{"id":376,"date":"2017-03-09T17:22:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T22:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/?p=376"},"modified":"2017-03-09T17:22:31","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T22:22:31","slug":"sex-scandal-shakes-catholic-church-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/376","title":{"rendered":"Sex Scandal Shakes Catholic Church In Italy…"},"content":{"rendered":"

As The Roman Catholic Church continues to cling to\u00a0celibacy for Priests the Church is again embroiled in scandal.<\/p>\n

ROME <\/a>(RNS) Lurid accusations of priests involved in sex orgies, porn videos and prostitution have emerged from several parishes in Italy recently, sending shock waves all the way to the Vatican and challenging the high standards that Pope Francis has demanded of clergy.<\/p>\n

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In the southern city of Naples, for example, a priest was recently suspended from the parish of Santa Maria degli Angeli over claims he held gay orgies and used internet sites to recruit potential partners whom he paid for sex.<\/p>\n

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In the northern city of Padua, a 48-year-old priest, the Rev. Andrea Contin, is facing defrocking as well as judicial proceedings amid accusations he had up to 30 lovers, some of whom he took to a swingers\u2019 resort in France.<\/p>\n

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Since his election the pope has taken a tough line on ethical behavior in the church though he has also recognized the reality of human imperfection and personal flaws.<\/p>\n

In recent weeks he has spoken out many times against \u201ctemptation,\u201d and last week he told a gathering of clergy at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome that faith could not progress without the challenge of temptation.<\/p>\n

\u201cTemptation is always present in our lives. Moreover, without temptation you cannot progress in faith,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe remedy for those who succumb to temptation is forgiveness and a fresh start,\u201d Ivereigh told RNS. \u201cThe problem is when priests turn their backs on the people, lead hidden lives and end up justifying their conduct. That\u2019s corruption.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it\u2019s only possible in the priesthood because of clericalism. That\u2019s why the pope is so intent on rooting it out.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Maybe it is time for the Church to come to grips with the reality it is unwise to expect humans to act in ways that are, well, completely unnatural for humans.<\/p>\n

One can commit their lives to accomplishing the works of Christ and the Church without denying one of life’s most basic\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0necessary needs.<\/p>\n

Something tells us that at base level this is about power. Like so many other things.<\/p>\n

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As The Roman Catholic Church continues to cling to\u00a0celibacy for Priests the Church is again embroiled in scandal. ROME (RNS) Lurid accusations of priests involved in sex orgies, porn videos and prostitution have emerged from several parishes in Italy recently, sending shock waves all the way to the Vatican and challenging the high standards that … Continue reading Sex Scandal Shakes Catholic Church In Italy…<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religion"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8ovtF-64","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":230,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/230","url_meta":{"origin":376,"position":0},"title":"Sweeden Pushing The Envolope On Novel…","author":"Les","date":"February 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A local official in Sweden has a novel proposal to improve work-life balance and lift the local birthrate: give municipal employees an hourlong paid break each week to go home and have sex. 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