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The child abuse scandal in the Catholic Church stirred the emotions of the Amanpour audience. The majority felt celibacy was not conducive for the priests in the Catholic Church because it propelled them to act on their physical instincts at “some point in life.” According to most viewers, the continued claims of child molestation publicly known throughout the years have been few, compared to the real statistics of these “despicable acts” against children. Overall, the audience expressed extreme disappointment over the decision the Church took to hide these incidents instead of legally prosecuting the offenders.
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Mary Kadesa The catholic church is a big figure in the history of christianism,I think celibaty was abig mistake and that is the cause of this scandals.
Abimbola Ololade Olutobi i have always thought that catholic celibacy is sheer hypocrisy.Except a man is castrated,sexual feelings are inevitable.it is worse for people who have once had sex before becoming priests or nuns.
Mateus Josefina i think priests are human beings,they can make mistakes just like any one of us,The Vatican is responsable for not being fully aware of this.
Fay Wood Exactly, these are criminal acts i haven't seen any prosecutions just priests being moved to another church!
Pedro Lelis it hasn't changed for years, Church always hid it and denied,on the other hand we had children abused that stayed quite fearing threats from the priests . but nowadays they found a big wall to overcome... Social media, Where people can hide themselves but show the truth, fearless . Will they stop denying?
Jim Anthony Kamau the insult to the injury is that the hierachy of the catholic institution goes out of its way to protect its ranks,in many instances these priests are just transferred to other parishes...kids got out of this abuses are educated by the church and every thing is kept hush hush.Ironically its the same church that is in the forefront in anti contraceptive,anti gayand anti abortion!!!!