Still, it is a serious problem, and all humankind is responsible for seeing to it that it is resolved. I have a seminary classmate who's a Catholic priest in Milwaukee. He volunteered to serve as a Maryknoll missionary in Thailand for five years. Since he couldn't speak Thai, the Maryknolls assigned him to the Catholic Office of Tourism in Bangkok. That sounds like a cushy job, but it turns out his main responsibility was to work with other Asian nations to resolve the sex trade problem.

He got a real education in the process. Maybe we all need education on the matter.

-Joe Offer-