Catholic League president Bill Donohue: PUSH FOR CELIBACY IMPLIES GAY GUILT

[Emit]

Emit says, file this one under :wtf:

PUSH FOR CELIBACY IMPLIES GAY GUILT

March 23, 2010

Catholic League president Bill Donohue addresses the spate of articles on priestly celibacy:

Reports in Ireland and Germany of decades-old cases of priestly sexual abuse have triggered an array of articles, surveys and talk-show discussions on the need for the Catholic Church to end the celibacy requirement. The implication, of course, is that more heterosexuals, and less homosexuals, would therefore be drawn to the priesthood, thus alleviating the problem.

The reasoning is sound: as we have seen from several studies—including the one just released by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops—80 percent of the victims are male. Just as important, the majority of the victims are post-pubescent. In other words, we are talking about homosexuality, not pedophilia.

Those who fancy themselves progressive would never, of course, say there is a homosexual link to priestly sexual abuse. But they know it to be true in their heart of hearts. For example, no one seriously believes that pedophiles would be inclined to marry if celibacy were lifted—they are not interested in adults. But surely homosexuals would find the seminaries and parishes less attractive if most of the men were married.

So as not to be misunderstood, it is nonsense to say that homosexuality causes sexual abuse. Moreover, it is both untrue, and unfair, to say that most gay priests are molesters. They are not. But it is also true that most of the molesters are gay. Is this not the unstated predicate of progressives pushing for an end to celibacy? Why else recommend doing away with it?

In short, the only difference between most progressives and most conservatives on this issue is that the latter are not afraid to identify the elephant in the room.

http://www.catholicleague.org/release.php?id=1807

[angstlessk]

1. Bet if they had 'Alter Girls' the abuse would center on the 'Girls'

it's more the availability to the orifice rather than the gender of the orifice

[Lyric]

4. Exactly. They conveniently ignore that fact, though.

Little boys are molested because little boys make up the majority of the children that spend significant amounts of time alone with pedophile priests. It's not about the gender of the children; pedophilia is about power and control. It's someone who's so TERRIFIED of having to "share" power with another adult in a consensual relationship that they end up feeling attracted to children instead. Honestly, other than the different basic genitals, there's not much difference between the bodies of little girls and little boys. It's ridiculous to assume that a gay man--someone who, by DEFINITION, is attracted to MEN--would find anything "manly" enough about a little boy to feel sexual attraction toward.

If someone is solely attracted to children, then they are neither gay nor hetero--they're pedo. They're attracted to children for two major reasons: they lack adult reasoning facilities and personal authority, and they also lack any adult gender definitions. No body hair, no pheromones, no curves, no muscles, no breasts, no voice changes--NOTHING to indicate any kind of gender at ALL, save for the clothes and hairstyles their parents choose for them. If I put an average little boy and an average little girl with the same length and style of hair, both wearing the exact same outfit, right next to each other--how many people could tell the gender difference?

This argument needs to be laid to rest, period. I'm sick of my gay brothers being denigrated and villified by the agents of evil and ignorance in the Roman Catholic Church. Cowardly shits. They'll do ANYTHING, say ANYTHING to avoid taking moral responsibility, and they don't give a damn who it hurts.

[Hangingon]

8. There are alter girls.

[msongs]

2. child molestors are NOT gay or straight, they are child molestors nt

[Grand Taurean]

3. Donohue is a bigot!

[KittyWampus]

5. I think we're talking about Priests using sex as a weapon as they abuse their authority

And that's the primary issue, not sexual orientation/preference of the priest.

[Initech]

6. No Bil, we're talking about pedophilia.

[Iggo]

7. Oops, he was talking about priests.

My bad.