What I learned when reading about the Catholic Church's pedophiles is that priests don't necessarily have to be gay to go after young boys (at that time, it was estimated about half of priests were gay...this was like 25, 30 years ago). Some, of course, did go after little/young girls but many went after boys/young men for a variety of r…
What I learned when reading about the Catholic Church's pedophiles is that priests don't necessarily have to be gay to go after young boys (at that time, it was estimated about half of priests were gay...this was like 25, 30 years ago). Some, of course, did go after little/young girls but many went after boys/young men for a variety of reasons - gayness being only one of them. Other reasons included not being clear on their sexuality, not being properly trained for the priesthood (at that time there was *zero* training on how to handle eternal singlehood and fleshly desires), some who were simply sexually inexperienced. One sick practical reason was that boys are less likely to tell than girls, and don't have a telltale hymen to break.
I suspect that goes for the population at large. You're right, you don't have to be gay to go after your own sex - some men are on the down low, and others explore while married (think of all the Christian 'family values' politicians caught porkin' dudes somewhere).
What I learned when reading about the Catholic Church's pedophiles is that priests don't necessarily have to be gay to go after young boys (at that time, it was estimated about half of priests were gay...this was like 25, 30 years ago). Some, of course, did go after little/young girls but many went after boys/young men for a variety of reasons - gayness being only one of them. Other reasons included not being clear on their sexuality, not being properly trained for the priesthood (at that time there was *zero* training on how to handle eternal singlehood and fleshly desires), some who were simply sexually inexperienced. One sick practical reason was that boys are less likely to tell than girls, and don't have a telltale hymen to break.
I suspect that goes for the population at large. You're right, you don't have to be gay to go after your own sex - some men are on the down low, and others explore while married (think of all the Christian 'family values' politicians caught porkin' dudes somewhere).