I have to wonder if this steady stream of sex-abuse scandals will eventually lead to the Latin Rite abandoning the requirement of priestly celibacy.
Because celibate man obviously equals child molester, right?
No. Though perhaps your reaction gives a you an brief understanding of how it feels as a gay man to be equated with the same which the Church essentially did through it's initial hystrical reaction by banning homosexuals from the priesthood.
You seem to be confusing the Catholic Church with Rick Santorum. The Catholic Church does not equate adult homosexual behavior with child molestation... though I can see why you would say that (not being sarcastic, or steel tipped there, I mean that). But as much as I oppose the efforts of some Catholic bishops to "root out" celibate homosexual males in seminaries, and the larger Church, I think we at least need to be clear about the issue and not make over-exaggerated attacks.
I don't believe it is over-exaggeration. Archbishop Silvano Tomasi in September
last year spoke at the UN on behalf of the Holy See and said that the majority of those who committed abuse should not be considered paedophiles but homosexuals who are inclined towards sex with adolescent males.
The link still goes on and the Vatican still propogates that the contributing factor to sexual abuse is homosexuality.
