Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican's Number 2: Priest Pedophilia Linked To Homosexuality

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican's Number 2: Priest Pedophilia Linked To Homosexuality

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/12/tarcisio-bertone-vaticans_n_534837.html



SANTIAGO, Chile — The Vatican's second-highest authority says the sex scandals haunting the Roman Catholic Church are linked to homosexuality and not celibacy among priests.

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican's secretary of state, made the comments during a news conference Monday in Chile, where one of the church's highest-profile pedophile cases involves a priest having sex with young girls.

"Many psychologists and psychiatrists have demonstrated that there is no relation between celibacy and pedophilia. But many others have demonstrated, I have been told recently, that there is a relation between homosexuality and pedophilia. That is true," said Bertone. "That is the problem."

His comments drew angry reactions from Chile's gay rights advocates.

[NashVegas]

1. Tell It To the Girl Children

Who grew up being schooled by the nuns, which biblical women were supposed to be their role models, while Father whats-his-name was teaching them the other side of things.

[fascisthunter]

2. ironic... if what the bible says is truth, then this guy is going to hell

throwing humans under the bus as a way of defense is probably one of the lowest acts of man... this guy would vote Republican.

[donco6]

3. You had to know we'd get blamed sooner or later.

I mean, they blame earthquakes on us already.

[Walk away]

8. Don't feel too bad, they are apparently blaming Jews as well.

Can Gypsys be far behind?

[HughMoran]

4. The Catholic Church - anti-gay, misogynist, arrogant

[jwirr]

5. Hmmmm - during a presser about a priest having sex with little girls

the Cardinal says it is all about homosexuality? This statement does not make any sense at all.

[xchrom]

6. Yet another one. So have JPII and Ratzinger

Admitted to being pedophiles yet?

[RKP5637]

7. Frankly, he looks pretty freaky to me. Nice hat. When will they realize the

whole world does not recognize them as kings and fall for their indoctrination and demeaning BS. These are the same guys that inflicted horrific torture on People. Less than a zero in my book. It also needs to be called for what it is, all about politics, money making and building empires. And setting themselves up on tin pedestals.