2010-04-23

The Catholic Response: Blame Gays

AlterNet

Hey, why not? Jerry Falwell did it after 9/11 and he remained popular and rich. Pat Robertson did it with the hurricanes and tornadoes in Florida and God knows he’s still popular and VERY very rich. (Estimated worth $200 million to $1 billion.) Why not the Vatican as well?

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, secretary of state for the Vatican, which puts him just below the Pope in authority, has said that the latest sex scandal to rock the Catholic church is not the fault of celibacy but is the fault of homosexuality. According to Cardinal Bertone, there is no link between celibacy and pedophilia but there is a link that he was just made aware of between homosexuality and pedophilia.

Well, let it be known that there IS no reputable study linking pedophilia with homosexuality. There may not even be a study linking celibacy to homosexuality. Neither is the problem! The problem is two fold: first, pedophilia and second, the Catholic church’s attempts to cover up and refuse to accept responsibility for allowing pedophiles access to children.

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