I saw this headline on the television in the lobby as I was passing through, “Penn. State vs. the Catholic church”. CNN was asking someone how compatible the comparisons are and then they made a blanket statement like, “They both covered up abuse because they were afraid of the consequences if the abuse came out.” O.K. that’s one theory, I believe the story is a lot more nuanced than that.
In the Penn. State case you have an eye witness whose gut check failed him and that failure went all the way up the ladder to Joe Paterno; in the case of the Catholic Church the Bishops received advice from the world of psychology.
It is a different time than that of the Church’s scandal, which peaked in the mid-60s through mid-80s, there are not a lot of psychologists seriously advising that a pedophile could or should be rehabilitated. This was not the case as the Church looked for direction; the direction they received included isolating the pedophile from children and counseling for the offender. These techniques have since been discredited, largely because predators find victims regardless of attempts to isolate them.
The Catholic Church had 6 credible allegations of sexual abuse in 2009, this number was down 36% from 2008, keep in mind that these are 6 allegations against over 40,000 priests and tens of thousands of individuals working for the Catholic Church. You will not hear that reported in the media.
33% of girls and 16% of boys are sexually abused before the age of eighteen, not by priests but by the population at large. In the abuse of girls 29% were relatives and 60% were acquaintances and in boys 16% were family members and 44% were acquaintances. When one compares statistics the unfortunate reality is that the Catholic Church can not only take the “Pepsi Challenge” with any other institution but also against most extended families. Since the vast majority of perpetrators against children are men which highlights the fact that the Catholic Church has become more effective at choosing quality men than women have.
The difference is that the Church has become more insistent on the universal application of its teachings. The sexual abusers in the Church preyed on the willed confusion by some after the Second Vatican Council as they drew from secular and worldly influences and many times saw their victimization as an expression of their liberal Catholic politics. Women from the time of Eve, or Lilith if one buys into all that, have been wooed by secular and worldly influence. Ever wonder why housewives are so desperate? It has a lot to do with the promise made between the friends of “Sex in the City”, to “have sex like men”. The unintended consequences of this leaves their children unguarded against the men they parade through their children’s lives, which is a consequence of imploding families and easy divorce as marriage has as little consequence as sex.
To determine if the “Laissez fare” attitude toward sex and marriage is actually feminist or not one should note which sex is most viscerally hurt through its application over time. Women and children are far more, of course, the ones who bear the brunt of the impact of the policy of no fault sex and marriage. The arguments against a healthy respect of sex, marriage, and family are largely academic and so extremely intellectual, my apologies for the sarcasm, that it leads us back to the campus of Penn. State. The following was lifted from the comments section of the National Catholic Register online from an article entitled “Penn State and the Church”. I left it as is so as not to assume any credit as it does hit the nail on the head.
“In March 2002, when Jerry Sandusky was abusing and molesting young boys, Penn State sponsored and hosted a Conference on Women’s Health and Wellness. Like many virtuous sounding names, e.g., The Second Mile Foundation, the true nature is far more sinister. Patrick Califia-Rice was the keynote speaker at Penn State’s Conference on Women’s Health and Wellness. Califia-Rice is an outspoken advocate of pedophilia and sadomasochism. She (apparently used to be a “he”) wrote books such as “Macho Sluts” and “Public Sex: The Culture of Radical Sex”. Most relevant to the exposure of sex abuse at Penn State is Califia-Rice’s philosophy, which, according to World Net Daily, NAMBLA posts on its website. Here is what the Keynote speaker at Penn State’s Conference believes.
“Boy-lovers and the lesbians who have young lovers are the
only people offering a hand to help young women and men
cross the difficult terrain between straight society and the
gay community. They are not child molesters. The child
abusers are priests, teachers, therapists, cops and parents
who force their stale morality onto the young people in
their custody. Instead of condemning pedophiles for their
involvement with lesbian and gay youth, we should be
supporting them.”
Califia-Rice was the keynote speaker at this Penn State Conference during the tenure of Penn State President Graham Spanier. Last week, of course, the Penn State Board of Trustees fired Spanier. Shockingly, this Conference was not an isolated event on President Spanier’s watch. To the contrary, it appears as if part of Penn State’s mission during President Spanier’s tenure was to promote and encourage all manner of depravity and immorality in the name of academic freedom and free speech. In Feb. 2001, Penn State’s Womyn’s Concerns hosted a “Sex Faire”. This taxpayer funded event included games such as “pin the clitoris on the vulva” and “orgasmo bingo”. It also included a “Tent of Consent” where students were allowed to engage in any behavior they desired. World Net Daily reports other events.
At this time, then Pennsylvania State Representative John Lawless tried to stop these sort of events at Penn State. Not surprisingly, Rep. Lawless objected to Pennsylvania taxpayers funding such events. The Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee held a hearing. At the hearing, Penn State President Graham Spanier said he would not stop such events because Penn State was committed to free speech. When asked if the programs were wrong or immoral, Spanier said “It depends on what your definition of immoral is.”
In the end, Rep. Lawless sadly reported that “You can’t touch Penn State. * * * Football is more important than education and morals.”
Put simply, Penn State supported and sponsored the exact activities that the university now says it finds objectionable and repulsive. President Spanier once testified that those activities were protected free speech. The university’s current about-face is not credible.”
Read more: http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/penn-state-and-the-church?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NCRegisterDailyBlog+National+Catholic+Register#When:2011-11-13#ixzz1drLZXouY
“Boy-lovers and the lesbians who have young lovers are the
only people offering a hand to help young women and men
cross the difficult terrain between straight society and the
gay community. They are not child molesters. The child
abusers are priests, teachers, therapists, cops and parents
who force their stale morality onto the young people in
their custody. Instead of condemning pedophiles for their
involvement with lesbian and gay youth, we should be
supporting them.”
Califia-Rice was the keynote speaker at this Penn State Conference during the tenure of Penn State President Graham Spanier. Last week, of course, the Penn State Board of Trustees fired Spanier. Shockingly, this Conference was not an isolated event on President Spanier’s watch. To the contrary, it appears as if part of Penn State’s mission during President Spanier’s tenure was to promote and encourage all manner of depravity and immorality in the name of academic freedom and free speech. In Feb. 2001, Penn State’s Womyn’s Concerns hosted a “Sex Faire”. This taxpayer funded event included games such as “pin the clitoris on the vulva” and “orgasmo bingo”. It also included a “Tent of Consent” where students were allowed to engage in any behavior they desired. World Net Daily reports other events.
At this time, then Pennsylvania State Representative John Lawless tried to stop these sort of events at Penn State. Not surprisingly, Rep. Lawless objected to Pennsylvania taxpayers funding such events. The Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee held a hearing. At the hearing, Penn State President Graham Spanier said he would not stop such events because Penn State was committed to free speech. When asked if the programs were wrong or immoral, Spanier said “It depends on what your definition of immoral is.”
In the end, Rep. Lawless sadly reported that “You can’t touch Penn State. * * * Football is more important than education and morals.”
Put simply, Penn State supported and sponsored the exact activities that the university now says it finds objectionable and repulsive. President Spanier once testified that those activities were protected free speech. The university’s current about-face is not credible.”
Read more: http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/penn-state-and-the-church?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NCRegisterDailyBlog+National+Catholic+Register#When:2011-11-13#ixzz1drLZXouY
30% of molested children will molest their own children, 80% of 21 year olds who were molested as children meet criteria for some form of mental illness, 14% of men and 36% of women in prison were abused as children, and abused girls are 25% more likely to experience teen pregnancy so the “help” which the child molester offers is inconceivably misplaced and unwanted by the abused child and society at large. This is the humble opinion of this Catholic, who will not walk away from any situation of abuse but jump into the shower and right down the throat of the perpetrator, period.
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