It's like the Holocaust, no really

[kinvore.livejournal.com]

Wow. Pope Benedict's personal preacher Raniero Cantalamessa created a firestorm by comparing the scrutiny and pressure the Catholic Church has been experiencing lately in their molestation scandals to the "more shameful aspects of anti-Semitism."

This just further illustrates why the Roman Catholic Church will never take real steps to stop abuse. They aren't concerned with the children that are getting raped, they're only concerned with their own reputation. They see themselves as being wrongfully attacked, and never does it enter their minds that their actions (and lack thereof) contributed to what they are enduring now.

I hope the pressure never lets up but sooner or later the mainstream media will give up on it, only to flare up again down the road after more children have been raped, and the cycle will repeat again.

Pope Benedict, the only way this is going to end is if you take real steps towards stopping abuse. First of all stop protecting priests who molest children and treat it like the horrific sin (and crime) that it is. Throw them out of the Church and/or turn them in to law enforcement.

To help prevent this from happening as much you're going to have to allow priests to marry. Stop making excuses, stop covering up, and make a real effort to end this abuse.

Comments

Re: There are millions of people who live sex-free lives by choice.

[futurebird.livejournal.com]

That makes more sense... but I still don't like it. I think it is unhealthy for people who do well in relationships to live without them... and it's bad to push people who would be better of on their own in to relationships.

Most folks do best in a relationship, but some are really best off alone.

Re: There are millions of people who live sex-free lives by choice.

[dukexmachismo.livejournal.com]

Well said. I don't think I've ever seen that point made.

(maybe I should get out more...)

Re: There are millions of people who live sex-free lives by choice.

[sealwhiskers.livejournal.com]

What you're saying still support the argument that most people do better if they're not alone, in the long run, and most people do better if they have a healthy sexual outlet than if they never have that. Not all, but most.

Take then into consideration, the element of force. The people who are celibate completely of their own free choice, do better than those who need to make the choice between their calling or their sex life, or their professional and religious role and their sex life.

I've explained the very special dynamics of the priest's power connected to the vow of abstinence here (http://community.livejournal.com/talk_politics/473171.html?thread=33710931#t33710931) and ryder_p_moses gives the most compelling argument so far to why abstinence absolutely can be connected to sexual frustrations and abnormal behavior here (http://community.livejournal.com/talk_politics/473171.html?thread=33668691#t33668691).