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	Celibacy Not to Blame for Pedophilia: Cardinal Edmonton Journal March 30, 2010 http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Celibacy+blame+pedophilia+cardinal/2742611/story.html VATICAN CITY -- A leading Vatican prelate on Monday rejected any link between the requirement of celibacy for priests and the spate of pedophilia scandals rocking the Roman Catholic Church. "Celibacy has nothing to do with the sexual abuse of minors," Cardinal Walter Kasper said, as calls for the church to rethink the tradition grow. "Pedophilia has no connection with the very old tradition that prevents priests from marrying," the German cardinal said in an interview with the Italian daily La Stampa published Monday. "All the experts agree that the vast majority of cases occur in families, not in the church environment," said Kasper, who heads the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
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