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Originally Posted by DapperButch

Awwww, come on, my friend....

Patriarchal power structure does not make a person attracted to prepubescent children.

Don't you think you are reaching a bit on this one?

(and you know this is just a friendly poke, right?)

Oh, yup, I do, friendly poke!

No, I get what you are saying and agree. My comments are about the power dynamic of molestation/sex abuse and how powerful priests are regarded to be to Catholic school kids. I probably wasn't being clear. So much is really not sexually related with certain types of abusers. Its about power and control. Something that I see missing often in the reports of the catholic priest cases is information about the priests actual attraction to children.

The Catholic hierarchy just strikes me with the numbers of reported cases. And of course being raised Catholic and having been subjected to it as a female.