tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post794663509928843932..comments2023-12-23T00:19:35.005-08:00Comments on ADAM'S ALE: FRIDAY POTPOURRI: WHEN PEOPLE A THOUSAND YEARS FROM NOW READ OUR TEXT MESSAGES, WILL THEY HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT WE WERE SAYING?Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-38995232907970909472010-08-28T12:16:37.550-07:002010-08-28T12:16:37.550-07:00And that prayer at the end of your post is the coo...And that prayer at the end of your post is the coolest thing I ever heard. I think I'll memorize that one.ckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347299406398966275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-10232426856911798522010-08-28T12:15:20.236-07:002010-08-28T12:15:20.236-07:00There is literally 100 times more sexual abuse in ...There is literally 100 times more sexual abuse in the US by public school teachers than priests.<br /><br />Oh, if only public school teachers were allowed to marry we wouldn't have this problem!ckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347299406398966275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-34365631471619285242010-08-27T20:43:53.668-07:002010-08-27T20:43:53.668-07:00The first post seemed like a bit of a non sequitur...The first post seemed like a bit of a non sequitur and the poster seems to have an axe to grind. Not that there aren't issues of repression for some percentage of male celibates. As suggested above, one does not have to be celibate to be repressed. It's conceivable that repression to some degree triggers sexual abuse, and also believable that an abuser would dissociate during the act of abuse. It's also worthy of discussion the degree to which the culture of religious institutions(seminaries, monasteries) may promote repression. But I suspect that there are a lot of pretty well integrated priests and religious out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-22274775907805823902010-08-27T19:54:16.966-07:002010-08-27T19:54:16.966-07:00Father,
The top comment is a form of spam. If it...Father, <br /><br />The top comment is a form of spam. If it keeps up, I think the sending computer can be blocked from posting comments.<br /><br />Those who say that marriage is the answer to this crisis have also not followed their argument to its logical conclusion. Would someone want a man like this for a son-in-law (the husband of one's daughter)? Someone who, if he had not married, would be engaging in sexual abuse? I wouldn't want to marry someone like that. You are right to say that their souls are sick.<br /><br />Thank you for giving the facts to those who are misguided.Cracked Potnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-84798754336854910582010-08-27T18:43:48.396-07:002010-08-27T18:43:48.396-07:00I'm not quite sure where this comment is comin...I'm not quite sure where this comment is coming from (and when you say Yarner it might be that you mean Fr. Yahner?), I fully endorse what I think your view is that those who commit crimes against children (or anyone for that matter) should be held absolutely accountable for their actions.<br /><br />That being said, I must most strongly dissagree with you that the Benedictine lifestyle breeds such actions. If I follow your logic, I would have to find the place where most abuse occurs and eradicate it - and that would be within the family. "Approximately 30% are relatives of the child, most often brothers, fathers, uncles or cousins; around 60% are other acquaintances such as 'friends' of the family, babysitters, or neighbors; strangers are the offenders in approximately 10% of child sexual abuse cases," according to Julia Whealin, Ph.D. (2007-05-22). "Child Sexual Abuse". National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, US Department of Veterans Affairs. http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/pages/child-sexual-abuse.asp. <br /><br />So following your logic we should eradicate marriage, stay away from our relatives, not have babysitters, neighbors, or friends and avoid strangers because obviously these relationship breed offenders.<br /><br />I propose that religious lifestyles do not especially promote what you accuse them of - it originates in sick souls wherever they may be.<br /><br />I invite you to consider this lest we focus only there and lose so many more children to sexual scandal because a misguided prejiduce does not allow us to realize that abuse can happen anywhere if we are not vigilent.<br /><br />If you wish to post such things again I advise you to stay away from slander and find a source for your facts or I will delete your comments.Fr. Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-22077828370147833712010-08-27T17:33:54.673-07:002010-08-27T17:33:54.673-07:00"Vade Retro Satana!, Nunquam Suade Mihi Vana ..."Vade Retro Satana!, Nunquam Suade Mihi Vana - Sunt Mala Quae Libas, Ipse Venena Bibas?" <br /><br />What do you think caused it?<br /><br />What I argue is that these guys represent homosexuality in pure and total repression. This is what successful repression looks like: men so alienated from their own sense of self that their sexual expressions come out in explosive ways.<br /><br />Most priests I talked to who had abused kids described the abuse as though it came upon them with the same kind of sudden surprise that it came upon their victims. This one priest, Father Neil Conway, described waking up - that's the way he described it - waking up in the middle of the sexual "fondling" of those kids. He really believed that he was the victim somehow - even though you have to honestly see that he created the circumstances [that led to the abuse]. that he courted these kids, that he flirted with them, that he really behaved as a predator. But he couldn't see it; he was so fractured in his psyche. That is repression in its purest form.<br /><br />While Yarner has compassion for Conway, he is quick to say the church must take the responsibility of helping Conway's victims.<br /><br />"The evil that has been done must be eradicated," he said.<br /><br />"Everybody must come to the line on this... I only wish our bishops would move quickly with a national policy."<br /><br />Like Yarner, the Rev. William Karg, pastor of St. Sebastian Church in Akron, has been saying daily prayers for victims of abuse by clergy and their attackers. Conway's case hits him personally because the two were friends in seminary and throughout the early years of Conway's priesthood.<br /><br />When he heard what had happened at St. John the Baptist, he didn't know what to think.<br /><br />"The police never came in and there was no criminal investigation and he didn't reveal anything - he left in quite a hurry," he said. "Now, there are no more secrets."Surgam, edax unus multorumnoreply@blogger.com