I remember you posting this many years ago and nothing has changed the church is still fixated on the status quo. The current pope is using the broom to sweep any scandals under the rug just like all his predesessors did before him...Obviously scandals occur in every group and no one is immune but the onos is on trying to correct these scandals so they do not keep repeating themselves... I guess like I stated in our discussion about Robots a REBOOT is obviously needed not the boot the Italians or Romans give to everyone at the bottom of Europe but an honest to goodness REboot of the whole celibacy issue not just in this case but actually as an example to the rest of the population in Europe who also have a self imposed celibacy that is one of the reasons their populations are starting to age and shrink . Once you loose the ability to procreate you also loose the ability to not only control your destiny but also in this case your morality...I am not judging or trying to attack the clergy but only pointing out some glaring issues that need to be addressed not undressed or hidden away because the naked truth will always come to the surface no matter how hard you try to cover it up...NOPE, see what hapPens when you don't listen to me? The running joke between me and my witnesses, is that it always takes society about 20 years to catch up to me and finally recognize and attempt solving what I bring up in judgment.The only solution is to fire all homosexual priests and allow married men to join the priesthood.
THE PROBLEM IS THE CELIBACY stance
and the attraction of the position of authority used to abuse is just an underlining issue.
Celibacy is anti the natural instinct to pro-create.
Supressing that natural urge to pro-create is not natural and the result of this supression is frustration leading to irrational behavior (abuses) and lapses of control. The covering up is from the importance of church "image" over doing what is right.
The abuses are not limited to homosexual behavior, if you remember they also hide the many child births between priests and nuns and the tradgedy of raped and abused nuns.
You didn't believe me when I told you of what my grandfather (Zada) found (dead baby and child skeletons)while working at a basement between the Seminary and Nunery.
It proved there was a hiding for image sake the issues with celibacy and how it affected the abuse of nuns which was totally hidden (unspoken of) and thus never reported.
They were so protective, that they were willing to kill the Rape Babies, think about how low "covering up the naked truth" (Eve putting on fig leafs) could go.
LAST TIME WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION you were on the side of the silent cover up by not wanting to take the 3 steps of true Teshuva. You chose protecting the image (affiliation pride) over the protection of Nuns and Children.
Reminder of one of my replies to you:
in the Clergy the percentage is high and it's because of the issues of authority being abused and the celibacy being anti pro creation, an instinct we are created with that when supressed results in that aggressive behavior.
Admission to this issue that helps cause the problems is how you deal with and try to solve the problem, not displacement blame, hiding, or deceptively accusing other groups of the same. The fact I graciously offered to help them solve this issue after sheding light to the problem means I wasn't doing it to just tear them down for malice, I was doing it out of compassion to help HaShev (redeem) them. Anyone can bash down something, but offering a solution with the judgement is the difference between destructive and constructive criticsm.
If you can't learn to take constructive criticsm then you never learn and grow up out of
the issues pointed out. Which is why the Church is still haunted by this problem and backlash, because it chose to revictimize the victim rather then listen to good sound council.
You guys are not good at handling the refiners fire at all.