Tonight, I was reading an article on the Washington
Post® about a case of a 67 year old, catholic priest accused of sex offenses
and bad administration of his church. But there are details I found quite
astonishing. When submitted to the court, the defense lawyers demanded many of
the details, from the evidence, be kept from the jury due to how graphic they
were. But the accusing lawyers did not approve therefore proceeded to include
such evidence. The judge in charge of the case decided against it, helping to set free about a
half a dozen other priest whom were also being accused of sex offenses. I
believe the law should apply to everyone, no excuses and no exemptions. I was
very taken aback by such a profound favoring to the priests just because they
are missionaries of God. In any case, they should be trialed with more ardor.
These are people whom the community trusts and look up to. They are an example
and if such a substantial amount of priests are being accused they should all
be trialed and sent to prison. It’s an abuse of power, trust and authority.
But
I have always thought and will continue to think priests should not be forced
into celibacy. We are in the 21-century! Some may say that it is something
priests should be willing to do, but I differ. As you can see, celibacy is not proving to be an effective method for priests to dedicate their life to the church. Priests are not super humans,
priests are not God, priests are normal men whom have a strong connection with
their inner selves and God but it does not undo the fact that they are MEN; living,
breathing, hormonal men.
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