The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #45382   Message #672370
Posted By: Amos
19-Mar-02 - 11:31 PM
Thread Name: BS: Catholic Bishop and Priest Scandal
Subject: RE: BS: Catholic Bishop and Priest Scandal
Amergin:

If celibacy is offered as an excuse, then bullshit is a fair call. There is no excuse.

Nor is celibacy a core factor in bringing the crap about. But it probably IS something that exacerbates and reinforcers the deeper stuff. Noone (that I have seen) is proposing a rationalization such as the one you dewscribe which would be unthinkably , unspeakably disingenuous and hypocritical.

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