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To: dtom
This outrage is just another reminder of the serious problem that has grown within the Catholic Church as a result of the imposition of clerical celibacy.

The last statistics I saw on this showed an identical rate of offense between celibate Catholic priests and non-celibate Protestant ministers. Unless Mr. Glazov has some new information, his solution makes no sense.

The fact is that when women are demonized, pathology always emerges. It is so ingrained in many Catholic priests to believe that it would be dirty and evil for them to have sex with a woman, that some of them end up rationalizing that it is less sinful to molest a little boy -- or to have sex with a man.

As a Catholic, Mr. Glazov should know better than this. Women are certainly not demonized in Catholic ideology. If anything, having homosexual dalliances, which Mr. Glazov contends is a celibate priests rationalized release for lustful desires, has been considerably more demonized than heterosexual dalliances since the rule of celibacy began.

7 posted on 01/03/2002 4:01:26 AM PST by Snuffington
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To: riley1992
ping
8 posted on 01/03/2002 4:03:21 AM PST by NoCurrentFreeperByThatName
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To: Snuffington
As a Catholic, Mr. Glazov should know better than this.

Is there such thing as a CINO? If so, Mr. Glazov is surely one.

Shalom.

45 posted on 01/03/2002 7:36:37 AM PST by ArGee
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