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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.
The prevalence of pederast priests in the Western Churches
is now widely accepted and dealt with elsewhere on this website
(see page 478).
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