BF2S Forums What is it with organized religions that attracts preverts??

Sex-abuse report rocks Irish Church 

Oct. 27, 2005 (CWNews.com) - Both Church and government leaders in Ireland have been shaken by the October 25 publication of a report showing a systematic failure to curb sexual abuse by priests in the Diocese of Ferns.

The report, prepared under the direction of former Supreme Court Judge Frank Murphy, uncovered more than 100 allegations of abuse by 26 priests of the Ferns diocese. The report covered the years between 1962 and 2002; it was based on a government investigation that lasted more than 2 years.

The report on the Ferns investigation faulted police and local officials for their failure to follow up aggressively on complaints of sexual abuse. But the most scathing criticism was leveled against Church leaders who covered up charges, silenced accusers, and ordained "clearly unsuitable men into the priesthood."

The government investigation of the Ferns diocese was organized in 2002, shortly after the resignation of Bishop Brendan Comiskey. Bishop Comiskey had become the focal point for complaints about the Irish bishops' handling of sex-abuse cases, especially after the 1999 suicide of Father Sean Fortune, a priest of the Ferns diocese, who was facing criminal charges on a series of sex-abuse complaints.

Bishop Donal Herlihy, who preceded Comiskey as the head of the Ferns diocese, is also heavily criticized in the report. Bishop Herlihy, who died in 1983, is said to have ordained men whose aberrant behavior was already manifest, and transferred abusers from one parish to another to avoid public disclosure of their misbehavior.

Bishop Eamonn Walsh, who was appointed to head the Ferns diocese after Bishop Comiskey's hurried resignation, said that the report "is a sober reminder to me and to the priests of the Diocese of Ferns of the depth of damage that has been done to those who were abused by priests." Apologizing to the victims, he said: "There are no excuses for what has happened in the past."

The prevalence of sexual abuse uncovered in the Ferns diocese rivals any revelations elsewhere in the world. The number of priests credibly accused of molesting children-- 26, of whom 8 are now dead-- represents nearly 10 percent of the total number of priests who served in the Ferns diocese during the period under investigation.

Archbishop Sean Brady of Armagh conceded that the allegations contained in the 270-page Ferns report "make for very uncomfortable readings." The Irish primate said: "The betrayal of trust is horrendous."

Pug this has really nothing to do with being religious or not, this has more to do with the draw to Priest hood. I know that there are Child molesting Teachers and every other walk of life but between what's going on with the mormons and the Church doesn't it seem like it has some sort of draw to these type of people? Do you think that they are going to the Church to "CURE" themself?

I'd have to agree with you on serval points about the news media and following the story. But IMO I feel that there is a draw to priesthood for want to be sex offenders like a Alcholic going to AA.. That's what I'm asking?

Well, you also have to consider that this case is not isolated.  The FLDS have been arranging marriages with girls of that age for some time and on numerous occassions.  They don't see it so much as preferring young girls for sex as it is simply the age at which girls are expected/allowed to get married and part of their belief system...albeit a pretty fucked up one.

Just to give you an idea of how scarry their beliefs are, the town kind of considers itself to be a country unto itself.  They can at any time, for any reason, excommunicate a member.  If that member happens to be a male, his wives and property are taken away and given to another man, and he has to leave the town.

"Isn't it crazy with all these church scandals? I'm beginning to understand how all those Bibles ended up in hotel rooms." —Jay Leno 

BTW The_Shipbuilder You are right on the money.

cpt.fass1 wrote:

I'd have to agree with you on serval points about the news media and following the story. But IMO I feel that there is a draw to priesthood for want to be sex offenders like a Alcholic going to AA.. That's what I'm asking?

Oh sorry.  I guess I'm saying "probably not" or "same as everyone else".

PS. It's ironic you are bringing this up on Michael Jackson's 48th birthday....

As was already mentioned, positions of power are the key.  Church leaders are supposed to moral people that can be trusted, which is a double whammy of power and trust.  I think that is the draw to a large degree.

You said numbers.

Let's see them.

% of Teachers
% of Priests
% of Population

Ahh...Damn the Man.  You are deprived of the basic necessities of life, much like Michael Jackson wishes he could celebrate his birthday by spanking 48 boys.

You would only need to research it as curiousity.  It would be interesting to see.

See also if you can get the % of Michael Jacksons' while you're at it...

Last edited by Pug (2006-08-30 05:58:16)

LOL I made an edit from "I would be interesting to see"
to "It would be interesting to see".

Sorry, I didn't mean to out myself as Chester yesterday.  LOL.

u are taking this post to religions are guied by perverts or something like that, but there are everywhere teachers, nannys , even in clans of games it happens, all works or places who have kids near there are a chance to be a pervert there.

Nope I'm asking a question.. I don't feel that organized religions attracts preverts would be an answer if that's your feeling.

IMO some people when younger have urges that are wrong and their relougious backing(what ever reliogion it is) reinforces that it is wrong. So they either flock to a reliougion where it's right see the mormons about or join a religion that shuns it and try's to subdue the urges like in the Catholic church... I'm not saying all just some Clergy men might have been drawn to the church because they were bad men and wantted to make them selves better. Cause let's face it the bottom line of most religions is betterment through control