Sexual Misconduct in the Church, The Art of War, December 3, 2009

Sexual Misconduct in the Church

The Art of War
December 3, 2009

http://samcyrus.blogspot.com/2009/12/sexual-misconduct-in-church.html

In this blog from Reuters, the writer discusses the reactions to recent sex scandals among the clergymen of the Catholic Church, and concludes that church-goers need to radically change the way they view and deal with their spiritual leaders.

The basic point is that clergymen are simply human beings, and need to be treated exactly as such. They have no higher connection to God and certainly no license to commit rape and child abuse. If these crimes were committed by someone in the "secular" world rather behind church doors, the punishment would be great and people's opinions would be strongly affected.

Among Catholics however, we often see congregations refusing to believe allegations of misconduct, primarily because they hold their pastors and church leaders to be oracles of God who are above worldly sins.

This blog entry refutes that and encourages people to wake up to the reality of the situation, and the reality of their clergy. I agree with the article and consider it to be a good example of how the media should cover religion.