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blogslut

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6. While I think the celibacy requirement is bullshit...

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Mon Aug 20, 2018, 02:23 PM

Aug 2018

I don't think it has anything to do with the sexual assault of minors. Priesthood gives pedophiles power and access, same as it gives to athletic coaches, doctors and such.

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About the "sex abuse" by the Catholic clergy [View all] question everything Aug 2018 OP

I think the celibacy thing is important, merely because it MineralMan Aug 2018 #1

Plenty of Protestant clergy have been guilty of sex crimes Cirque du So-What Aug 2018 #2

True shenmue Aug 2018 #5

A friend of mine who worked sex crimes has this theory Lee-Lee Aug 2018 #3

It is crime of power. It's organized crime. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2018 #4

While I think the celibacy requirement is bullshit... blogslut Aug 2018 #6