Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
I've been reading the bishops accountability website.

They have a section called "Files of the Bishops", where you can read internal documents of the church, discussing priests under suspicion of child abuse.

Quite disturbing stuff.

And I also dream of the day when other faiths come under the same scrutiny as the catholic church. I'm quite sure they're not alone, I bet you'll find much of the same with the lutherans, jews, muslims, etc.
Low, he moves from reasonable to baiting, and it took fifteen posts!

Kudos, remarkable restraint.

Now, learn some theology:

All Sin is equal in the eyes of God, and the Roman Church teaches that is is sinful for priests who have taken a vow of celibacy to engage in sexual relations. That's it, end of statement. The position has since been nuanced but until quite recently masturbation, consensual sex with a woman you love, homosexuality, and child rape were not properly differentiated in the confessional.

When all sexual desire becomes illicit, then all sexual acts are taboo and breaking one taboo is the same as breaking all of them.

The solution is allowing priests to marry, and if you don't agree with homosexuality you then CANNOT allow homosexuals to become priests.