South African Cardinal Issues Apology for Stating Pedophilia Is not a Crime
AT2W: We have heard this before from another case. Many of these church leaders make a lot of excuses for their fellow clergymen. They are offended when people go against them for their wrongdoings and instead of owning up to the crimes, they want the victims to feel at fault for what they did not cause. Only God can judge them but we know someone will burn in hell for the hurt and pain caused by men and women of the church and their blatant disregard for their disgusting acts.
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A South African cardinal on Monday apologized for offending victims of child abuse when he described pedophilia as an illness and not a crime in a media interview.
Victims' rights groups and others said the comments by Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, the Catholic Archbishop of Durban, comments were insensitive, especially given perceptions the Catholic Church has not done enough to root out abuse.
"I apologize sincerely and unreservedly to all who were offended by the botched interview, and especially to those who have been abused and need every help and support that the Church can give," Napier said in a statement.Napier told BBC Radio 5 that pedophilia was a "disorder"and it needs to be treated.
"From my experience, pedophilia is actually an illness. It's not a criminal condition, it's an illness," he had said.He also told the BBC a story about two priests he personally knows who became pedophiles after they were abused as children and therefore required treatment, not punishment.
"That's when the wheels came off. I now stand accused of saying that pedophilia is a mental condition or disorder and not a crime," Napier said in his statement.We agree that pedophilia is an illness because it certainly is not a normal act but IT IS a crime as well. No one with good sense can deny that.
"Child sexual abuse is a heinous crime among other things because of the damage it does to the child. In that concern I include the abused who has become an abuser."
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