[metmom]

As the article pointed out, the problem is not primarily pedophilia, which is sex with children before the age of puberty. Their studies have shown that the great majority of those molested were post-puberty, which means the problem is not pedophilia but homosexuality.

Any perv going after young teens would do kids in a heartbeat given the opportunity.

It's not better because it was teens and not kids younger. It was probably just a matter of access.

[x]

Any perv going after young teens would do kids in a heartbeat given the opportunity.

Well, no.

It was pretty common years ago for male comics to make jokes about whether the girls they liked were over the age of consent or not. Very few of them were into 8 years olds or 5 year olds.

"Ephebophilia" sounds like a made up word. You can call priests who prey on teenagers pedophiles, but I wouldn't automatically assume that all of them would go after pre-teen children, given the opportunity.

But maybe you should take this up with Woody Allen's remaining fans.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I don't think Albion Wilde was saying it was "better" if it's a matter of teens. In fact, that probably means it's a lot more widespread when the victims are teens, as homosexual perps are far more numerous than clinically-defined pedos. It may be even more widespread if the victims are young adults over 18 (and thus, technically, street-legal) like college-age seminarians.

Though legal, it's not "better." It's an abominable sin gratifying to the demons in hell and, if un-repented, merits their same eternal destiny.

[Albion Wilde]

However, it is important to correctly identify the problem, which at present is the infiltration of the church by homosexuals, not pedophiles. Up until now the RCC has not dared to utter the word, homosexual. But it is the crux of the problem; so it is good to identify it accurately.