https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/distinctly-catholic/journalists-need-draw-distinctions-reporting-sex-abuse-cases
MGB: Without the asexual idealism found rampant in episcopacy and doctrine, young priests having relationships with older teens would not be news in the first place. Eighteen is an evolutionarily late age of consent for sexuality. Going back to early teens would be a bit much, but sixteen and seventeen year olds are not children. Extreme chastity is fine for asexual clergy and sisters, but it should not be imposed on the laity or the clergy. Even with the facts, unless they include grooming an otherwise unwilling partner (outside of normal courtship), such matters are not any of our business and should not be news. Child rape, on the other hand, is never excusable, although it is likely the result of being a victim as well. Whether Ted was ever a victim is lost in his failing memory and possibly diocesan files on abusing priests. Sadly, they are the ones with the blackmail files, not outsiders.
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