“Pope defends Celibacy Rule amid Sex Abuse Scandals”

Posted by Bhaktin Noelle, Paris, France, 13 March, 2010: “The whole issue within the Catholic Church is about artificial suppression and not about genuine transformation of lust/sex desire. Catholic priests are pseudo/false celibates.

Sex life in the mundane world is the root-cause of being conditioned by the shackles of illusion. This root cause of material attachment cannot be given up by mental/intellectual suppression.

One may artificially check, suppress, these tendencies, but there are many instances that even the greatest yogis of Mahabharata like Visvamitra also failed. The real process is, as it is recommended in the Bhagavad-gita, param drstva nivartante, to become firmly situated on the spiritual platform through bhakti-yoga.

Bhagavad-Gita 2.59: “The embodied soul may be restricted from sense enjoyment, though the taste for sense objects remains. But, ceasing such engagements by experiencing a higher taste, he is fixed in consciousness.”

Pope defends celibacy rule amid sex abuse scandals

Pope Benedict XVI has defended celibacy among priests, saying it was a sign of “full devotion” to the Catholic Church.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8564074.stm
He was speaking at a theological conference before meeting Germany’s top bishop for talks about a new crisis over the sexual abuse of children.

German Bishop Robert Zollitsch apologised again to victims of abuse by German priests.

The Archbishop of Vienna had suggested that the Church should examine celibacy and priests’ training.

‘Honesty needed’

Europe’s Catholic paedophile scandal now affects institutions in Ireland, the Netherlands, Austria and Germany.

In Vienna, Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn wrote in a diocesan magazine that “the issue of priest training, as well as the question of what happened in the so-called sexual revolution” needed to be addressed.

“It also includes the issue of priest celibacy and the issue of personality development. It requires a great deal of honesty, both on the part of the Church and of society as a whole,” he added.

But the Pope said on Friday that celibacy is “the sign of full devotion, the entire commitment to the Lord and to the ‘Lord’s business’, an expression of giving oneself to God and to others”.

He defended “the value of sacred celibacy, which in the Latin Church is… required for ordination and is held in great regard by Eastern Churches”.

Cardinal Schoenborn later clarified his comments saying it would be wrong to say that celibacy was a prime cause of sexual abuse.

“If celibacy is the problem, then without celibacy there should be no sexual abuse but unfortunately this is not the case. We know about cases inside the family,” he said.

“I think the problem is deeper. It has to be seen as a question of personal maturity, how someone relates to his personal development.”

Watchdog praise

At the Pope’s meeting with Bishop Zollitsch, details of accusations made in some 170 cases of abuse by German priests were discussed.
Among the German cases are alleged abuses at a boys’ choir in the 1950s and 1960s.

The choir was once run by the Pope’s brother, but he has said the alleged abuse occurred before he took up his post.

Speaking after the meeting, Bishop Zollitsch reiterated an apology first offered a fortnight ago, and said a watchdog would be appointed.

Bishop Zollitsch also said the pope had praised “the steps taken by the German Bishops Conference, [including] the naming of a bishop as a special counsel”.

Norbert Denef said he was abused for five years from the age of 10 by a priest, and then for a further three years by a church organist.

“Until the age of 40, I thought I was the only one who’d suffered this. I felt I was in a dark place, in solitary confinement,” he told the BBC.

Mr Denef expects the scale of the scandal to grow.

“For every 10 people you hear saying they were abused, you can be sure there are another ten thousand victims staying silent.”

Comments

  1. Acchedya das says:

    PURE MAYA
    Same same but different
    Yes, years ago these things happened in Iskcon also,
    yes we remember the time, we will never forget,
    how many gurukulis still suffer today from it.

    Only this Isklcon GBC doesnt realy care for it, since they dont
    follow what srila Prabhupada wanted them to do.
    Thats the problem.
    Remember all this homosexual problems with this
    australien gay Bhavananda das, who is again in charge
    building tempels in Maya pure…….

    The best cure in my opinion against sexual desire is dive deep into the holy name, if this is not helping, well, better then get married, since living with a woman long enough, makes you lose this taste.
    If not, too bad, than she got you by the balls and you are her slave.
    Maybe then you remember Srila Prabhupadas wise words & take shelter under the lotusfeet of Radha Madana Mohana our sweet lord.
    If you got a better tip, let me know.

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