Posted on 03/23/2010 3:45:22 PM PDT by NYer
There seemed to a lot of those “Fightinest’ priest in the Diocese” types that came up in the 40s, 50s, and 60s. A lot of them were positively ancient when I was a kid but they seemed like dock workers who moonlighted as Priests. You don’t see a lot of those types anymore.
(Note: I don’t want to blame the molestation problem solely on some stereotype priest that I just created out of thin air, beause there is plenty of evidence that this problem goes back decades. It’s just the Priesthood once seemed a “manly” profession. I’m not sure that is the case any longer).
Well, Jocks are as likely to be homosexuals as nerds are. The old Nazi Party had lots of “Butch” types, who positively hated the artsy-fartsy types. But, as I believe, the seminaries had such a large number of candidates they had no hestitation in weeding out the ones who just wanted “ to be with guys.” Certainly when I was growing up I heard a lot more about priests who liked women/or the bottle than about “fags” although there were some. IMHO, the old minor seminaries were not a good idea, because it was a bad thing, I think, to be segregated from girls at too early an age, although, it helped that most of them did have sisters.
The church is not Jesus and I hope people don’t lose their faith over the pervert priests and their surpervising enablers. This is as big of crisis as the church experienced when swindlers selling forgivness/passes to heaven. It is a disgrace.
Bernard Law served as a madam in a whore house. Many others have done the same. I can’t forgive any of them and I have my doubts that Jesus is going to have them near him.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.