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Flubadubya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 07:18 PM
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Vatican SoS claims Homosexuality, not Celibacy linked to pedophelia...
Edited on Mon Apr-12-10 07:19 PM by Flubadubya
Anybody surprised? :shrug:

Homosexuality, not celibacy, linked to pedophilia, says Vatican #2

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone during a news conference in Santiago April 12, 2010/Ivan Alvarado:

It is homosexuality, not celibacy, that is linked to pedophilia, the Vatican’s Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone said on Monday, seeking to defuse the sex scandal that has battered the Roman Catholic Church.

On a visit to Chile, Bertone, dubbed the Deputy Pope, also said Pope Benedict would soon take more surprising initiatives regarding the sex abuse scandal but did not elaborate.

“Many psychologists and psychiatrists have shown that there is no link between celibacy and pedophilia but many others have shown, I have recently been told, that there is a relationship between homosexuality and pedophilia,” he told a news conference in Santiago.

“This pathology is one that touches all categories of people, and priests to a lesser degree in percentage terms,” he said. “The behavior of the priests in this case, the negative behavior, is very serious, is scandalous.”


Link:
http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2010/04/12/homosexuality-not-celibacy-linked-to-pedophilia-says-vatican-2/
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 07:20 PM
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1. Neither is linked. Pedophilia is pedophilia. nt
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 07:22 PM
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2. They always have a rationalization for everything. IMO that's what it has always
been about for them. Smoke and mirrors, and rationalizations.
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Sherman A1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 07:23 PM
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3. Ya know.....
A couple of things come to mind and none of them are positive.

But it is entertaining to see the "pile the guilt on it's members" Catholic Church squirm.


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mzteris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 07:23 PM
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4. OMFG - pedophilias are typically never "gay".
Most convicted pedophiles are "sexually straight" with their adult relationships. . .

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MindandSoul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 07:24 PM
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5. I wonder when those "allmighty" bishops will stop putting their foot in their mouth!
Their remarks are going from bad to worst and not helping their case!
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JHB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 07:32 PM
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6. What's led to the scandal is secrecy and lack of accountability...
Edited on Mon Apr-12-10 07:33 PM by JHB
...and protecting the heirarchy at the expense of the flock.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 07:34 PM
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7. Yeah, that's the ticket.
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Hello_Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 07:36 PM
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8. Because, of course, this is all about the cause of pedophilia, not the RCC covering it up. eom
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foxfeet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 07:41 PM
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9. At this point it seems clear that sleaziness is linked to the church hierarchy.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 07:42 PM
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10. The Vatican is pathetic and desperate.
nt
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 07:44 PM
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11. Neither homosexuality nor celibacy is linked.
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 10:32 PM
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20. Celibacy is linked in the Catholic church.
It is more of a sin to have sex with a woman, than with a boy.
Therein lies the problem. Let the priests marry, then the sickos will have less cover.
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iris27 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 07:46 PM
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12. Jesus Fuck - it was bad enough when Batshit Bill Donohue was spouting this nonsense,
but to hear it coming direct from the Vatican...

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walldude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 07:48 PM
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13. quote: "but many others have shown, I have recently been told"
LMFAO.. yeah your brother-in-laws 1st cousin on his mothers side has a friend who knows a guy who has a sister who works in a hospital where she met this dude who told her that homosexuality leads to pedophilia.

Welcome to the pool my GLBT friends, they have blamed the victims, the media, the Jews and now it's the Gay... But no Priest or church official is at fault for anything. God said so.
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ladywnch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 08:03 PM
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14. what a crock of shit!
the vatican must be taking advice from the evangelicals......they like to prop up this BS every time one of theirs get caught with little boys or male prostitutes or BDSM clubs or meth or............

It has been WIDELY reported by numerous credible research studies that sexual orientation has NOTHING to do with pedophilia.

They must *really* be getting desperate!!!!


what do we think they will try next when this doesn't stick?
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ruggerson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 08:08 PM
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15. "I have recently been told"
By whom? Fred Phelps?
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 08:28 PM
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16. So have JPII and Ratzinger come out as child fuckers yet? Nt
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ismnotwasm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 08:34 PM
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17. After all this time
And all those abused children, all this asshole can come up with is a destructive, hurtful, evil lie?
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and-justice-for-all Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 08:40 PM
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18. Dear Vatican
Edited on Mon Apr-12-10 08:41 PM by and-justice-for-all
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 08:44 PM
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19. That American Vaticanist, Donhoe (or whatever), said the same damned thing a week or so ago.
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