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

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18. It's not exactly a new belief

Lots of organized religions blame the victim whenever a man does something awful like rape a woman or a child. The bible has many laws punishing women for crimes committed against them, and though I don't know what the Quran specifically says about such things, it seems there are laws in Islamic governed societies similar to what's found in the Christian bible.

The guy is pretty old, so I suppose some of that old Catholic teaching may have just "slipped out", but as a sexist male dominated religion I'm not too surprised when something like this is said. The church itself does have a history of such things after all. I don't buy that he intended to say something else... I'm not sure of any other way what he said could be interpreted. He seemed pretty clear to me, and it's consistent with how the church handled the child sex abuse initially.