NY Priest "Apologizes" for Saying Children are Often the "Seducer"

[Lacipyt]

11. Too Bad He Isn't Perfect

Like the rest of us.

Here's what I found out about him:

-He has a PhD in pyschology from Columbia.

-He's almost 80 years old.

-He's spent most of his life helping the poor and homeless.

What are the odds that he misspoke, or didn't convey is ideas clearly or truly, madly, thinks that a priest (or anyone else) who abuses a minor is sometimes not wrong or responsible?

This is one area that I have zero tolerance for "gotcha" politics, where saying something stupid somehow becomes a signifyer of something greater simply because you don't care for the speaker.

What the Catholic Church did was inexcusable and appalling. The tragedy is that such a CYA attitude is hardly unique in any large institution. If you don't believe me, read what has been revealed in the New York Public School System over the last year or so.

Do you care about children: Protect.org

Or do you simply like such incidents because because they allow you to indulge in your prejudices?