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SEX OFFENDER PRIESTS

The arrest of the two Catholic priests in the sweep by Attorney General John Ashcroft and other revelations of sexual abuse by priests has brought about an uproar in the liberal media about the Catholic Church. There is only one thing missing in the outrage of the liberal media and that is honesty. USA Today, most other major newspapers and the national TV networks refer to the "sexual abuse" by a handful of Catholic priest, but never mention that these are almost all homosexual in nature.

In the last three decades as the number of priests declined, the Catholic Church stated its own "don't ask, don't tell" policy. As young men applied to Catholic seminaries they were not screened as they once had been. Even those who were homosexual were allowed to enter seminary as long as they took a vow of celibacy. But homosexual sex is not the same as that which is God given. Homosexuality is a compulsive disorder very much associated with promiscuity. Hiding the homosexual disorder does not make it go away.

The national news media have made various disparaging remarks about the Catholic Church regarding this situation without once using the words "sodomy" or "homosexual". Indeed, the very few case that actually involve women are often highlighted and blown out of proportion because they have often been consensual relationships with adult women, whereas most of the homosexual cases have been abuse against young boys. About ninety percent of all cases brought forth against Catholic priests involved boys who were underage when they were sodomized.