It's worth noting that this is in stark contrast to their fulminations against homosexuality. Y'see, there are numerous prohibitions about same gender sex in the Bible, but nothing about sex with children. Indeed several episodes suggest that it was acceptable.
So, obviously paedophilia isn't as bad as homosexuality because paedophilia isn't in the bible, which means god doesn't think it matters. But homosexuality is, so he does. Or so the "thinking" goes. keep to the Fen Causeway
There are, in fact, very few references to homosexuality within the bible; all are open to other interpretations as there may not have been any such culturally constructed concept as "homosexuality" within ancient Judea; and some even suggest a tolerant anttitude by Christ as in the Roman Centurion and his "servant".
The proddy cleric quoted below has suggested, on the radio, that one of the reasons why there may have been such a prevalence of paedophilia in the RC Church is that celibacy, authoritarianism, and the sexual repression of the priestly formation process all combined to attract paedophiles to the priesthood and exacerbated any sexually deviant tendencies any others may have had. notes from no w here
Except for the abundant mentions of sodomy in the Old Testament, that is. En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
