Have we had such a comedian as Pope before?
PopeWatch: Joker
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Not pedophilia… pederasty.
I still kick myself from not foreseeing It. Simple equation:
1. Seminaries teaching that Chasity (incl NFP) was impossible…
2. Homosexuals attracted to men and boys…
3. There are more demons on a seminary wall been anywhere else in town..
I.e. Pederasty.
There was quite a bit of paedophilia as well. IIRC, north of 1/3 of the complaints concerned youths under the age of 14. But, yes, pederasty was the main problem. (You point that out in fora and there’s nearly always a jackass contingent who accuse you of being an “apologist”).
Not sure how you would “fight” that. His predecessors struggled. One problem is the screening process for becoming a priest. It’s soft because there is a shortage in the west. Another problem is many don’t continue their studies in the seminary because of what they witness…don’t know the stats.