The Catholic Church is going to have some explaining to do, especially in light of Pope Ratz's recent condemnations.
No doubt, the Pope will twist things in his mind and blame it all on the homosexuals, but what it really speaks to is the inherent dishonesty of denying clergy an existance as sexual beings.
When you insist that people deny themselves entirely the intimate human contact that they need as emotional beings, there will be consequences - and they will likely be very unpleasant.
While I suspect the Church to do everything in its power to squash the lawsuit that has been launched in New York, I think that the underlying assertion of the suit is correct. The Bishops in place need to conceal their sexual identity (largely because of how the Church would treat them otherwise), and in doing so, it places them "over a barrel" where the pedophiles are concerned.
It seems to me that the churches who protest against homosexuals the loudest are the ones where the biggest scandals will fester. Any time you demand that someone feel guilty for who they are, sooner or later the consequences will come to the surface.
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Here's an interview with Dan Savage, who has lots and lots to say about sex and politics - including the notion that denying sex means that the sex comes out in weird, sometimes perverted and unhealthy, ways.
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