Duckman, are you saying you don't believe there was any need for any enquiry into physical, emotional and sexual abuse in Catholic run institutions, or other institutions?
You have several children, Duckman. Can you imagine one of them, aged about 6 or 7, being repeatedly raped by a 'man of god'.
Are you suggesting that the voluntary commitment to celibacy on the part of priests can in any way excuse their extreme abuse and cruelty to children?Surely the prohibition on priests marrying in the Catholic church has something to do with the predilection of their priests to find other outlets ?
Are you suggesting that the voluntary commitment to celibacy on the part of priests can in any way excuse their extreme abuse and cruelty to children?
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Of course not, I'm simply comparing the Catholic church with other denominations and asking if some reform in the Catholic church can prevent their priests committing future atrocities.
As for Catholic priests visiting prostitutes, I'm sure some of them do, but it's harder to keep prostitutes quiet about indiscretions than it is to threaten children and their parents into silence.
Thank goodness we have the ABC ever vigilant in its quest to bring to light religious attrocities.
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Duckman
Agree Duckman on their never ending quest.....this needs to be on the ABC thread.
Miranda Devine said it perfectly after they interviewed the gay “dads” in Queensland.
The story exposing such evildoing was the ABC at its best. But Four Corners host Kerry O’Brien also ensured it was the ABC at its worst, when he added an unnecessary, politically-correct footnote.
The story “does not reflect on gay parenting but on the action of two individuals,” he declared. “It’s also worth remembering that most child sex offenders relate to crimes against young girls, not young boys ...”
You have to ask why the ABC felt the need to add the footnote in this case, and yet never shows such sensitivity in its numerous reports on child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
Where’s the statement to say that those stories do not reflect on the Catholic Church or the many good priests who might be unfairly labelled pedophiles?
That is NOT what the Catholic Church teaches, the gay couple were running a pedophile racket, so do we assume all gays are pedophiles, like the ABC are reporting about priests?
The ABC is not reporting that all gays are paedophiles, and neither are they reporting that all priests are paedophiles. Try to stick with the facts.That is NOT what the Catholic Church teaches, the gay couple were running a pedophile racket, so do we assume all gays are pedophiles, like the ABC are reporting about priests?
That is NOT what the Catholic Church teaches, the gay couple were running a pedophile racket, so do we assume all gays are pedophiles, like the ABC are reporting about priests?
Explod, its not just the Catholic Church involved in the Royal Commission.
You are not offending, but I have had my say.
I do think, as has been mentioned here, that to expect celibacy and not allow priest to be married is bizarre.
As with equality and not allowing women to be ordained.
Of course it is. To choose a life of celibacy is completely abnormal. By insisting on celibacy from their priests and nuns, the Catholic church is unofficially stipulating that only abnormal people can apply to become nuns and priests. No wonder they attract so many queers.
Furthermore, allowing priests and nuns to marry would produce far more balanced people to give advice and look after their flock. Anyone whose been married and raised kids will know that marriage and raising children give you some different perspectives on life than when you were single and without children. I maintain that such people are far better equipped to understand and advise on the many issues that the average priest or nun would be confronted with through their parishioners.
As for the 'no women priests' rule, clearly that's just designed to keep the power in the hands of men, same as the discrimination against women that’s rife in the Islamic religion
To choose a life of celibacy is completely abnormal. By insisting on celibacy from their priests and nuns, the Catholic church is unofficially stipulating that only abnormal people can apply to become nuns and priests.
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