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[Grakelin]

They're required never to touch men or small children, too.

They are attracted to it because they are deeply moved by their faith and have decided to dedicate their life to what they see as their Deity.

In fact, your post is incredibly offensive to both Catholics and Homosexuals. You're making an implication that homosexuality and pedophilia are somehow correlated.

I highly doubt anybody becomes a Catholic priest because they don't want to be in a relationship. It would make more sense to do something else and just not be in the relationship.

Why don't you say something like:

Teachers - Think about what type of person would be attracted to a profession that requires them to never touch a child. Teachers have never molested a child before, after all.

Businessmen - Think about what type of person would be attracted to a profession that requires them to wear a suit. They must really hate t-shirts, and this is why they went into the business.

Olympic Athlete - Think about what type of person would be attracted to a profession where they sweat all the time. They must have an unhealthy sweating fetish or something.

Bay12 Forumgoer - Think about what type of person would be attracted to a form of entertainment where fat midgets with beards burn kittens in pits of lava. Of course, of all the ones that are anti-social/sociopathic/whatever else, the vast majority probably still don't act on it.

[Aqizzar]

Bay12 Forumgoer - Think about what type of person would be attracted to a form of entertainment where fat midgets with beards burn kittens in pits of lava. Of course, of all the ones that are anti-social/sociopathic/whatever else, the vast majority probably still don't act on it.

Be honest, you know the only reason none of us are on the news is that we're all serial procrastinators.

Anyway, I don't want to have anything to do with the story, since I know nothing about the Catholic church.  As an international relations guy though, I'm very eager to see what becomes of any lawsuits against Catholic hierarchy figures.  After all, the church is not a government, and this is definitely an international legal issue when recurrent offenders are moved between countries.  Interesting proof of whether claiming God is on your side carries any legal weight, as so far it seems to absolutely do.

[SeaBee]

My 2 cents: a child molester, or a person who knowingly covers up child abuse, should be sent to prison for a very long time. I don't care who they are or what position they occupy on the social ladder.

No one should be above that. No one should be untouchable. Raping children is inexcusable. Even for the pope, even if he sits in his Infallibility Throne and decrees himself without guilt, the evidence is a bit more important than his holy bullshit.

And most important of all are the children that need to be protected from sickos.

[Grakelin]

No one should be untouchable.

Except the children.

[Heron TSG]

-snip- the church is not a government -snip-

Vatican city is a recognized country and is a permanent U.N. observer. They issue passports and their own currency. (Both the Vatican Lira and a small amount of Vatican Euro coins depicting the pope.) Most of the population are clergy, but nearly half are diplomats.

[Aqizzar]

-snip- the church is not a government -snip-

Vatican city is a recognized country and is a permanent U.N. observer. They issue passports and their own currency. (Both the Vatican Lira and a small amount of Vatican Euro coins depicting the pope.) Most of the population are clergy, but nearly half are diplomats.

Ah, the Vatican City is a recognized city-state yes, but the Catholic Church itself is still not a government, especially the parts of it in other countries.  It's a multinational organization, with a chief executive officer who just happens to be a nominal head of state (and I don't even know if that's true; does the Pope actually rule the Vatican itself?).  He's still theoretically accountable for what his agents and "employees" do while in other countries.  Maybe.  That's what I'm eager to find out.

[Heron TSG]

The Pope is the Sovereign of Vatican City, which is a sovereign territory in itself of the Holy See. The Holy See is a landless government (yes, a government) technically ruled by 'God' who then tells the Pope what to do. The Holy See also has diplomats and laws and such separate from the Vatican.

[Ampersand]

The historic diplomatic status of a nation has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not the standing Government of a nation is viewed as being legitimate. To the contrary, whether or not a government is considered to be legitimate changes over time for a variety of reasons.

See Saddam Hussein's Iraq.

[Grakelin]

Invading the Vatican to capture the Pope will require some more maneuvering than invading Iraq. It's landlocked inside another country that supports it.

[Emperor_Jonathan]

Invading the Vatican to capture the Pope will require some more maneuvering than invading Iraq. It's landlocked inside another country that supports it.

Parachute troops in from space directly above the Vatican, so to not go through Italian airspace.

[Grakelin]

you're right, I forgot about our space marine anti-pedophile squad

[Vester]

That would be a hilarious use of your tax dollars.

[ChairmanPoo]

I heard that the Church has a piece of Gold of (roughly) forty hundred thousand tons, in a bunker near the center of the Earth, under the watchful eye of the Almighty Green Dwarves. They use it to make the Tower City Rosaries, which give albino monks their magical powers.

[Aqizzar]

The Holy See is a landless government (yes, a government) technically ruled by 'God'...

That's the best possible answer in the world.  The solution to this crisis is obvious.  Sexual abuse has been committed by His employees within His government.  God must be subpoenaed for obstruction of justice.

[Emperor_Jonathan]

Would you arrest God by arresting Jesus?