[Antoninus]

Assuming that homosexuality is the radical cause of ephebophilia and rooting the homosexuals out of the clergy will get rid of the problem, how does one propose doing this, short of hooking up all of our priests and seminarians to peter meters...

There's no need to go there. It must become widely known that homosexuals will not be tolerated in the priesthood. The impetus from this can come from the very top and the grass roots. The grass roots applies pressure at the local level - praying, fasting, writing letters, making sure their priests and bishops know that homosexual behavior of any kind WILL NOT be tolerated. It's already been demonstrated that active homosexual and ephebophile priests will resign if their activities are made public. It may become necessary for the laity to investigate suspicious behavior themselves, compile evidence, report it first to the bishop but if no action is taken, to the media.

From the top, the Vatican must start weeding out those bishops who have protected the ephebophiles and homosexuals. Only orthodox bishops with a proven record of success in removing homosexuals from the ranks should be promoted henceforth.

This strategy will take years to implement and be successful. I want to cry when I think that we could be over a decade into the process if action had been taken when the first major whiff of these scandals surfaced in the late 1980s.

[eastsider]

The grass roots applies pressure at the local level - praying, fasting, writing letters, making sure their priests and bishops know that homosexual behavior of any kind WILL NOT be tolerated.

I'm with you so far. My next question would be, should we go one step further and insist that sexual behavior of any kind WILL NOT be tolerated?