Posted on 04/23/2002 1:36:56 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:05:54 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
A St. Patrick's Cathedral priest who is under fire for a sermon bashing homosexuality as the prime cause of priest child-molestation said yesterday he did not clear Sunday's homily with his boss, Edward Cardinal Egan, even as the archdiocese distanced itself from his remarks.
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That's funny, I thought sex with kids was pedophilia. And these priests didn't just do boys.
Most Definately!
Most Catholic Parishes are comprised not only of the church and rectory, but full blown K-8th schools/Gyms/Cafeterias, etc. The population of a typical Parish has as much girls as boys. Also, many girls are now serving as Altar Servers (f/k/a/ Altar Boys)
So, yes, there would be equal opportunity for a pedophile to get to girls as to boys. Clearly, these incidences are homosexual in large part. Not pedophilic.
WOW! ! !
Then you're an uninformed wise ass. The preponderance of cases involves homosexual priests and adolescents. Pedophilia, for you edification, by definition involves pre pubescents.
That's funny, last I read the great majority of victims were "teenage boys". Guess the Priests like their own "virgins".
A preponderance or majority, not all. In any case, the point is that while this priest is giving a sermon against homosexuality and pedophilia, many of his brethren are engaged in the same. Christ has a perfect lesson against this kind of thinking.
God save US!
Age of the victim is not relevant to the point, the standard is "same-sex attraction", if you're a man and do boys you be gay. Its a simple concept Quila has difficulty with. Homosexual pedophilia, homosexuality, hebephilia, pedastery are all the same pathology and all paraphilias.
bumper stickers yet?
That, IMHO would be one of the best social messages of this day (I'd take the sticker off your car at the mall as you'd probably come back to a scrached door later after shopping), in this world we live in.......
I know where most of my friends would end up. This is sad.
As far as I know, an ordained clergy does not have to "clear" their homilies with anyone. They may eventually be chastised for what they say, but I believe all clerics are protected under canon law to preach the gospel truth. Period!
Hebrews 7:22 by so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant. 23 Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing. 24 But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. 25 Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. 26 For such a High Priest was fitting for us, [who] [is] holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens; 27 who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people's, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. 28 For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, [appoints] the Son who has been perfected forever. 8:1 Now [this] [is] the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest , who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 1 Timothy 2:5 For [there] [is] one God and one Mediator between God and men, [the] Man Christ Jesus,
Rev.1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, 6 and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him [be] glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter 2:5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood , to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.6 Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, "Behold, I lay in Zion A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame." 7 Therefore, to you who believe, [He] [is] precious; but to those who are disobedient, "The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone," 8 and "A stone of stumbling And a rock of offense." They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed. 9 But you [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood , a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 who once [were] not a people but [are] now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
1 Timothy 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife , temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;
1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, 3 forbidding to marry, [and] [commanding] to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
Bump
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