Comments for Sex and the Catholic Church at http://www.rivierareporter.com , comment 1 to 10 out of 10 comments http://www.rivierareporter.com Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:06:39 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.rivierareporter.com/content/view/841/132/#comment-214 Baron, there are aspects of some people's religious beliefs that cannot be respected. Amongst them are child abuse, female genital mutilation and mass murder (like 9/11, for example). Respect for religion, yes. Respect for criminal acts in the name of religion, no. - Nigel H Sat, 24 May 2008 20:10:39 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/content/view/841/132/#comment-212 Hello again Nigel H and BaronMuchausen, 'Poor sods' was a comparision with the clergy. The average non-religious pedophile is often a screwed up loser with an emotionally deformed background. The clergy have 'love' from their religion and usually a good education ...Which makes any abuse seem even worse. As for BaronMuchausen's remark 'a cheap dig at the Catholic Church' I'm sorry but I don't think I've made any criticism without an explanation and/or a solution based on common sense...But then I guess religion these days is a haven from common sense...just not my world... And I wouldn't 'poke into' Islam, I don't know enough about it... apart from the plight of many Muslim women.. but don't get me started on that - I'd be typing all night !!! Thank you for reading the article anyway. - Valda Lynen Sat, 24 May 2008 17:21:27 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/content/view/841/132/#comment-207 There is additional information regarding Crimen Sollicitationis at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimen_Sollicitationis - Dick Kimball Fri, 23 May 2008 18:44:37 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/content/view/841/132/#comment-192 and also, Nigel, your point on sexual crimes committed by women. you should ask the question, why are so little reported? - BaronMuchausen Sun, 18 May 2008 16:40:01 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/content/view/841/132/#comment-191 okay Nigel...you asked for it! Personally, I believe that religion is something that should be kept to yourself and anyones religious beliefs should be respected by others. I don't like the article as it seems like a cheap dig at the catholic religion. No, I'm not a catholic. I'm probably agnostic. Why do some people feel the need to highlight a certain religions view on the mentioned sunjects? Lets poke into Islamic views on the above...or is that being racist these days? - BaronMuchausen Sun, 18 May 2008 16:38:24 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/content/view/841/132/#comment-185 BaronMuchausen, I for one would be interested in knowing which thoughts this article provokes in other readers. Care to elaborate on "hmmmmm"? - Nigel H Sat, 17 May 2008 06:28:58 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/content/view/841/132/#comment-184 thought provoking.... hmmmmmm - BaronMuchausen Fri, 16 May 2008 20:26:57 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/content/view/841/132/#comment-174 Hello Valda. How nice to read you. By "poor sods" do you mean members of the clergy? If so I don't think they necessarily have not loved or been loved. They might well have felt such emotions but are condemned to abstinence by their vows. - Nigel H Tue, 06 May 2008 13:52:22 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/content/view/841/132/#comment-171 Thanks for your comments Nigel H, your arguments of cause and effect of sexual abuse lean towards the medical mystery, rather than the religious. As for subject being more highlighted in the clergy, the moral chasm between feeling the love of 'God' and acts of paedophilia makes me far more enraged than some poor sod who has never assumed to love or be loved. Yes it was commonplace in centuries past...but then so was burning witches at the stake... lets hope the scientists can come up with some rational answers one of these days... V.L. - Valda Lynen Mon, 05 May 2008 15:51:26 +0100 http://www.rivierareporter.com/content/view/841/132/#comment-130 Very thought provoking. I do take issue with the link between celibacy and sexual practice. I believe that paedophilia (and rape) are not sexual comportments - they are violent ones. After all, one does not need an involuntary second party to get sexual release. In the absence of a consenting partner, masturbation does the job very nicely. If forced sexual abstinence increases the liklihood of sexual abuse against children, is it not also arguable that forced behavioural abstinence (ie: keeping calm and peaceful at all times) also increases the liklihood of violent behaviour as a release? So if rape and paedophilia are violent crimes rather than sexual ones is it not the forced evenness of temper incumbent upon priests that leads to their sometimes atrocious behaviour? Also, are priests more prone to sexual deviance than any other male population? When a priest gets caught it makes the papers and shocks us. But do we pay as much attention when it happens in other predominently male environments like the military or on oil platforms? A couple of centuries ago rape and paedophilia were not only a "normal" part of daily life, they were surprisingly common. Men have a lot to answer for. How many sexual crimes are commited by women? very few. - Nigel H Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:48:35 +0100