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About the "sex abuse" by the Catholic clergy [View all]
In the past few days, on several programs, hosts and guests wondered whether allowing priests to marry, or lifting the demand for celibacy could end these crimes.
The conclusion, therefore, is that these crimes are categorized as sex crimes.
However, in the past decades, we, society, started viewing rape as a crime of power. I suppose one does not conflict with the other, just am curious of whether the definition makes any difference.
Or whether I am just confusing myself..
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