Bern, we all know that power breeds corruption in one form or another and it is fairly reasonable to call this outcome "natural" but the point I am trying to stress is that the entire structure of the Catholic church and the ridiculously unrealistic expectations it places on its leaders and followers seems to foster sexual abuse as an inevitability. If natural sexual desires / urges / call them what you like are suppressed and a guilt-based brainwashing established then those natural urges are twisted to unnatural proportions and an abusive outcome is far more likely. The sheer volume of cases would seem to support this.
I don't think the Catholic church should fall, but it should update and reform and get into the 21st century - lighten up a bit! It's only sex weyhey!!
