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Sex abuse rife in other religions, says Vatican  [message #58907] Tue, 29 September 2009 21:51 Go to previous message
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/28/sex-abuse-religion-vatican

the Holy See said the majority of Catholic clergy who committed such acts [sexual abuse] were not paedophiles but homosexuals attracted to sex with adolescent males.

The statement, read out by Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Vatican's permanent observer to the UN, defended its record by claiming that "available research" showed that only 1.5%-5% of Catholic clergy were involved in child sex abuse

He also quoted statistics from the Christian Scientist Monitor newspaper to show that most US churches being hit by child sex abuse allegations were Protestant and that sexual abuse within Jewish communities was common.

This is why i don't like religious institutions. They hide under a veil of holiness and righteousness to justify illegal acts. Sure, it's easy to point the finger, but why not just accept the fact that all religious institutions need not protect paedophiles; instead, they should turn them in to authorities so they can be punished to the full extent of the law.


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