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Hello Pilot,
Darlins64 stated much of what I wanted to say, but I will put in a bit more. Priests, pastors, even teachers, should be held to a higher standard. The betrayal of some priests is horrendous, especially when they attack the most innocent among us.
What numbers are showing is that most of the abuse occured between 1960 and 1984. Of the allegations in 2006, 71% involved abuse that took place between those years, according to a report published in the Catholic Lighthouse of May '07.
From my point of view, much of the homosexual predation occurred because men who were unfit for the priesthood were ordained in the 60s and 70s, as the Church "opened" itself up to the standards of the culture (somewhat) after Vatican II. This is not an excuse, but does provide a partial answer for getting to the root of the problem.
Since the scandal broke in 2002, and even before, reforms were made in the seminaries to eliminate those young men unfit for the priesthood, for stricter...
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