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Originally Posted by Locke
I dunno, I tend to side with Habby on this. I think the fact that women are essentially considered forbidden so it may not be that they're so irresistably attracted to young children, and boys in particular, but rather that its more acceptable to do that and circumvent the rules they swore to adhere to.
Basically, in lieu of breaking their vow of chastity they just rationalize that boys dont count ergo they're not breaking the rules.
There would probably be a significantly lower amount of this happening.
The thing I find strange is the high concentration of pedophiles in the priesthood and the disturbingly larger concentration of homosexual pedophiles. There has to be a reason or arent those statistics strangely high in what would ordinarily be a very small section of people?
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I don't know Locke, I'm gonna stick by my guns on this. For the most part sexual orientation and urges are not something I chose. (Except in Prison, but I believe that prison rape is more about establishing power rather then suddenly going gay)
I think that you have a higher number of gay pedophiles in the priest hood because they consider it to be a target rich environment. Basically the parents used to completely trust the local priest. They would willingly deliver their sons to the priests in form of alter boy duties or other church activities. Plus it would be pretty easy for a priest to ask the question "who are your parents going to believe, you, or a man of god?"
I also believe that thats why you see the same kind of incidents between teachers and students. A position of trust can be incredibly powerfull, and worse yet a position of power and taking advantage of it could be pretty intoxicating.
I would love to know if these guys had the same urges before they took their vows.