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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (17) Slideshow Save Email Print Reprints Most Popular Most Shared Judge tells Mississippi schools to stop segregating 13 Apr 2010 Texas man pleads guilty to hiding money at UBS 13 Apr 2010 Iran not nuclear weapons capable for "at least a year"-Gates 13 Apr 2010 Quake kills 400, schools cave in | Video 10:17am EDT UPDATE 5-Toyota halts Lexus SUV sales after safety warning 13 Apr 2010 Judge tells Mississippi schools to stop segregating 13 Apr 2010 Special Report: Are regulators dropping the ball on biocrops? 13 Apr 2010 Quake kills 400, schools cave in | Video 10:17am EDT Diet can sharply cut Alzheimer's risk: study 12 Apr 2010 Burial move shows cracks in Polish unity on crash 8:18am EDT Vatican under fire for linking gays to pedophilia Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:08am EDT Related News Vatican scoffs at idea of arresting pope in Britain Tue, Apr 13 2010 Priest pedophilia not linked to celibacy: Pope's No.2 Mon, Apr 12 2010 Priest pedophilia not linked to celibacy: Pope's No.2 Mon, Apr 12 2010 Pope willing to meet more abuse victims: Vatican Fri, Apr 9 2010 Cardinal defends pope, denounces "petty gossip" Sun, Apr 4 2010 Related Analysis Homosexuality, not celibacy, linked to pedophilia, says Vatican #2 Vatican scoffs at Dawkins idea of arresting pope while in Britain Vatican puts abuse rules online to quell critics Sex abuse scandals shake Church but not faith < 1 / 2 > View Full Size VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Gay groups and politicians condemned Pope Benedict's number two on Wednesday for calling homosexuality a "pathology" and linking it directly to sexual abuse of children. World The comments made by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone during a visit to Chile, and the controversy they caused, were splashed on mainstream Italian newspapers on Wednesday. The French foreign ministry and some Catholic blogs that support the pope also condemned the cardinal's remarks. As the scandal over sexual abuse of children by priests has spread, some in the Catholic Church have called for a review of the Church's rule that prohibits priests from marrying, saying marriage would allow priests to enjoy a healthy sex life. Bertone, the Vatican secretary of state, who is sometimes called the "deputy pope," told a news conference in Santiago on Monday: "Many psychologists and psychiatrists have shown that there is no link between celibacy and pedophilia, but many others have shown, I have recently been told, that there is a relationship between homosexuality and pedophilia." "This pathology is one that touches all categories of people, and priests to a lesser degree in percentage terms," he said. "The behavior of the priests in this case, the negative behavior, is very serious, is scandalous." Gay rights activists reacted with derision and outrage. "This is a scientific absurdity. The World Health Organization calls homosexuality a variation of human behavior. It is pedophilia that is a pathology, a crime, not homosexuality," said Franco Grillini, a former parliamentarian who was at the vanguard of Italy's gay rights movement. "Because they have their own problems with the abuse crisis and don't know how to handle it, they are trying to pass their 'cross' from their shoulders on to ours," Grillini told Reuters. CATHOLIC BLOG CRITICISES The French foreign ministry called it an "unacceptable linkage that we condemn." Some pro-Vatican Catholic blogs said more controversy was the last thing the Vatican needed. "Pedophilia and homosexuality: Bertone trips up -- again -- on gays," read a post in the Italian-language "Blog of the Friends of Pope Ratzinger." It said the pope might now have to "clean up the mess made by his right-hand man." Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi issued a statement in which he tried to douse the fire caused by the latest mishap. He said Church leaders were not trying to make "general affirmations of a specific psychological nature" and offered Church statistics that showed that two-thirds of incidents of abuse of adolescents by priests involved homosexual priests. A front-page editorial in Rome's left-leaning La Repubblica newspaper titled "The Confusion in the Church" said Bertone's comments would end up causing the Church more "harm to itself, not homosexuals." Bertone was also criticized by Alessandra Mussolini, a right-wing parliamentarian whose grandfather, wartime Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, sent gays into internal exile. "You can't link sexual orientation to pedophilia ... this link risks becoming dangerously misleading for the protection of children," Mussolini said. ArciLesbica, Italy's main lesbian rights group, accused the Vatican of using "violent and deceptive statements" to divert attention from its abuse scandal and said Italian parents should consider removing their children from Church-run institutions. The pope did not make any direct reference to the crisis facing the Church during his weekly general audience. He may address the issue when he visits Malta this weekend. Ten Maltese men who are suing three priests for alleged child abuse have requested a private meeting with the pope. (Writing by Philip Pullella; additional reporting by Crispian Balmer in Paris and Simon Gardner in Santiago; editing by Tim Pearce) World Comments See All Comments (17) | Post Comment Apr 14, 2010 9:27am EDT Homosexuals seem to have lots of friends in high places. Not exactly what you’d expect of a supposedly persecuted minority. Mega Report As Abusive Apr 14, 2010 9:27am EDT It’s worth noting that in every one of the church sex abuse cases, none of them involved pedophilia in the clinical, pathological sense. ALL pedophiles have certain specific characteristics in common, including that they have no gender preference, and that they are only involved in children under a certain age. All the victims identified so far have been adolescent boys, and all the abusers were, in fact, homosexual. That may not excuse the priest’s equating homosexuality and pedophilia. But given that the context was the abuse scandal, and given that all of the cases of abuse so far involved homosexuality and not pedophilia, the linkage or lack thereof is probably irrelevant to the discussion. tizzo Report As Abusive Apr 14, 2010 9:44am EDT The plan to arrest the pope in the UK later this year is factual, and he ought to be arrested and incarcerated just like all the other sexual offenders whether priest or (pardon the pun) lay-man! Equating homosexuality and paedophilia is nothing short of insanity. Most paedophiles are heterosexual, and “tizzo”’s report above echoes exactly my stance. I am outraged at this new slap across our Gay Faces! The world’s gay community is outraged. GayQuizzy Report As Abusive Apr 14, 2010 9:46am EDT How many alter girls have you ever heard of? So no, it’s not “worth noting.” Priests sexually abusing young boys is obviously a crime of opportunity. imjustsaying Report As Abusive Apr 14, 2010 10:15am EDT Tags : Dig ; hole ; deeper . bojimbo26 Report As Abusive Apr 14, 2010 10:18am EDT It baffles me that people are so stupid as to conclude that minority groups with socio-political support are somehow NOT being persecuted. What does “having friends in high places” even mean? Following that logic homosexuals would have equal marriage rights in the U.S. since as the first comments states, homosexuals are not persecuted. When will people realize that by calling the grant of equal rights to groups of people who currently don’t have them a grant of “special rights” is clear proof that gays and lesbians are not considered equal! It’s a red herring, and such circular logic and beliefs threaten all members society. As Orwell wrote, “some pigs are created more equal than others.” soberinps Report As Abusive Apr 14, 2010 10:28am EDT Some of these comments are as appalling as the Cardinal’s statement. The Cardinal is stubbornly misinformed. His attempt to argue that the priesthood has a lower percentage of homosexuals than the general populace, and that homosexuality causes or is linked with pedophilia is a transparent effort to justify the Church’s cover-ups and lack of action. Anyone with the slightest bit of learning, who is acquainted with just one homosexual, understands homosexuals are “born that way” and entirely different from pedophiles who are criminally, mentally ill. The Cardinal’s comments are just bigotry but not surprising-how much has the Church done to protect the human rights of homosexuals over the ages? As a heterosexual former Catholic who attended all male Catholic schools for 12 years, my experience is that the pedophiles were everywhere and no doubt were a higher percentage of priests than the general population. Anyone with half a brain can see that the priesthood, as presently constituted, is a magnet for pedophiles looking for access to children and the ability to control them. I would expect no different excuse though from a bunch of old guys who think that sexual activity is for procreation only, and who oppose contraceptives while doing little in a concrete way to help the world’s starving children. Anyway, one reason I left the Church is because I did not want my children to ever be alone in the company of some of the priests I have met. My children are now thinking adults who have no interest in what the Church is peddling. John54 Report As Abusive Apr 14, 2010 10:30am EDT Once again the gay community becomes the scape goat for the catholic church. I’d like to know what took the church so long in coming out with a statement like this? It was only a matter of time, and is anybody really surprised by it? osito3 Report As Abusive Apr 14, 2010 10:31am EDT in the situation of the priest scandal, the issue is with priests that fit the definition as homosexual rather than, as stated earlier, the clinical definition of pedophilia. considering people in other areas of society who did not take a vow of celibacy have similar issues at a higher percentage (though not as well publicized), the only way celibacy plays a role is in some individuals inability to control themselves. the people who are claiming it presents a case for priests to marry do not understand the very legitimate theological and practical reasons not to change the church’s stance. i find it interesting that people want the pope to be arrested for a problem which he, in fact, worked to correct (according to the john jay college of criminal justice, abuse cases were dramatically reduced in 1981 when ratzinger took on the issue). don’t just rely on the headlines. the catholic community is outraged at the guilty priests and the poor job of the media to present the full truth of the situation. anns82 Report As Abusive See All Comments (17) Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. 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