As I said in my first post. I don,t really have an opinion on all this. I'm not american, nor was I very old when 9/11 happened. (This answer is equally valid to Dr.A's response I guess)
And on a side note:
Again, I don't really see the distinction. Both behaviors were destructive and if you weighed the two, I'd tend to think that the greater harm was all the kids molested.
The priest-pedophilia connection is vastly overrated, read this article by a non-catholic author:
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Some of the main points:
Priestly celibacy is not the issue - married men are more likely to abuse children than unmarried
Most child abuse takes place within the home.
All religious groups have pedophile scandals, and the Catholics (while the largest religious group) are at the bottom of the list statistically.
Child abuse is prevalent in all areas of society: schools, youth organizations, sports, etc.
Statistically, of all the professions, Christian clergy are least likely to offend. Doctors, Farmers and Teachers are the professions most likely to abuse children--not clergy.
Among clergy offenders Catholic priests are least likely to offend.
Catholic cases of pedophilia make more headlines because of anti Catholic prejudice and because the Catholic Church is bigger and more lucractive to sue.
Pedophilia and Euphebophilia are different problems. The former is sexual attraction to pre-pubescent children. The latter is attraction to teenagers. Most cases branded 'pedophila' are actually 'euphebophila.'
Most of the cases of euphebophilia are homosexual in nature, however the politically correct do not want this problem to be associated with homosexuality.
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