[HamiltonJay]

Priests are human beings too, if you think because they are ordained they are somehow above sin, temptation, and all the other failing of man you will be woefully disappointed.

[Ted Grant]

I agree with you, but Catholic teaching is unambiguous about suicide. It’s one thing to sin (everyone does). The decision to take your own life is a particularly grave sin to a Catholic religious person. So there’s a disconnect there.

[lepton]

I think it’s more that according to RC doctrine that suicide is an unforgivable sin...

So, killing oneself doesn’t evade punishment.

[sparklite2]

Priests are human beings too

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Considering how few priests there are compared
to the adult male population, the incidence
of sexual criminality is astonishing. When’s
the last time you said, “Pedophiles are human
beings, too”? There is something very wrong
in the priesthood culture.