The Claim That Most Abusive Priests are Gay is "Unwarranted"

I have mentioned William Donohue previously and once again he is showing himself to be a total ass and liar. Donohue is again blaming the Catholic Church;s sexual abuse scandal that has swept across Europe, the USA, Australia and elsewhere on TEH Gays. Obviously, this excuse is easier for Kool-Aid drinking loons like Donohue rather than admit that the bishops, cardinals and Popes whose asses Donohue has so happily kissed over the years are morally bankrupt monsters who ought to be behind bars as accessories to crimes against children and youths. Sadly, Donohue is no more honest that the enablers of child abuse that he mindlessly worships. It is also interesting to observe how Donohue and those like him hold the corrupt Church hierarchy in an idolatrous awe. As Media Matters is reporting, Donohue's effort to blame the sex abuse scandal on gays is unfounded and at least one expert is calling him out on his lies. Here are some highlights:
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One of the researchers responsible for a landmark statistical study of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church says that Catholic League president William Donohue "drew an unwarranted conclusion" from her work when he claimed that "most" of the clergy who committed the abuse have been "gay."
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Explaining that it is an oversimplification to assume to that priests who abuse male victims are gay, Smith said: "The majority of the abusive acts were homosexual in nature. That participation in homosexual acts is not the same as sexual identity as a gay man."

As an example, Smith pointed to the case of Marcial Maciel Degollado, a prominent Mexican priest who allegedly abused male children and also allegedly carried on affairs with multiple women. Smith noted that while Maciel allegedly abused boys, most people would not think of him as a gay man.

In a November 18, 2009, Politics Daily column about Smith's research, David Gibson reported: "What we are suggesting is that the idea of sexual identity be separated from the problem of sexual abuse," said Margaret Smith, a researcher from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, which is conducting an independent study of sexual abuse in the priesthood from 1950 up to 2002. "At this point, we do not find a connection between homosexual identity and an increased likelihood of sexual abuse."
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[F]actors such as greater access to boys is one reason for the skewed ratio. Smith also raised the analogy of prison populations where homosexual behavior is common even though the prisoners are not necessarily homosexuals, or cultures where men are rigidly segregated from women until adulthood, and homosexual activity is accepted and then ceases after marriage.
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"The empirical research does not show that gay or bisexual men are any more likely than heterosexual men to molest children. This is not to argue that homosexual and bisexual men never molest children. But there is no scientific basis for asserting that they are more likely than heterosexual men to do so."
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I continue to believe that the ease of access to boys by priests and the warped psycho-sexual development of many priest who entered seminary schools and high schools without ever experiencing normal sexuality of any kind are the real driving factors behind the problem in the Church.
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On a different note, one positive benefit of the latest round of sexual abuse revelations is that it may torpedo the effort to canonize the less than saintly John Paul II who worked to tak e the Church back to a 13th century mindset. Voice of America looks at this issue that involves increasing evidence that John Paul II protected sexual predators - often for many years. Here are some highlights:
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Five years ago Catholics around the world were mourning the death of Pope John Paul II, who headed the church for 27 years. Now questions have arisen over his record combating pedophile priests and it appears his fast track to sainthood may be slowing down.
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There is more than one reason for this. . . . . The other reasons have do with the child sex abuse scandal by priests currently engulfing the Catholic Church. Pope John Paul II's record in combating pedophile priests is being questioned and a battle has erupted in the Vatican over how he should be remembered. New shadows on Pope John Paul II's image have been cast as revelations about new cases of child sex abuse by priests during his papacy emerge. Victims say he had to be aware and should have done more to stop what was happening.