During that 50 year span about 10,000 minors were sexually abused by Roman Catholic clergy. With a large enough population sample some priests are bound to be thiefs, pedophiles or murders BUT would the cover up and/or the number of children abused changed if some of the clergy were woman or married men with children? Or would it have been the same?
2007-01-19 18:03:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
source for number of abused http://talk.livedaily.com/showthread.php?t=391351
The poiint isn't do marrie dpeople abuse. A 100% male population swearing off intimate contact for a lifetime may attract greater numbers of people who are sexually immature or deviant.
2007-01-19 18:20:54 · update #1
Orthodox and Anglicans have married priests and nothing like this level of predators in the ranks of the clergy.
2007-01-19 18:06:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think there may have been a slight change if they were allowed to marry and have children but not much- the biggest change would come if there were severe consequences rather than a cover up for htis kind of behavior- exposure and confession, criminal charges, "defrocking" and punishment- same as would go for any nonclergy found guilty of this kind of behavior.
It is a shame when a woman of 93 is still refused communion because of a divorce over 50 years ago but a priest can destroy the life of a young boy and continue not only in his job, protected by his coworkers but be allowed to continue destroying the lives of as many young boys as he chooses with no consequence.
2007-01-20 02:10:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think priests should be allowed to marry. BUT I don't think sexual predators are predators because they're sexually frustrated; I think, like with many, many married men who molest their own children or the friends and teammates of their children, that it doesn't make a difference.
Where'd you get the 10,000 number? I'm not arguing it, just... doubting it. It sounds high to me. Thanks!
2007-01-20 02:08:02 · answer #3 · answered by Vaughn 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It would have been the same, because they would have abused other minors. It is not the job that makes a human a pedophile.
2007-01-20 02:12:34 · answer #4 · answered by willow, the yodakitty from hell 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marriage does not prevent child-molestation. Child molesters are actually MORE likely to be likely to be either married or formerly married than the average American man (77% v. 73%).
http://childmolestationprevention.org/pages/tell_others_the_facts.html
http://www.childmolestationprevention.org/pdfs/study.pdf
2007-01-20 02:09:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋