SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - In the latest tragic turn in the abuse scandal that has embroiled the Roman Catholic church, a priest was found hanged at a psychiatric hospital less than three weeks after resigning from his parish amid allegations of sexual abuse.
The Catholic church's problem is not the vow of celibacy (which I don't agree with either) it is their views of sex. Being educated in Catholic schools most of my life it was drummed into our heads that sex is something that a man a woman does only and
only for the purposes of procreation.
It is amazing that their stance on homosexuality is so rigid when may in the church have admitted that a good number of priests are gay.
What the Catholic Church should be responsible for is getting their so-called "shepherds of the flock" help, not pay off these people hush money! Or just move the offending priests to another parish. If an accusation of "inappropriate" sexual conduct could ruin a teacher's (or just about anyones career), why shouldn't it be the same for priests?