Vatican plan to block gay priests

[j2k4]

What's a pedophile?

Apparently, a pedophile is a person who has an unhealthy affinity for candy-coated children...

I was not aware of this.

[JPaul]

What's a pedophile?

I believe it's an alternate spelling of paedophile.

[Busyman]

What's a pedophile?

Apparently, a pedophile is a person who has an unhealthy affinity for candy-coated children...

I was not aware of this.

Does the definition of what's deemed a child (as far as consensual sex) differ by state and even country for that matter?

[j2k4]

Apparently, a pedophile is a person who has an unhealthy affinity for candy-coated children...

I was not aware of this.

Does the definition of what's deemed a child (as far as consensual sex) differ by state and even country for that matter?

As no one seems too sure of how why...me defines anything, I suggest you ask that person at the next opportunity.

[clocker]

[QUOTE=ahctlucabbuS]

It isn't worth mentioning, it's irrelevant. The relevant part is that he's a pedophile.

Yes, I agree.
The point you have been trying to get across might be subtle but is worth making.
You may use the term "gay" or "straight" ( or whatever the term du jour might be) to describe sexual orientation, but paedophelia is all about power, control and abuse...sex is not the goal.

[Busyman]

[QUOTE=clocker]

Yes, I agree.
The point you have been trying to get across might be subtle but is worth making.
You may use the term "gay" or "straight" ( or whatever the term du jour might be) to describe sexual orientation, but paedophelia is all about power, control and abuse...sex is not the goal.

I disagree. I've heard the same about rapists.

Sometimes it's just the fact that the person is trying to get their rocks off.

As an aside, the mere fact what's deemed pedophilia differs by country makes who a pedophile is fuzzy (in the upper teens that is). Is a 20 year old that has sex with a 17 year old a pedophile? The law here says yes. Is he a sick deviant? Probably not.

The point is that the Vatican is focused on gays in the priesthood 'cause that's who's been fucking up and making news. (add to that being gay goes against the religion)

So it's not irrelevent whether someone like attchhssd wants to sugar coat it or not.

(just like it's not irrelevent as to who's primarily a terrorist)

[clocker]

I disagree. I've heard the same about rapists.

Sometimes it's just the fact that the person is trying to get their rocks off.

Granted, but you are using the exception to prove the rule.
So it's not irrelevent whether someone like attchhssd wants to sugar coat it or not.
No one is "sugarcoating" anything.
I should think that being labeled a paedophile would be condemnation enough without the inaccurate/superfluous addition of "gay".

(just like it's not irrelevent as to who's primarily a terrorist)
Lost me here.

[Busyman]

I disagree. I've heard the same about rapists.

Sometimes it's just the fact that the person is trying to get their rocks off.

Granted, but you are using the exception to prove the rule.
So it's not irrelevent whether someone like attchhssd wants to sugar coat it or not.
No one is "sugarcoating" anything.
I should think that being labeled a paedophile would be condemnation enough without the inaccurate/superfluous addition of "gay".

(just like it's not irrelevent as to who's primarily a terrorist)
Lost me here.

Lost you yet you conveniently left out what was in bold. Riiiiight.

The point is that the Vatican is focused on gays in the priesthood 'cause that's who's been fucking up and making news. (add to that being gay goes against the religion)


I doubt the Vatican is doing this because all of a sudden it just occured to them.

It ain't a smack against gay rights either. It's against their rules.

So mediawise, you can NOT label "priests who have sex with little boys as gay pedophiles" but ignoring the fact that lots of gays flock to the priesthood and the fact that "priests who have sex little boys" came off as being an epidemic, doesn't get at the problem. So it ain't superfluous in the least and it is highly accurate.

It's just not what you would hear on the nightly news....gay pedophile

[whypikonme]

The Catholic Priests are supposedly celibate,

Aren't ALL Catholics supposed to be celibate, unless they're procreating that is?

l'm sure any good Catholic will tell you they haven't had sex since their last child was conceived.

l would imagine that would make them rather cranky at times, wouldn't it?

[Barbarossa]

peadophilia is the same as sex with over 16s, just the second person isn't old enough.


a man having sex with underage boys is gay
a man having sex with underage girls is straight

that's not to say gay people are peadophiles or straight people are peadophiles

What a load of crap.

Sex between two consenting adults of whatever gender, is totally different from an adult having sex with a minor.

The second one is akin to rape. It's an emotional as well as a physical rape by someone preying on a weak, vulnerable or impressionable child.

Being a paedophile is more than just having under-age sex. A 15 year old boy who has sex with a 15 year old girl is not a paedophile. A paedophile is a sexual predator who abuses a child, be it boy or girl, for their own perverted pleasure.

Gay and straight doesn't really make any sense when you're talking about paedophiles. Same sex or mixed sex, it's simply abuse.

This brings to mind a report I once heard about male rape in prisons. Quite often, the rapist doesn't even consider himself to be gay, but uses the act of rape as a means of demonstrating his power and domination over weaker prisoners. I think the same is true of paedophiles.