Bless me Father,the hippies made me do it

[ugonow]

Here is some personal responsibility------Catholic Church Investigation Says Hippies Made Catholic Priests Sexually Abuse Children
Laurie Goodstein reports on the release of an inquiry by American bishops into sex abuse scandals:

A five-year study commissioned by the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops to provide a definitive answer to what caused the priest sexual-abuse crisis has concluded that neither the all-male celibate priesthood nor homosexuality are to blame. Instead, the report says, the abuse occurred because priests who were poorly prepared and monitored, and were under stress, landed in the midst of the social and sexual turmoil of the 1960s and 1970s. Known incidents of sexual abuse of minors by priests rose sharply during those decades, the report found, and the problem grew worse when the church’s hierarchy responded by showing more care for the perpetrators than the victims.

This hippie-blaming strategy seems unlikely to persuade anyone

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

Figures. Damn hippies.

[Deleted]

a definitive answer to what caused the priest sexual-abuse crisis has concluded that neither the all-male celibate priesthood nor homosexuality are to blame.

Seems to me that if you wanted priests to give up sex the easiest way would be to let them marry. Everyone knows that there's less sex once you get married.

[Deleted]

As for hippies. They were for free sex.......No those were the days. (& micro mini's were great too!)

[billisonboard]

Known incidents of sexual abuse of minors by priests rose sharply during those decades, ...(emphasis added)

But did the number of incidents increase or was it the fact that poeple started to talk about sex just make victims more willing to come forward?

[handyman2]

How about all those cases that happened before the hippie generation. A little study about priests and nuns and pedophelia might be interesting reading.

[Deleted]

Nonsense. Link, please, so I can read the rest. Or did I miss the link?

[ugonow]

You won't like where I got it from.....yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2011/05/catholic-church-investigation-says-hippies-made-catholic-priests-sexually-abuse-children/ Thankfully,there are plenty of others.Here is a religious one you might find credible---www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/exclusive_no_easy_answers_to_catholic_abuse_scandal/

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

May 18, 2011 9:06:37 GMT -5 @oldtex said:

a definitive answer to what caused the priest sexual-abuse crisis has concluded that neither the all-male celibate priesthood nor homosexuality are to blame.

Seems to me that if you wanted priests to give up sex the easiest way would be to let them marry. Everyone knows that there's less sex once you get married.

Well, on a serious note- the MYTH is that there's less sex once you're married, but the REALITY is that married couples not only have more sex, but they report it's also better and more satisfying than their single counterparts.

[ugonow]

Well, on a serious note- the MYTH is that there's less sex once you're married, but the REALITY is that married couples not only have more sex, but they report it's also better and more satisfying than their single counterparts

He is talking about with ones own spouse.......

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

Two things led to the sex abuse in the Catholic Church-- the first and most obvious is the vow of celebacy and refusing to allow Priests to marry. Second, is the "Pink Mafia"-- the deliberate turning of a blind eye to the rampant invasion into the Church in the United States of gay priests and other sexual deviants.

This isn't meant to be "anti-gay", btw. IF you're gay- go on your way and have fun. Christianity, however, teaches that the gay lifestyle is a sin. Period. The church is for gay people as much as anyone else, but it's not for those carrying on a gay lifestyle to be placed in positions of leadership.

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

May 18, 2011 10:00:20 GMT -5 ugonow said:

Well, on a serious note- the MYTH is that there's less sex once you're married, but the REALITY is that married couples not only have more sex, but they report it's also better and more satisfying than their single counterparts

He is talking about with ones own spouse.......

LOL! Yeah- for the purposes of that particular study anyway. ;D

[❤ mollymouser ❤]

Hmmph.

The "hippies defense" is about as credible as the "Twinkies defense" in my opinion. >>> rolls eyes <<<

[cme1201]

May 18, 2011 10:10:09 GMT -5 ❤ mollymouser ❤ said:

Hmmph.

The "hippies defense" is about as credible as the "Twinkies defense" in my opinion. >>> rolls eyes <<<

Yet the Twinkie Defense won, White won a manslaughter conviction 7 year sentence vs 1st degree murder 25-life.

[Deleted]

Well, as a 70s teen hippie, I can vouch for there being a whole lot of sex going on,and not the strict boundaries of today as for age. BUT-- I never knew, or even HEARD of, any hippie that had sex with children. Pedoplilia is NOT sex with teens, it is sex with pre-pubescent kids. BIG difference. As the article said there were very few that would fall in the category of pedophilia. It was a crazy time, the sexual revolution. I can see how young priests could have been sucked in to the times. The bad thing is-- they should have left the church if such was the case. Probably could have disappeared in to the sexual revolution to never be heard of again. It is a huge abuse of their position for priests to have sex with anyone of any age. I'm not Catholic, and have always thought it is a recipe for disaster requiring men to be celibate for life. But each to their own, I guess.

[ugonow]

It was a crazy time, the sexual revolution. I can see how young priests could have been sucked in to the times.

I know plenty of people that went through the same times,including myself, that were not forced into having sex with little boys because of them.I think it is a cop out.

[Bluerobin]

Hearing all those lurid confessions took their toll!

[ugonow]

I have a lot of punchlines running through my head...but out of concern of offending anyone,I will refrain......

[Deleted]

As I said, having sex with kids was NOT part of the sexual revolution. No way. Any priests having sex with kids were not hippies.. no way.