"oh, Mr. Smith was so nice and a great Boy Scout leader...he would never hurt anybody"..or...
"Father Smith was such a great guy and the loved the kids...he wouldn't hurt anybody"...
I have absolutely no reason not to suspect that all ministries and all groups that center on children or young men have pedophiles or homosexuals in their midst....
the bigger the group is, the more likelier....
throw in the fact that some people are looking for a big payday...why attack some little group when you can claim a priest 35 yrs ago abused you...the priest is dead and all you have to do is threaten to sue or sue...the anti-Catholics are just so eager to rip the church apart....
never do I condone any horrible actual acts...
I guess if marriage would be the norm for Catholic priests, than the homosexuals would go elsewhere for their cover....the military?
ANY kind of “ministry” can attract perverts.
I would think all the more so a setup where not having a wife around is the norm.
You wrote:
“I guess if marriage would be the norm for Catholic priests, than the homosexuals would go elsewhere for their cover....the military?”
I think that’s already done.