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Originally Posted by Johny Joe Hold
The Pope spoke to Bishops using the strongest of terms. He told the Bishops, "Everybody Does It."
The pope made the case that pedophilia also existed outside the church and was often perpetrated by parents, teachers, coaches and husbands of child brides. He touched on statistics that showed that online pornography increasingly exploited children, as did the sex tourism industry, and noted that abuse often occurred at home.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/24/w...ual-abuse.html
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From a pervert's point of view, that makes perfect sense, I suppose. There's a lot of identity theft going on, so that should justify Catholic priests participating in that, too. There are plenty of serial killers around, so that should justify Catholic priests joining the ranks of serial killers, as well.
On a related note, I want to add something to this story:
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Originally Posted by Basilissa
Catholics in Poland celebrated the beginning of the summit yesterday in a surprisingly appropriate way:
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Father Henryk Jankowski was accused of raping boys in 2003, and there was a trial in a Polish court. Jankowski was cleared of all charges based on the testimony of a Polish sexologist,
Zbigniew Lew-Starowicz. Below is my translation (as this news did not make it to American-speaking media) of part of his testimony, translated verbatim from
this article (caution! the link is in foreign gibberish!).
"Behavior which includes kissing in the mouth, touching buttocks, grabbing, hugging, and simultaneously pressing upon one's chest and caressing the face, had a public character. These aforementioned behaviors by priests towards boys are quite frequently encountered and in many cases have no sexual character, but are just a form of expressing familiarity."
Now, the funny thing is that the judge fell for this and cleared Jankowski of all charges - which, I suppose, tells you that such behaviors are common not only among Polish priests but also judges.
Which, following the Pope's logic, normalizes them, because it cannot be so bad if everybody does it, right?