Reply #69: What if she were a priest?

[Bridget Burke]

A handsome, young priest who had a consensual relationship with an adolescent male? Well--there's that "age of consent" law that the priest would be breaking. I think he SHOULD be charged.

Quite a few of the priestly child molesters actually had relationships with adolescents. Yes, they committed crimes. Yes, the Diocese should have reported them to the authorities. I doubt any parent would let somebody else "handle" molestation of their pre-adolescent child--but I can see parents wanting to gloss over pseudo-consensual sex involving their teenager.

It would be too cynical to predict a later civil case being filed against the diocese--or school district--which might result in a payoff.