Vatican Secretary Of State Suggests Relationship Exists Between Homosexuality And Pedophilia

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican secretary of state, the second highest authority within the hierarchy said Monday that the sex scandals the Roman Catholic Church are currently managing are connected to homosexuality, and not the vow of celibacy priests are required to take. Bertone made the stunning comments at a news conference in Santiago, Chile, where one of the most disturbing pedophile cases involves a priest, Father Jose Andres Aguirre, having sex with underage girls. Many psychologists and psychiatrists have demonstrated that there is no relation between celibacy and pedophilia,” said the Cardinal, “But many others have demonstrated, I have been told recently, that there is a relation between homosexuality and pedophilia. That is true. That is the problem.” Rolando Jimenez, the president of the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation in Chile, said “neither Bertone nor the Vatican has the moral authority to lessons on sexuality. This is a perverse strategy by the Vatican to shirk its own ethical and legal responsibility by making a spurious and disgusting connection.”