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	Catholic Church Is "Systemically Paedophile" Says Tory Mep By Damian Thompson The Telegraph September 20, 2010 http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100054433/catholic-church-is-systemically-paedophile-says-tory-mep/ Unbelievable. I’ve just been sent a link to a blog post by Roger Helmer MEP in which he says: It would not be fair to describe the Church as “institutionally paedophile”. So far as I know it has no rules or systems designed to support or promote paedophilia. But I think it would be perfectly fair to describe it as systemically paedophile. He also says: Priestly celibacy is meant to focus the priest’s mind on God’s work, but all too often it seems to focus his mind on altar boys. If you put such priests in charge of the pastoral care of young people, you create both the inclination and the opportunity for abuse. I’d vaguely heard of Helmer as a leading Eurosceptic. Clearly he’s also a bigot. His Catholic constituents are deeply offended by his vile comments, and rightly so.
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