Word: pedophilia
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...just looking to avoid scandal by putting up with Shanley, because he already was a scandal. In 1978 he was present at the founding meeting of the North American Man-Boy Love Association. He was quoted in GaysWeek, a short-lived New York publication, as questioning the morality of pedophilia laws, praising the "deep love" possible in a man-boy relationship and bemoaning the pain that moral condemnation of such liaisons can cause youngsters. "We have our convictions upside down, if we are truly concerned with boys," he said. "The 'cure' does far more damage." This was not Shanley...
...Pedophilia is about power and control. The damage to a child from sexual abuse is forever; some victims never heal. CYNTHIA STINE Garland, Texas...
...people insist on making an absurd connection between celibacy and pedophilia [RELIGION, April 1]? These priests do not harm children because priests cannot marry but because they are deviants. If they had just wanted to find sexual pleasure, they could have found willing adult female partners. These men preyed on children, the most naive of their community. Jesus said it would be better to be drowned in the sea than to lead a child into sin. Let these men drown in the sea of prison. TONY LEE LYNN Ida, Mich...
...Holy Spirit, can the church live with such uncertainty?" Messori cited an unidentified Cardinal as saying. Beyond the Pope's liturgical duties, there are also questions about his control of the daily business of the Vatican, including criticisms that he has been too weak to respond sufficiently to the pedophilia scandals. Messori says he believes the Pope has no plans to step aside but adds, "There are many in the Vatican who wonder if he can carry his work forward...
Well before the scandals over Catholic priests accused of pedophilia, Americans were beginning to cast a skeptical eye on mainstream religion. In a 1993 cover story, TIME noted that people were turning away from the traditional CHURCH in search of more personalized spiritual havens...