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Train up a child in the way he should
go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
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Proverbs 22:6
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As far as we can tell pederasty has always been common in the
Church, although its prevalence has only recently been exposed
publicly. Since early times regulations have been necessary
to control the sexual abuse of children. For example rules required
monks to have separate beds, except the younger ones. These
younger ones, mere boys, were "dispersed among the seniors"
according to the Benedictine rule. No doubt the original intention
was good, but one shivvers to think of the amount of abuse it
facilitated.
Many religious orders have a long history of widespread accusations
against them - the Jesuits for example were a target for Voltaire
(who was himself educated by Jesuits so presumably knew what
he was talking about).
The prevalence of pederast priests in the Catholic Church is
now widely accepted and dealt with elsewhere on this website
(see Celibacy).
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