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Thread #128156   Message #2867556
Posted By: Bryn Pugh
19-Mar-10 - 08:04 AM
Thread Name: BS: Clerical child abuse Part 94....
Subject: RE: BS: Clerical child abuse Part 94....
Not being a christian, I probably have no right to post, here.

However : Is it known what, if any, abuse of children or other vulnerable persons takes place in the Eastern Churches - Orthodox or Independent - where (with the exception of bishops and abbots) the clergy is expected

to be married (although the celibate priest and deacon is not unknown to these Churches) ?

A comparison, if possible, might be useful if the Western Churches which require clerical celibacy wished to re-examine the question of celibacy.