God. I watched a documentary on this one priest who was sent all over California--he himself had been molested when he was young too--and man, the levels of ick in the male clergy interviewed...I don't even know where to start. The one guy (a priest) who was doing a lot for the victim's cause had an interesting perspective on the celibacy issue where he said it was important because it was the moment the church started making decisions as a corporation--and ever since then that's how they've acted. I mean god, these guys are claiming moral authority and they missed that if men are raping children they should go to jail?
No, in the case of this guy it was a psychiatrist they finally sent him too.
Oh, you'll love this too--I never forgot it. This priest raped both girls and boys. When they got the first boy complaint they didn't make a connection to the earlier girl complaint because how could they be related? See, the boy was a problem because that's gay. The girl's mother, otoh, was told that that was "normal curiosity."
You heard it from the bishop guys. Sex with a 9 year old is normal curiosity as long as she's female.
And no, not a single nun was interviewed. I wonder if they knew.
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Date: 2010-04-07 12:42 am (UTC)No, in the case of this guy it was a psychiatrist they finally sent him too.
Oh, you'll love this too--I never forgot it. This priest raped both girls and boys. When they got the first boy complaint they didn't make a connection to the earlier girl complaint because how could they be related? See, the boy was a problem because that's gay. The girl's mother, otoh, was told that that was "normal curiosity."
You heard it from the bishop guys. Sex with a 9 year old is normal curiosity as long as she's female.
And no, not a single nun was interviewed. I wonder if they knew.