Deputy Pope: pedophilia caused by homosexuality, not celibacy

[SwordoftheVistula]

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63B4TR20100412

On a visit to Chile, Bertone, dubbed the Deputy Pope, also said Pope Benedict would soon take more surprising initiatives regarding the sex abuse scandal but did not elaborate.

"Many psychologists and psychiatrists have shown that there is no link between celibacy and pedophilia but many others have shown, I have recently been told, that there is a relationship between homosexuality and pedophilia," he told a news conference in Santiago.

"This pathology is one that touches all categories of people, and priests to a lesser degree in percentage terms," he said. "The behavior of the priests in this case, the negative behavior, is very serious, is scandalous."

Bertone's visit to Chile comes as the Catholic Church has been buffeted by scandals concerning sexual abuse of children -- most of them boys -- by priests. There also have been allegations of cover-ups and even that the Pope mishandled cases when he was a bishop in Germany and a Vatican official before his election in 2005.


Well, duh, but...doesn't an official policy of not allowing preists to get married attract homosexuals?

[John in Denver]

"Many psychologists and psychiatrists have shown that there is no link between celibacy and pedophilia but many others have shown, I have recently been told, that there is a relationship between homosexuality and pedophilia," he told a news conference in Santiago.

The best policy for the Vatican to adopt is to honor natures laws, have healthy children, and pave the way for man to evolve into Godhood.

Common-sense and rudimentary observation of mans sexual needs, desires, and responsibilities conclude that nature sets the guide for his behavior and rules for his environment. Prudence concludes that the smallest perversions have the potential of expanding into greater perversions. Although homosexual active males are generally closer to pedophilia, heterosexual males have also committed the crime of child-rape. Celibate males in idleness can also stray into such perversions. Cardinal Bertone's perspective is either an illusion, or, an excuse to protect what the Vatican has long been accused of...a safe-haven for homosexuals.