[hunter112]

Remember, in the Catholic church, masturbation is considered sexual sin. If honesty was ensured through complete anonymity in the course of conducting the survey, some may have admitted, from their guilt, self-gratification that may have been engaged in only once. The Catholic church has an unhealty attitude about this practice, and if they had been more accepting of it, they probably wouldn't have as many lawsuits pending as they do.

[sinkspur]

The Catholic church has an unhealty attitude about this practice, and if they had been more accepting of it, they probably wouldn't have as many lawsuits pending as they do.

The Church has an unhealthy attitude toward masturbation by adolescents. But, if a 35 year old man is masturbating like an adolescent, he might very well view women as objects.

That's pretty serious stuff for an adult male.

[Steve_Seattle]

"if the Catholic Church had been more accepting of [masturbation] it wouldn't have all these lawsuits."

So, according to you, the thought process of these priests was, "I have sexual desire, but it's a sin to masturbate, so therefore I'll molest children and have sex with married women and nuns." That does not seem very credible.