You know, the little problem is that 60% of the know cases of abuses regard males, those are same-sex abuses, that is literally homo-sexual abuses.
And in case you don't know: A) if a priest finds celibacy unbearable, he can simply ask and legitimately leave and get married.
B) catholic priests of the Greek Catholic rite are allowed to marry and quite a few anglican married priests that came over to catholicism are still married and still priests.
BTW celibacy was strongly recommended from the 4th century, the First and Second Lateran Council (1123 and 1139) stongly acted in favor of it as part of the moralizing campaign put in place by the pope of that time and were about concubinage and marriage after ordination.
I hardly expect verifiable facts to change anyone's already determined views, though.
That said, I guess I'm as tired of pointing out data as you are of finding my comments on your LJ. You have every right of writing whatever you want on your blog, of course, just as I have the right of not finding them on my friends' page. Nothing personal, Neko just fundamental disagreement on something that's important to me.
And I'd like to point out, anyway, that on the other side I totally agree with you on the fact that anyone proven responsible of abuses should rot in jail.
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And in case you don't know: A) if a priest finds celibacy unbearable, he can simply ask and legitimately leave and get married.
B) catholic priests of the Greek Catholic rite are allowed to marry and quite a few anglican married priests that came over to catholicism are still married and still priests.
BTW celibacy was strongly recommended from the 4th century, the First and Second Lateran Council (1123 and 1139) stongly acted in favor of it as part of the moralizing campaign put in place by the pope of that time and were about concubinage and marriage after ordination.
I hardly expect verifiable facts to change anyone's already determined views, though.
That said, I guess I'm as tired of pointing out data as you are of finding my comments on your LJ.
You have every right of writing whatever you want on your blog, of course, just as I have the right of not finding them on my friends' page. Nothing personal, Neko just fundamental disagreement on something that's important to me.
And I'd like to point out, anyway, that on the other side I totally agree with you on the fact that anyone proven responsible of abuses should rot in jail.