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Abuse, Abused, Abusers
March 12, 2010 - 7:56am
Priestly Celibacy and Sex Abuse Linked
http://www.headlinenewsbureau.com/siterun_data/news/world/docc3d837afb9a...
"Christoph Schonborn, archbishop of Vienna, calls for 'unflinching examination' of possible reasons for paedophilia. The Archbishop of Vienna today said priestly celibacy could be one of the causes of the sex abuse scandals to hit the Catholic church..
Schonborn's remarks followed further revelations of abuse across Europe, with new incidents coming to light in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands, and followed claims by an Italian academic that a greater presence of women in the Vatican could have prevented clerical sexual abuse from taking place..."
Vatican Exorcist: Devil is in the Vatican
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article7056689.ece
"Sex abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic Church are proof that "the Devil is at work inside the Vatican,' according to the Holy See's chief exorcist.."
the devil made me do it..
Child Sexual Abuse 'Rife' across Britain, MPs Told
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2158455/Online-porn-turning-chil...
"Girls as young as 11 'expect to have to perform sex acts on rows of boys for up to two hours at a time in parts of London, a shocking report has warned. Child abuse is rife across Britain with many of the depraved sex attacks being carried out by youngsters who have had their minds warped by online porn, a government expert said yesterday.
Deputy Children's Commissioner Sue Berelowitz said there 'isn't a town, village or hamlet in which children are not being sexually exploited. And she said easy access to 'extreme' internet porn was to blame as it 'affected children's thresholds of what they think is normal. What I am uncovering is that sexual exploitation of children is happening all over the country.' The deputy commissioner told the visibly stunned MPs what 'what is being done is so terrible that people need to lay aside their denial or risk victims being disbelieved. Victims numbered in the thousands not the hundreds, she said."
I wonder if this "academic" (thought that was an adjective?...) could name a single Roman Catholic community today or in history where priests lacked unlimited sexual access to unwilling women or children. Mind you, I would imagine that's not what the "academic" would define as "abuse". The "academic" thinks providing priests with more women would solve some kind of problem. The only solution is depriving them of their political, economic, and cultural power.
The church also seems to have a hard time understanding that pedophilia is about abusing children. Most of the scandals have involved child molesters. Having a wife never stopped a single pedophile from offending. The catholic church defends its pedophiles because a large proportion of priests were themselves abused by church officials who served as their mentors. Hard to root out the perps when they are doling out the perks that go with networking in an extreme hierarchy.
The asshole who abused me was promoted from a regular teacher and then to Vice Principal after he had been forced to change schools because of rumours of pedophilia. The other Bazillions knew about him and he still progressed up the ranks and in the process was given unrestricted access to young pre-pubescent boys (his preference). The discovery documents I read said he admitted to abusing hundreds of young men while he was in a treatment program. I sued almost a decade after he had been sent for treatment and the church stonewalled my suit for 6 years and forced me to spend tens of thousands on lawyers and experts.
That old pedophiles network is the rot at the core of the church.