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Donohue: Catholic Abuse Scandals 'Not Pedophilia'

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Spare O'Lake4/01/2010 1:52:24 pm PDT

re: #271 Bagua

Correct. And note what I am saying is that screening out homosexuals from these positions will not reduce the incidence of pedophilia as Donohue alleged falsely. We must screen for pedophilia, not adult sexual behaviours.

Also, we must try to understand the pedophiles psychology, and not look for easy explanations such as celibacy as a causative factor as research disputes this.

What you say is logical, yet it reminds me of the arguments against profiling of young, Muslim, Arab, single, one-way-ticketed, luggageless, males at airports.
If statistics show that homosexual clergy are disproportionately likely to offend, then there is a logical argument to be made - not for excluding them from the clergy, but rather to profile them for further investigation to see if they exhibit other known risk factors, etc.