The most provocative thing I heard said about the Roman Catholic sexual abuse scandals was this: any sexual abuse that happened is small compared to the ordinary and accepted psychological abuse of children contained in teaching them about hell and everlasting punishment. The major abuse of children is not in the aberrations of the institution but deep in its theology.
I think this charge has some merit. I keep coming back to it.
Posted by shea0017 at June 18, 2004 12:32 AM