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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
I couldn't understand it, especially because of the regard Jesus had for children, imo these perverts have no vocation, they just found a way of getting access to children and got lucky with the way the church dealt with it.
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I'll go off-topic to explain my point but otherwise this bears no relation to the thread.
One of the biggest challenges to Jesus' divinity was the suggestion MM was his wife or even played a part in his ministry. Whereas all of the Bible is important to Christianity, the story of the death and resurrection and subsequent ascension to Heaven of Jesus is paramount to the whole thing. So anything perceived to be challenge to that was discredited (note: I have no concrete proof of this but it is widely believed in non-Catholics) and this includes Mary Magdalen - at the time prostitution was seen as possibly the worst job a woman could take.
So the issue of prostitution to many in Christianity is a sore one. Whereas the safety of children is also important, viewed with all this in mind, it is made slightly clearer why priests may want nothing to do with prostitutes.
And for those who like to misquote me, nowhere have I said (or do I believe) that child abuse is less serious than prostitution.