[PMCarey]

Gay priests and rights activists have said the cardinal and other conservatives are scapegoating gay priests. Homosexuals, they argue, are no more likely to be pedophiles than anyone else, and no more likely to break their promise of priestly celibacy than heterosexuals.

Easy enough to verify isn't it? Just count up the number of pedophiles among the clergy who went after boys and compare it to the number who went after girls. When is some newspaper going to print that very basic and obvious statistic?

[Thundergod]

Just think about the insanity of ordaining SODOMITES to the priesthood. 'nuff said.

[saradippity]

I think all lay Catholics should demand those statistics as well as the degree of offense committed.

I personally know a priest who went to jail for offenses alleged by some teen age girls,went to jail for ten years,who is now being considered for more severe action in Rome.

In the "olden days", the original charges,if we lay prople would have confessed them, would have gotten all of us a couple af decades of the rosary for petting with clothes in tact.Because of some draconion action taken by our legislators over another matter,he faced a possible life sentence. He was young and was convinced by the prosecuting attornies to plea bargain. He did,we would have received a penance of 2 Hail Mary's for "copping a feel".

Meanwhile we have had pederasts and active homosexual priests (that means they put their penises in someones rectum),sashaying around. Several of the pederasts did get jail sentences but the majority of active homosexual priests just stand up Sunday after Sunday telling us that we must be hospitable and non-judgemental,blah,blah.

By the way does anyone know how Cardinal Mahoney is doing?