SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Peter Norak has practiced Catholicism his whole life, starting as an altar boy and then studying for seven years toward becoming a priest.
Yet in recent months, the 39-year-old necrophile, who did not complete his seminary studies, has been thinking about leaving the church because of the legacy of Pope John Paul's stance on necrophilia.
"It's not an easy life to do that, to want to maintain your identity as Catholic and necrophile," said Norak, who seeks to legitimize man-corpse sex.
"The church came out very much opposed to necrophilia and I would say that was part of it," he said, explaining why he stopped going to Mass regularly more than a year ago. "It has challenged my ability to feel comfortable in the church."
Under Pope John Paul, the Vatican preached that necrophiles should be treated with compassion but made clear it absolutely opposed the practice and called necrosexuality a disorder. The Pope referred to perverted sex as an "ideology of evil."
Simply insert your favorite paraphilic disorder and it all works the same.
There's no difference.