Polish Archbishop Jozef Michalik: Sex abuse happens because of divorce

[trotsky]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/08/polish-archbishop-jozef-michalik-sex-abuse-comments-_n_4065751.html

WARSAW, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Poland's most senior Catholic cleric said children with divorced parents were sometimes more vulnerable to sexual abuse by priests, remarks that prompted a storm of outrage though the church later said it was a slip of the tongue.

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In comments shown on Tuesday by broadcaster TVN24, Michalik said child sexual abuse by priests was unacceptable, but the debate about it needed to be broadened out beyond the immediate physical or psychological wounds inflicted on the victims.

"And one has to say ... how many wounds are inflicted when parents divorce? We often hear that this inappropriate attitude (paedophilia), or abuse, manifests itself when a child is seeking love," said the clergyman, who is head of the Roman Catholic episcopate in Poland.

"It (the child) clings, it searches. It gets lost itself and then draws another person into this."

Disgusting how the church continues to try and blame others for the crimes it has covered up.

[niyad]

1. so the child seduces the priest? how utterly despicable. apart from the flagrant nonsense, what

they are also saying is that these priests have absolutely no sense of self-control or discipline, or ethics or. . . .

[trotsky]

5. Yes. And what's even more disgusting is that in the "apology" for these remarks...

he didn't apologize for saying that the child seduces the priest, what he apologized for is implying that the child intentionally does it.

His "clarification" was that the seduction is still the child's doing, but they can't help themselves because their parents divorcing caused them to do it. The child him/herself is still innocent.

See how much better that is??

[polly7]

2. The child/'it' is to blame for drawing in the priests. Horrible. That senior cleric is sick. nt.

[skepticscott]

3. That senior cleric

is just following the lead of his former pope, and the culture of his church in general, and blaming anything and everyone except the guilty parties and and organization that supports, protects and abets them in their crimes of child rape.

[polly7]

4. That's true, sadly. nt.

[niyad]

6. will be interesting to see if francis has anything to say in response.

[niyad]

7. this insane mentality is only one of many reasons I am an ex-com catholic.

[niyad]

8. also makes me wonder just how many "its" he has abused.

[Humanist_Activist]

9. Christianity is predicated on the whole "we are all sinners" bullshit...

and people are surprised that this man blames victims? He not only is following the thoughts of the previous Pope, and possibly the current one, but much of the doctrine of his own Church as well.

[niyad]

10. the mental gymnastics in the comments section defending this sicko, claiming that he is shedding

light on a serious problem, and defending the actions of the church in general, are sickening.

[hrmjustin]

11. Sick thoughts from this guy.