Catholic League seeks to educate reporters - "Myth: Pedophile priests have been the problem. Fact: Homosexual priests have been the problem."

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  Sol Reform

  Catholic League seeks to educate reporters - " Myth: Pedophile priests have been the problem. Fact: Homosexual priests have been the problem."

  Quote - "When males have sex with postpubescent males, it is called homosexuality."

  Catholic League is located in New York, NY.

  In New York state, When males have sex with postpubescent males, it is called Rape in the third degree, Rape in the second degree, or Rape in the first degree.

  A person is deemed incapable of consent when he or she is: (a) less than seventeen years old;

  http://www.slc.edu/offices-services/security/assault/Penal_Law.html

  http://www.catholicleague.org/facts-about-priestly-sexual-abuse-2//

  FACTS ABOUT PRIESTLY SEXUAL ABUSE

  December 6, 2013

  by Bill Filed under Latest News Releases

  Now that Pope Francis has set up a commission to study priestly sexual abuse, Bill Donohue urges reporters to get their facts straight:

  Myth: Children have been the main victims of priestly sexual abuse.

  Fact: Since more than 95 percent of all the victims of priestly sexual abuse, as reported by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, are not prepubescent, that means that adolescents have been the primary victims.

  Myth: Pedophile priests have been the problem.

  Fact: Homosexual priests have been the problem. Proof: 81 percent of the victims have been male, and more than 95 percent have been postpubescent. When males have sex with postpubescent males, it is called homosexuality.

  Myth: The problem is on-going.

  Fact: The homosexual scandal took place mostly between the mid-1960s and the mid-1980s. In the last ten years, the average number of credible accusations made against 40,000 priests is in the single digits.

  Myth: The Church’s repressive teachings on sexuality are the problem.

  Fact: It was liberals outside the Church who pushed for the sexual revolution, and it was liberals in the Church who abetted the revolution in the seminaries. Moreover, it was liberals who promoted therapy as the way to deal with molesters, instead of using punitive measures.

  Myth: The Church has done nothing about the problem.

  Fact: Pope Benedict XVI made it more difficult for active homosexual priests to enter the priesthood, thus getting directly to the source of the problem.

  Also, steps have been taken in every diocese to ensure that anyone who works for the Church must participate in a training program aimed at curtailing the abuse of minors.
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  jws

  Myth: It's blue

  Fact: It's aqua

  Big diff.

  So what? Boy? Girl? Pre-pubescent? Post-pubescent? They're still children. This is just another example of the Church trying to act as if they're not at fault and it's not as bad as it is.
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  Band on the Run

  My sister is RC. She volunteered to teach children the teachings of the church. The diocese runs an extensive program to train workers had to interact with children. She is not allowed to hug even young children. I believe she cannot be alone with children. Another adult must be present. She said the training was intensive. There were definite rules that must be followed with no exceptions. She said since she worked with small chidlren that she felt said about the no physical contact rules. Little kids like safe touching. She reasoned that they can receive such touching at home. It is better to prevent sexual abuse. Such programs cannot eliminate the problem but an effort is being made to protect children and to lower such incidents. No one here has posted concerning the JW program.