic
What makes you think that?
Because it didn't. Look at the links I posted. There simply was not 800 corpses in a septic tank.
Personal hypothesis : In a culture where Intimacy is restricted and homophobia prevalent.
a young man with these unacceptable predilections may consider that the Priesthood is
a cure or shelter and rush towards it, to later find the vows do not remove the inclinations,
but rather provide opportunity ...
I believe the vow of chastity should have been sufficient to preclude ALL such activity.
Skwim
Veteran Member
A likely possibility indeed.
Really. Remember what Robert Frost said: "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft a-gley.”
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The Emperor of Mankind
Currently the galaxy's spookiest paraplegic
I didn't notice those before. Thanks.
In a departure from my general approach to justice & punishment, I recommend the following.....
- Church assets should be sold off, & the proceeds divided among the victims.
- The offending priest should be slowly & publicly tortured to death.
- The priests who knew of his abuse, & tolerated it should get a lesser punishment....a quick but horrible death.
- This should include all clergy all the way up the chain.
- Big hats do not confer immunity.
A message needs to be sent.
Satans_Serrated_Edge
Deicidal
Meh. No reaction. This sort of thing is par for the course nowadays. How many thousands of known cases?
I honestly can't remember the last time Catholic priests have been in the public eye in any OTHER context.
Skwim
Veteran Member
Nothing like rodent poetry.
Milton Platt
Well-Known Member
Share your disgust, but against the death penalty generally. We do not have a perfect system and things go wrong. You can't undo "dead" when you realize you made a mistake.