Ex-Christian
April 21, 2009
http://espanol.exchristian.net/2009/04/los-hijos-del-cura-priests-kids.html
[this article is also posted in Spanish]
A very small percentage of Hispanics are non-Catholics. I never was one, and I wrote on my blog the reasons a long time ago. One of the reasons was that growing up I learned about Catholic priests in my country being famously promiscuous. Often it was heard that they chose a special female on an exclusive basis that everybody knew as the "priest's woman" (la mujer del cura).
Fernando Lugo, the president of Paraguay, it appears, used to be a bishop. And now that he left the priesthood to be involved in politics, at least two women have come forward to declare they had a child by him.
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| A child plays near the government palace a day before the inauguration of President-elect Fernando Lugo's government in Asuncion August 14, 2008. Lugo, a former Roman Catholic bishop who once led anti-government marches took over as president of Paraguay, promising to end deeply ingrained corruption and give land to the poor. Photo by |
Lovely! Now everybody knows.
I wonder if those kids were known as children of the priest, as some poor kids I heard of at my mother's pueblo (small village): "Los hijos del cura."
Of course, I am sure that like most men, the president of Paraguay had more than two women. Why wouldn't he? For some devoted catholic ladies, sleeping with the good shepherds is a privilege. They don't mind at all, unless of course, they happen to get pregnant.
What strikes me as interesting is that the culture allows priests the indiscretions; politicians, however, are measured by a higher standard. Isn't that bizarre? That the preacher of good conduct and morals is let off the hook, yet a politician whose job is to run the country is demanded moral perfection?
It is no different from the Bill Clinton scandal. He didn't even "Have sexual relations with that woman," yet he was highly criticized for his Monica Lewinsky mistake. Preachers, on the other hand, are found at fault all the time, yet they're usually forgiven and allowed back in the ministry. The sin is blamed on either the devil's attacks or on the "sluts" that seduce them.
Why, I wonder, didn't the two Paraguayan president's former lovers come forward before? They most likely did. But nobody cared to hear them. It was the bishop, and he could do whatever he wanted.
We should make all suspected pastors and priests politicians for a while, just to see how many children they've added to the "Lord's kingdom."
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