Is the rumour true about catholic priests having "relations" with young boys?

Question

by "relations" I mean physical intercourse

Answer 1

Yes, "abuses" have been made public in recent years. However, this does not imply that a high percentage of Catholic (or any other denomination) clergymen are involved in such base practices. If you want to know more about it, click the link below for a summation.

Answer 2

That news has been around for a long time and it is true. In fact, the Catholic Church already paid millions of dollars to the victims of those priests.

Answer 3

WHAT / WHAT yes i went to three catholic schools as a lad and young aldut i couldn't give names off the priests but it dose go on more than people think hope this helps you and stay away from them

Answer 4

Unfortunately and sadly, yes this has happened in the Catholic church. However, the Catholic church does not have an exclusive on this. If you read the paper, you will see these sad happenings in other denominations as well, and it seems today in more and more schools - between teachers and students. The world may need a self-control pill as well as a birth-control pill.

Answer 5

i just saw "deliver us from evil". you should watch it.
very interesting, near the end of the film,they show an indication of a link between the time that priests were forbidden from marrying, and the onset of these types of abuses. the film suggests that there may be a stunted social development in many of these priests. ( hard for me to explain...just watch the film)

Answer 6

Ha Ha! It has been going on for centuries! Personally, I think due to all this child molestaion by the preists, the catholic church should lose it's tax exempt status and have to pay taxes like any other business!

Answer 7

So it's a rumour now? How come it's gone from all those priests being jailed to just a 'rumour'?

Answer 8

Rumour? Check in any search engine you choose. There are legitimate news stories on the subject. However, I don't believe it is fair to assume that although some have, all do. I just don't think that's the case.

Answer 9

many of the accusors wait 30 yrs to say anything . and there are no witnesses . still , there is probably some truth to some accusations . but how can the law determine which ones are true ?

Answer 10

Oh yes indeed... MANY Catholic priests, but the actual number can't be determined since the Vatican abets them by moving them around from parish to parish and only the tip of the iceberg has been shown to the public.
The other horrific aspect of this event is the fact that the abuse is done by PRIESTS who are supposed to be representatives of God and trustworthy...so the child is not only traumatized for life he gives up on God and his faith as well...
This would never have come to light at all had not a number of molested boys grown into men come forward to tell their stories...some committed suicide rather than live with the shame and humilation caused by this abuse. One priest, Father Geoghan, was sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing about 400 boys and girls and another prisoner beat him to death.
The true crime in this isn't just the actual sexual abuse it is the lifelong trauma and scars it carries; this effectively taints and sometimes destroys the rest of the child's life.

The John Jay Report, commissioned by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, found accusations against 4,392 priests in the USA, equalling about 4% of all U.S. priests. Figures supplied by the Catholic League, and the U. S. Department of Education suggest that the abuse figures in the Catholic Church are similar to abuse in other institutions such as education.

The Roman Catholic sex abuse cases are a series of accusations of child sexual abuse made against Roman Catholic priests and also concern accusations of related church cover-ups against said abuse.

The incidents involved diocesan priests and members of the various Roman Catholic religious orders, with reports coming from the United States and Ireland. Cases involved seminaries, schools and orphanages where children were in the care of clergy. Criticism of the Church and its leadership focused on the failure to act upon information, and often to move priests who had received complaints from church to church in order to protect them. Some allegations have led to successful prosecutions of the accused, as well as civil cases settling for millions of dollars.

One book publicizing the abuse stated that the "overwhelming majority" of the abused children were male. There had been charges that a minority of the clergy had been practicing such behavior for decades, alleging that a "homosexual collective" within the priesthood viewed child sex abuse as a "religious rite" and "rite of passage" for altar boys and young priests. While the reported sexual abuse dates primarily from the 1960s to the 1980s, some cases occurred in the 1990s. Sexual abuse has also happened in past centuries, having been the topic of Pope Benedict XIV's apostolic constitution Sacramentum Poenitentiae in 1741.