What do you believe the link is bewteen pedophilia and catholic priests?

Question

I am a christian- but not by any man-made religion, such as catholicism or whatever title- just faith in the truth of Jesus Christ and no extra rituals, ect.

Answer 1

I think that the Catholic Church has been covering it up for centuries and centuries. Not just recent.

Answer 2

Are you attempting to prove Catholicism false simply because there are controversies within the Church?

This is disingenuous and unBliblical. Just read the Bible:

Controversies in the Church
Matt. 13:24-30 - scandals have always existed in the Church, just as they have existed outside of the Church. This should not cause us to lose hope in the Church. God's mysterious plan requires the wheat and the weeds to be side by side in the Church until the end of time.

Matt. 13:47-50 - God's plan is that the Church (the kingdom of heaven) is a net which catches fish of every kind, good and bad. God revealed this to us so that we will not get discouraged by the sinfulness of the Church’s members.

Matt. 16:18 - no matter how sinful its members conduct themselves, Jesus promised that the gates of death will never prevail against the Church.

Matt. 23:2-3 - the Jewish people would have always understood the difference between a person's sinfulness and his teaching authority. We see that the sinfulness of the Pharisees does not minimize their teaching authority. They occupy the "cathedra" of Moses.

Matt. 26:70-72; Mark 14:68-70; Luke 22:57; John 18:25-27 - Peter denied Christ three times, yet he was chosen to be the leader of the Church, and taught and wrote infallibly.

Mark 14:45 - Judas was unfaithful by betraying Jesus. But his apostolic office was preserved and this did not weaken the Church.

Mark 14:50 - all of Jesus' apostles were unfaithful by abandoning Him in the garden of Gethsemane, yet they are the foundation of the Church.

John 20:24-25 - Thomas the apostle was unfaithful by refusing to believe in Jesus' resurrection, yet he taught infallibly in India.

Rom. 3:3-4 - unfaithful members do not nullify the faithfulness of God and the work of the Holy Spirit in the Church.

Eph. 5:25-27 - just as Jesus Christ has both a human and a divine nature, the Church, His Bride, is also both human and divine. It is the holy and spotless bride of Christ, with sinful human members.

1 Tim. 5:19 - Paul acknowledges Church elders might be unfaithful. The Church, not rebellion and schism, deals with these matters.

2 Tim. 2:13 - if we remain faithless, God remains faithful for He cannot deny Himself.

2 Tim. 2:20 - a great house has not only gold and silver, but also wood and earthenware, some for noble use, some for ignoble use.

Jer. 24:1-10 - God's plan includes both good and bad figs. The good figs will be rewarded, and the bad figs will be discarded.

1 Kings 6,7,8 - the Lord commands us to build elaborate places of worship. Some non-Catholics think that this is controversial and the money should be given to the poor, even though no organization does more for the poor of the world that the Catholic Church. We create our churches with beauty because Christ our King lives in the churches in the blessed Eucharist.

Matt. 26:8-9; Mark 14:4-5; John 12:5 - negative comments concerning the beauty of the Church are like the disciples complaining about the woman anointing Jesus' head with costly oil. Jesus desires that we honor Him with our best gifts, not for Him, but for us, so that we realize He is God and we are His creatures.

Matt. 26:10-11 - Jesus says we have both a duty to honor God and give to the poor - a balanced life of reverence and charity.


You claim to be a Christian, yet you fail to provide one Biblical citation in support of your assertions. I, as a member of an alleged "man-made" religion, find plenty of Scripture to support Catholicism.

Please, also notice that I am not questioning your integrity as a Christian, even though you are questioning mine.

While we may very well both be Christians, only one of us is currently acting like one.

Answer 3

I think that pedophiles are attracted to positions that will put them into a situations where they can be around children. Catholic Priests get to be around a lot of young children. The difference between the Catholic Church and say an Elementary School is that in a school if someone is a pedophile, then they lose their job and never teach again and in the Catholic Church, they are just transferred and protected so it became a hotbed for pedophiles.

Answer 4

It must be said that Catholic priest pedophilia is mostly, by far, homosexual in nature.

The reason it developed was because since days of old the priesthood was the safe haven for the homosexuals of dignified educated "good" families. The family never had to explain the boy having no wife no children etc. for he was "devoted to God"and marriage was conveniently forbidden. The family and son were thus honored rather than shamed. Everybody was happy.

The presence of vulnerable young boys, orphans, alter boys, etc. through the welfare system of the church (and not girls as females are not welcomed into the ritual side of the Catholic Church) exposed them to the homosexual cravings of these priests who held omnipotent power over them.

Its a really sick system if you ask me; perfect for the child predator.

Answer 5

I think pedophilia is developed through priests because they are isolated from any kind of physical contact and children portray the innocence that they try to achieve with religion. The church is also a good hiding place for closet perverts to cover up their true selves.

Answer 6

The links are as follows:

All Catholic priests who molest children are pedophiles.
Not all Catholic priests molest children.
Not all pedophiles are Catholic priests.

Answer 7

Nothing other than opportunity. Pedophiles choose occupations that make the victims more accessible.

Answer 8

A lack of alternatives.

Answer 9

Just a little FYI ... Christianity is man-made.

Answer 10

jesus teaching about fis*ing men?

i meant fish ing

My Yahoo is correct.