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To: RooRoobird20; vigilence
Vigilence, I totally disagree. The overwhelming percentage of priest abusers are homosexual PEDOPHILES. Allowing priests to marry will not get rid of the homosexual pedophilia problem.

It sure would go a long way in preventing the priesthood from becoming a safe haven for homosexuals, and married men are going to be far less tolerant of that kind of deviance than other homosexuals who are covering their own behinds and have a vested interest in the abuse themselves.

So, yes, it would help take care of the problem.

147 posted on 08/18/2018 7:30:37 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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To: metmom

Before I converted to Catholicism I was a “born again” protestant. I was a member of four different protestant churches in which the head pastors were always married. In retrospect, having to deal with pastors’ wives was a net negative. It added to the cult of personality, way too much focus on the pastor himself instead of the Gospel. I also think there was too much melodrama re: the pastors’ wives and what THEY said how Christian women should think, act, dress, etc.

I really appreciate that our Catholic priests are not married, are not distracted by the melodramas of having wives and children. They are shepherds dedicated to their flocks, I like this very much.


153 posted on 08/18/2018 8:31:39 PM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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