Quote Originally Posted by lizbud View Post
No problem, I understand.

I really don't think being married, or not ,has anything to do with being
a pedophile. The clergy don't abuse children because they can't marry.
But I think that if they were allowed a healthy sexual relationship with a wife, they would be less likely to gravitate towards children. I'm rather certain that most don't start out or intend to abuse children, but that it is done out of sexual frustration, it escalates, and there you are - a monster is born. I'm in no way defending their actions - they are monsters and need to be dealt with accordingly. I just think there would be less of them if the Church would change their rules and requirements for priests.



Yikes - and I'm the one that doesn't like to debate politics or religion!!!