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Celebrity priest says boys often seducers

Posted on August 31st, 2012 at 14:56 by John Sinteur in category: Pastafarian News -- Write a comment

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NEW YORK, Aug. 30 (UPI) — A New York Catholic priest who hosts a weekly television show said this week teenage boys often seduce men.

The Rev. Benedict Groeschel, 79, also said child sex abusers should not be jailed for a first offense, the National Catholic Register reported.

Groeschel, who has a weekly show on Catholic television network EWTN, made the comments in an interview with the National Catholic Register.

“People have this picture in their minds of a person planning to — a psychopath,” Groeschel said in the interview. “But that’s not the case. Suppose you have a man having a nervous breakdown, and a youngster comes after him. A lot of the cases, the youngster — 14, 16, 18 — is the seducer.”

  1. Kharkov on August 31st, 2012 at 15:59:

    Those poor, poor priests…

    Have they considered sueing the choir boys, young boys etc for forcing the priest to do something he didn’t want to do?

    Perhaps those poor abused priests should stand in the middle of a crowd of parents and tell those parents about how they were ‘forced’ to do things they didn’t want to do (on many occasions) by those predatory young boys. I think the problem wouldn’t repeat after that…

  2. John Sinteur on August 31st, 2012 at 17:09:

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    Mr. Groeschel also posted an apology to the site. “I did not intend to blame the victim. A priest (or anyone else) who abuses a minor is always wrong and is always responsible. My mind and my way of expressing myself are not as clear as they used to be. I have spent my life trying to help others the best that I could. I deeply regret any harm I have caused to anyone,” he said.

  3. Chas on August 31st, 2012 at 21:50:

    Sounds like he has personal experiences.

  4. Sue W on August 31st, 2012 at 23:57:

    Even if true; regardless of how a boy or girl behaves, it is incredibly wrong for an adult to take advantage of them.

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