Hannelore, you wrote: //I know married clergy men can have unnatural sexual tendencies as well ( I'm talking about pedolphiles here), but I wonder if these priests (and I'm sure they are in the minority), who may have been "normal" when they entered the clergy, developed these tendencies because those young children were there and are manipulative.// I hope I misunderstood you. It sounds like you are saying that the CHILDREN are manipulative. As an expert on Child Sexual Abuse, I have to make it clear to everyone that in no way, shape, or form is a child responsible for the abuse. Children cannot and do not manipulate themselves into CSA. The abuser is totally responsible and accountable.
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