On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 16:14:53 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 1/30/2018 3:47 PM, wrote:
>> On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:11:46 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/30/2018 2:45 PM, wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I grew up in Philadelphia that had a mediocre public school system and
>>>>> not notch Catholic school system, one of the best in the country. I got
>>>>> a good education and my parents donated to pay for it. At a fairly early
>>>>> age though, I questioned some of the religious aspects of it.
>>>>>
>>>>> The priest at our church did not prey on the alter boys though. He
>>>>> knocked up a high school girl.
>>>>
>>>> Anything happen to him as a result?
>>>>
>>> No longer a priest and he married her. No idea if they are still
>>> together. He was a good looking young guy that probably should have
>>> taken a different path in life. She was looking for some sort of
>>> counseling and got something to make her feel batter, I guess.
>>
>> That celibacy idea is their undoing. For too long nobody thought it
>> strange seeing a priest with kids but had they seen a non-priest of
>> that age hanging around kids, they would have challenged it. Perfect
>> place for paedophiles to hide, you don't see twigs in forests.
>>
>
>Took a thousand years to come up with that dumb idea. Would be smart to
>change it but that can take another thousand years. Pope has the power
>to change it though.

I think that in the old days celibacy served as a safe heaven for ***
men. These day, unless you're Sheldon, most people can be openly
***/*******. That might help.