Brazilian archbishop: all teenagers are 'spontaneously homosexual'

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Telegraph

Brazilian archbishop: all teenagers are 'spontaneously homosexual'
A Brazilian archbishop said adolescents are "spontaneously homosexual" and in need of guidance.
Published: 3:56PM BST 06 May 2010

Speaking at a Brazilian bishops' conference, Archbishop Dadeus Grings - a conservative priest who has made controversial statements in the past said that society's woes are being reflected in the sex abuse scandal enveloping the Roman Catholic Church.

"Society today is paedophile, that is the problem. So, people easily fall into it. And the fact it is denounced is a good sign," said Archbishop Grings.

The comments come as the church is under fire for a sex abuse scandal touching all corners of the globe - and three weeks after Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the No. 2 official at the Vatican, said at a news conference in Chile that the sex scandals were linked to homosexuality and not celibacy among priests.

There have been several cases of priests allegedly abusing children that have surfaced in Brazil in recent months.


Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/brazil/7686292/Brazilian-archbishop-all-teenagers-are-spontaneously-homosexual.html

[ensho]

1. Dadeus is spontaneously religiously insane

teens should keep at arm's length from him

[izquierdista]

10. Religiously insane -- now there's a redundancy

Why anyone would take sexual advice from a celibate man in a dress is beyond me.

[saigon68]

12. As long as Mr Winkie resides inside his dress

[Deep13]

2. If it's spontaneous, then how can it be sinful? nt

[jmm]

I was such a boring teenager.

My spontaneous impulses were limited to stuff like dying my hair.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

3. Spontaneous Homosexuality when Preists Father Children

Priests who father children with female members of their flock are really just imagining they are having sex with their boyfriends.

Obviously all good Catholics know that. Certainly all good priests, bishops, and Cardinals do!

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[shraby]

5. What the hell is that supposed to mean?? It makes not one

whit of sense.

[tishaLA]

24. I'm trying to figure it out, too

[benld74]

6. Another Conservative comment brought to you by the AB or Brazil - Dont throw stones AB!!!

[alfredo]

7. We call it "any port in a storm." At that age you have to

try a bit of everything to see where you are on the sliding scale of sexuality. Some know exactly where they are, they're just horny.

Asking a priest for advice on sexuality is like asking a dog for advice on cooking zucchini.

[supernova]

8. Another example of the RCC

hiring people who don't have a clue about human sexuality.

[Demeter]

9. It Must Be a Gift From God

No one could be smart enough to come up with this kind of statement on his own, and the odds of it happening "spontaneously" are pretty slim. And I'd bet any money that his superiors had no input into it either--they in the same intellectual class, after all.

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[SoapBox]

13. WTF?

...man, this guy needs some SERIOUS help.

Get him away from everyone! He's dangerous...

[Metta]

14. He's on to something and sorting out that part of adolescent development is complex.

However, in their case, I believe that the church's sexual scandals come out of celibacy which comes out of their patriarchal model. Feminie models are just much softer and encourage coming together.

[anachro1]

15. I disagree

I think the teenager becomes what a priest rapes them into becoming. That is neither gay nor straight; just fucked up and unable to ever trust again.

[ensho]

18. kick

nt

[sakabatou]

16. ...

[hedgehog]

17. Does that mean that all teenagers are spontaneously inherently disordered?

just a little inside baseball......

[alp227]

19. Just another jackass covering up and making excuses for a crooked church n/t

[struggle4progress]

20. Y'know, when I was a kid, we read Freud and accepted the "polymorphous perversity" of humanity.

Homosexual contacts between adolescents are not that rare, nor is it terribly uncommon for heterosexuals to have had homosexual experiences at some point in their live

As a general rule, of course, the Catholic hierarchy tends to be neither hip nor graceful in discussing sexuality. But I don't know what the Archbishop actually said, and the Telegraph is a lousy source, since they'll omit context and pick a translation in whatever way generates the most controversy

[SoxFan]

21. Rock Hudson homosexual or Freddie Mercury homosexual?

We need this cleared up.

[fascisthunter]

22. and archbishops tend to be 'spontaneously pedophiles'

sound fair to you Mr. "oh so Holy Know-it-all"?

[AngryOldDem]

23. Well, that's a new one.

I gotta hand it to them -- they're creative.

Anything to avoid admitting their own culpability.

[Arkana]

26. If only those altar boys weren't so sexy.

Then the Church wouldn't have all these problems!

So whose fault is it REALLY, hmmmmmm?????

[boppers]

25. Project much?

Grings just gave us some insight into *his* teen years, methinks,

[The abyss]

27. Recommend

Judi – thanks for bringing to DU!

The religious loonies are still with us.

[Dorian Gray]

28. I don't know what that means....

maybe it's the translation.

"Society today is paedophile, that is the problem...."


Huh?