Over the last decade or so, the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests has been big news. Many people believe that celibacy is the problem, or that there is something intrinsic in Catholicism that allows such a terrible crime against children to occur. However, an American report looking into the issue has uncovered the real problem - the sexual revolution - is what is more likely to have changed society's views on sex and therefore made it far more likely that children will be abused.
In other words, if you think the Catholic Church has a problem, it's nothing in comparison to everyone else. As Weigel says,
Weigel about the huge ( ____ ) in the John Jay Report ~ WDTPRS
In other words, if you think the Catholic Church has a problem, it's nothing in comparison to everyone else. As Weigel says,
It would be a good thing for the entire society, however, if the defenders of the sexual revolution would take seriously the question of the relationship between their commitment to lifestyle libertinism and this plague. If the John Jay study on the “causes ands context” of clerical-sexual-abuse problems in the Catholic Church prompts a broader public reflection on the fact that the sexual revolution has not been, and is not, cost-free, and that its victims are often the vulnerable young, then the Church will have done all of American society a signal service in commissioning this study that looks into its own heart of darkness.Related link:
Weigel about the huge ( ____ ) in the John Jay Report ~ WDTPRS