Pope Francis is a courageous man; and some would argue a traitorous Pope! Why? Admitting that there are pedophiles in the celibate priesthood, is tantamount to being a traitor to the lie that has held together Catholic "sexual policy" for the past two hundred years.
It is a known fact that Americans as a whole, are more Puritan than open about sex. Americans loathe real honesty about sexuality -- because then they might have to admit their addictions to porn, infidelity, birth control, etc. in the face of tremendous pressure to preserve the family, sex-only-inside-marriage, and other fictions. There are families of course -- but they do not gleam like the 1950's All Electric Kitchen, nor do they cross all facets of sexual persuasion each time like "Modern Family."
American families are just normal, messy, sometimes-screwed-up, sometimes-unfaithful, always interesting groupings of people under pressure -- people in love -- people who lust.
Even worse than the ironic American view of sex, is the Catholic Church's absolutely mythic view of sex by rubric; sex ex cathedra, sex without compassion, sex without understanding. How does the Catholic Church deal with those who are born different (hermaphrodites, or those "wired" gay facing a straight dictum, or those who are duly attracted to both sexes?). The answer is simple: "not very well."
If you happen to be an American Catholic, like I was for so long -- you are truly confused and ashamed about just about everything you understand and don't understand about sex. You must find your own way -- neither the Church nor your American upbringing can be your guide!
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