Pedophilia By Any Other Name Is Still Homosexuality

BarbWire ^ | April 10, 2018 | Paul Cameron, Ph.D., Kay Proctor, M.Ed., & Kirk Cameron, Ph.D.

[Perseverando]

As scientists, we are concerned about recent discussions regarding clergy sexual abuse. Numerous authors, like a recent Chilean post by Riccardo Cascioli (February 8, 2018), seem to believe there is a significant difference between ‘pedophiles’ and homosexuals.

Indeed, Riccardo Cascioli re-makes a point often made: “the so-called ‘pedophilia cases’ are actually an overwhelming majority of incidents of homosexuality”[1] where

pedophilia properly refers to the attraction of adults for pre-pubescent children. When such attraction is directed towards teenagers, one must instead speak of ephebophilia which is initiated by homosexual persons. This is what we are talking about in Chile, but it also is true for at least 80% of the cases which erroneously reported in the news as cases of pedophilia in the Catholic Church. This is at least the conclusion which emerges from the reports of John Jay College on the cases of abuse registered in the Catholic Church in the United States.… [These facts allow] us to say clearly that the problem in the Catholic Church is not pedophilia but homosexuality.

While we heartily agree that the problem is one of homosexuality, we would make five points: 1.‘Pedophilia’ is not an exclusive orientation.

[WayneS]

It's simple:

A pedophile who prefers little boys is a homosexual.

A pedophile who prefers little girls is not a homosexual.

They are both perverts.

[fwdude]

This is going to bring out the vicious responses from the “loving” ones.

[Wuli]

And when a 20 or 30 something female teacher has sex with a twelve year old boy, that’s “homosexuality”? I don’t think so, but it is pedophilia.

There is and can be contexts where the two things - pedophilia and homosexuality - appear together. But there are always contexts where both things are not present together; just one or the other. It is wrong to lump them together as if the same thing or always together.

[Delta 21]

Woe to him who steals the innocence from a child and sets the child on the path of evil.

Repentance is your only hope.

[Antoninus]

All you have to do is study a little ancient history. The "Greek vice" that was pervasive throughout the Classical period was practically 100% pederastic in nature. It was always considered to be servile and humiliating to be the "catcher" in such acts, and thus it was usually reserved for boy slaves.

Most virtuous Romans considered the act abhorrent, as did Christians when they came along--most notably Saint Paul who was at pains to condemn the act when preaching to his Greek converts, encouraging them to fly from it.

The idea that two men could be "married" never occurred to them. The relationship was always one of dominance. Even Nero, who "married" a eunuch, made sure his paramour was a boy, not a grown man.

[fwdude]

Hasn’t Slate argued that there’s a pedophila gene?

No, but a contributor to leftist Salon magazine has argued the existence of "virtuous pedophiles."

[NetAddicted]

I read 25% of pedophile attacks identify as homosexual.

[Does so]

The word pederasty appears in every dictionary I own.

Yup. I left out a syllable (here).

My point was really that modern dictionaries seem to have phased out the word—perhaps under pressure from colleges. My old dictionaries have it: paperbacks less so.