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I think as do most Catholics on these threads,that all sexual abuses either sex,should be treated the same

I would like to think so, but I don't. I believe some people, both lay and clergy, would be satisfied with whatever decrease in abuse they get from banning known homosexuals from the priesthood.

"95%" "98%" were teenage boys -- ban homosexuals! I'm not hearing anything about the 2-5% that aren't teenage boys -- a stat I'm not quite believing anyway simply because of the number of pre-teen boys we're hearing about.

I'm not hearing anything about future molestors, and they will exist even if all the known homosexuals are gone. "Serial and notorious" -- what the heck does that mean? 5? 6? More than one per parish? The victim doesn't accept the pay-off and goes to the press?

No more paying off victims, no more hiding the accused, and law-enforcement investigates accusations, not the Church.

Give me that and you can go ahead and discuss and set whatever internal policies you want.