Louis,

You bring up some good points:

"If the church would let priests marry just
like the preachers here in the US the tempation
would be deminished, I'm not saying it would be
stopped completely."

The Church actually could allow priests to marry; it's not a fundamental doctrine of the Church that they cannot. However, a married priest could just as well be a pedophile as one that isn't. Just look at how many "family" men in our society prey on innocent children. I think the problem is much deeper-- addiction to pornography etc. are real factors. Just because a man has a sexual outlet (wife) doesn't keep him from acting out on a sickness that is already present.

"As to the church not condoning that sort of behavior.
Yes, that might be but as many times before they also
didn't do anything about it, but to try to sweep it under
the rug or just ignoring the problem."

You're right. The Church should be held accountabe for ignoring or covering up the problem. But remember, the decision to ignore the problem or cover it up doesn't take away from the truth of the Church. No Church doctrine condones the covering up of these actions. Yes, the Church is responsible and those who acted this way are responsible, but they acted on their own and not in accordance to any Church teaching. Had they acted properly, we wouldn't be in the situation we are today.

"How about the equality of the sexes?
As far as I know there aren't any female priest yet."

All we can do here is look at the original set of priests. Chirst had, as His chosen, 12 priests as the original set. We never saw a woman priest.

At the same time, there is NO person among any Catholic who ever lived or will ever live that is more exhaulted than a woman-- Mary. Even our Protestant friends don't hold her in such high esteem as we.

"I'm sure that if you knew what really happend behind the closed
doors of the vatican you would really be disgusted."

I'm sure a lot of political stuff goes on there. I'm also sure that there are many priests/bishops, ect. that are really more concerned with their rise to power in the Church than actually seeking the salvation of souls. They're men just like anyone else and are subject to the same temptations of power. That is unfortunate.

A priest's or an official of the Church's sins are their own. The truth of the Church shouldn't be questioned by the rogue acts of its members.

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