Why are pedophilia-hiding, child-abusing church fathers allowed to write laws about women's bodies?

[lagizma]

"Most Catholics take a flexible view of the church's teachings on sexuality. They use birth control -- how else could Italy, Spain and Poland have among the lowest birthrates in the world? They divorce and remarry, use condoms to prevent STDs, undergo in vitro and other banned fertility treatments and even have abortions. Yet there were the bishops

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[brdgt]

Great article - thanks.

[yenniemonster]

You may find this interesting: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125583443&sc=fb&cc=fp

Julianna Baggott on leaving the church but not the faith.

[somethinghead]

Comedian Greg Fitzsimmons spoke on his podcast about going to a Catholic mass and the priest explained that he was married to the Church but that sometimes you could get angry with your spouse or even be ashamed of your spouse and that right now he still loved the Church but felt angry and ashamed about what they've done. He respected the guy for being able to face the controversy openly and be critical.