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Children, persons under the age of majority. That would include many teens, also known as minors, children.

Oh them wicked homosexual thirteen year olds, worming their way into the Catholic church to entice corrupt priests!!!!

“Remove the wicked from among yourselves”. (1 Cor. 5:13)
See, I read quite well.

But I wonder why you continue to blame the victims. Do you have a father, husband, etc. caught up in the sexual abuse scandal net? Or maybe some male in your life that has “come out” recently?

One wonders because it wasn't homosexual children, teens, minors that enticed corrupt priests.

Is there such thing as an age of consent? What does it mean to you?

Nope, no father or other male relative or friend caught up in the scandal or ever accused. No male in my life has “come out” recently or even a long time ago.

I am Catholic. I love my Church. I have many memories of priests, nuns, teachers and other Church people who have been wonderful friends and a real blessing in my life and my family’s life.

Is it inconceivable to you that a person would want to defend their Church, and their friends within it from devious, deceitful, malicious malice? That might be understandable if you have no friends.

Children, persons under the age of majority. That would include many teens, also known as minors, children.

So, you can talk of a "child" of 17 years of age? Or 17 years, 11 months, and 29 days? Don't be ridiculous.r

Age of consent refers to the age which a person can legally consent to sexual activity. If that age is 15, are we talking about "child" abuse? What about 14?

So what’s the age of majority in your opinion? It’s changing and has been changing in the legal definition for at least the last 20/30 years. Probably more like 60 years.

Age of consent is 16 in most states but we all know consent happens before that and consent doesn’t mean a whole lot when it’s our own kids.

Adolecense(sp) didn’t even exist 60 years ago. We made the term, defined it, changed it since then. Young adults didn’t exist 50 or 60 years ago. Now kids, young adults, could be people in their freakin 20’s.

So is a 16 yr old an adult when it comes to crimes committed? Is he/she a kid or an adult? Does it matter if he/she is a victim or the one who comitted the crime? Is she/he an adult if he/she is the criminal but a minor if a victim?

Is 18 the age of majority (except for drinking/buying alcohol of course)? Is it 16, where that’s the age of consent when it comes to sexual things, unless it doesn’t benefit the parties involved and then they’re children?

It’s very confusing, imo.

Is it blaming the “victim” when the so called “victim” isn’t really a victim? Is the girl a victim when she cries rape after the act? If both are drunk, does more responsibility fall to the male?

I really want to know since the lines are really blurry now.

A 14 yr old female and 18 yr old male, creepy in a way but is it a crime?

Is it easier when it’s homos? Why don’t we hear about the homo guys with homo teens, other than it’s not PC?