The news of the last day or two has two glariing articles.
1) Bishop Raymond Lahey of the Roman Catholic Church had 100s of child pornography images on his laptop and mobile device. Some of those pictures depicted torture. His web browser history revealed that the word "twink" had been searched - twink is a young hairless man, often used in the gay community.
2) Warren Jeffs of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has been convicted of two counts of having sex with a minor.
There is something off here. The question that burns within me is "why"? Why did they do these things? Why? In the one case we have a celibate man charged with child pornography. In the other case, a married man charged with child sex. Is it a power thing? Why with children?
I wonder at Lahey. Is celibacy the issue? If he had a legitimate outlet for his sexuality, would it have grown in a healthy way, rather than in a twisted way? I don't know... but it bothers me.
I wonder how many other priests and bishops out there are hiding various sexual predilictions. Because make no mistake, the Church and its hierarchy are very, very, very good at hiding things. They hide things about themselves. They hide things about other members of the hierarchy. They hide things about others... They've been doing it for 100s of years, and they are experts at hiding, at covering tracks, at avoiding the obvious questions.
Which makes me wonder... what else are they hiding? As they condemn others... what are they hiding?
1 comment:
There have been substantial studies done on this issue. Pedophilia in celebite priesthood has nothing to do with it...it has been found through research in the uSA that the rate of pedophilia is about the same as in in the non-priest population. Pedophilia has everything to do with power. Just like in rape. The genitals are used to batter. Most pedophiles have been abused themselves. Much of what I learned about this has come from reading legitimate research articles but also in conversation with an RCMP officer at the Major Crime Unit in Vancouver. She is also a probation officer and deals only with pedophiles. She is a very cheerful woman actually and loves her work too! I have been keeping an eye on a pedophile here and that is how I ended up talking to her....I needed help and advice. Take care.
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