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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Greek Othodox priests can marry and they've had scandals as well.
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There is scandals all over, no group is really free of them. The Catholic situation is a little different, however, because, when one instance comes up at one local church, it gets tied to the whole organization. Meanwhile, all the instances of similar garbage happening at some independent small congregation somewhere never get into the widespread media.
I don't think that the percentages are much different in any group, it's just the way media works, and the nature of having a large organization. When something happens in a large organization, everyone knows about it, so it seems more widespread than it is, and the smaller organizations don't get coverage, so it seems less widespread in the smaller groups than it really is.
Of course, if the Pope was covering up something and reposting these guys, that is really bad.
As a Christian (not a catholic), I will say that these things are horrible. There needs to be (much) better checks in place. I think that Priests should be allowed to marry, as it would help (not totally solve) some issues like this one and ones related. However, every church is still a organization made up of humans, so, there are going to be failings from time to time. That only reflects the nature of humans though, not the nature of the church. The church's response to it is what reflects the nature of the church.