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Originally Posted by sfloriII
......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.
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Sorry, but I must disagree. I think he's right on target about this....
A lifetime of complete suppression of natural sexual behavior and desires is inevitably going to lead to psychological and behavioral problems such as what they're dealing with now.
I've never understood why the Catholic church insists on such sexual suppression in the priesthood, and I'm not surprised that they're having such a huge sexual misconduct problem now as a result. Why can a person not marry just because they are a priest? It makes no sense on any level.
Mike