With the introduction of artificial birth control, the seeds of the sex abuse scandal were sown.That's what the Catholic Church would have us all believe.
The bishops studied the seminarians of the 1960's and 1970's. They examined the society from which these budding priests came. They concluded that society's discarding of sexual prohibitions resulted in the sexual abuse of children that has nearly bankrupted the Church.
It's not homosexuality to blame, even though more boys were abused than girls. The Church being so male-oriented, you see, there's more boys around to be molested.
It's not celibacy that's to blame. Ordering a normal male to refrain from sex does not attract an element unsure of its sexuality or seeking a hiding place from deviant thoughts.
The study also blames stress and lack of preparation and improper monitoring. Does that mean that men entering the priesthood in the 1930's through the 1950's were calm, prepared, and kept under a watchful eye? And when the sexual revolution struck, all the rules at the seminaries went away?
In Ireland, the sexual and physical abuse of children predates the sexual revolution era of the Swinging Sixties.
To claim that changing social mores resulted in a blossoming of priestly perverts is to assume that the laity is stupid.
After five years of study, this is the best they can come up with?
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