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I was told all of the victims were adolescent, as in mature teenagers.

Per the John Jay report: (USA ONLY 1950 - 2002)
4,392 priests had 6,700 substantiated allegations
22% were younger than age 10 (NOT ADOLESCENT)
51% were between the ages of 11 and 14 (PARTIALLY ADOLESCENT)
27% were between the ages to 15 to 17 years (ADOLESCENT)

So at least 1/3 of the KNOWN victims in just the U.S. were pre-pubescent children.

And just think, this report most likely doesn’t include Lawrence Murphy’s 200+ victims.

Sounds like at least a 1/3 of them were straight up pedophiles.

But hey, it happened a long time ago and everyone does it so let’s not talk about it...

“And just think, this report most likely doesn’t include Lawrence Murphy’s 200+ victims.”

One of the few where the crimes were actually reported to LE ie Romans 13:1 and the offending priest’s statement was the victims were mentally retarted rather than deaf so LE didn’t pursue the case

Sad

My take on this "sure we are, but you are too" backing and forthing is a facade to keep people from asking the more serious question. That is, the Roman Catholic Church has always put herself in the forefront as the "only, true" church of Jesus Christ. All other "self-professed" Christians who are not official members of the Catholic Church are looked down upon as either heretics, brethren outside of communion with Rome, ignorant of truth or damned to hell for rejecting the "true" church. We see it EVERY time there is a discussion on the Religion Forum and disagreement with Catholic teaching is automatically labeled "anti-Catholic hatred and bigotry".

I am glad to see that the Vatican is doing it's mea culpas, it is past time and possibly the reason there has been so much more strident criticism against it lately. It certainly looks bad, however, to me, that the defenders have to also include pointing the finger at all other areas - as if we didn't already know that such crimes have always been around.

Jesus said, "To whom much is given, much shall be required." Luke 12:48. If you set yourself up above all others - and I do not believe the Roman Catholic Church is the one and only face of Christianity - then you also must take the blame if you want the glory.

Crimes against children as well as any other sin committed by those who are in positions of authority over fellow believers should be dealt with severely and the position of authority taken away from the one who takes advantage of their position. It is supposed to be a sacred trust to be a leader in the church and God expects an even higher level of good example by these people.

Sounds like at least a 1/3 of them were straight up pedophiles.

Maybe this distinction between homosexual assault and pederast assault isn't really necessary since all homosexuality is a failure of a person's psychological maturation to make a successful transition through adolescence into adulthood. Homosexuality is rooted in pubescent self-love, and thus homosexuals are by inclination attracted to children, whether gay activists want to acknowledge that fact or not.

It's one reason why homosexual adoption is actually child abuse.

So it follows that homosexual men will be drawn to the male-only hierarchy of the priesthood where marriage and family are forbidden. And it likewise follows that those homosexuals will be attracted to children.

Thus at the heart of this scandal is both homosexuality and pederasty, which tend to go hand-in-hand.