RICK SANTORUM ON GAY RIGHTS AND PEDOPHILES

Comments about the Boston Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal

   In 2005, a controversy developed over comments about Boston, Massachusetts, that Santorum made in a 2002 article about the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal. Santorum (a Catholic) wrote:

It is startling that those in the media and academia appear most disturbed by this aberrant behavior, since they have zealously promoted moral relativism by sanctioning "private" moral matters such as alternative lifestyles. Priests, like all of us, are affected by culture. When the culture is sick, every element in it becomes infected. While it is no excuse for this scandal, it is no surprise that Boston, a seat of academic, political and cultural liberalism America, lies at the center of the storm.

       In response, Julie Teer, a spokeswoman for Governor of Massachusetts, Republican Mitt Romney said,, "What happened with the church sex abuse scandal was a tragedy, but it had nothing to do with geography or the culture of Boston." Senator Edward Kennedy delivered a personal rebuke to Santorum on the Senate floor, saying, "The people of Boston are to blame for the clergy sexual abuse? That is an irresponsible, insensitive and inexcusable thing to say."

The Truth? Undoubtedly Boston tolerates a large homosexual population. Brookline, a town that borders Boston and which has Boston mentioned on its logo, has Barney Frank as its (openly) homosexual congressman for the 4^th Congressional District. But it is indeed unfair to single out Boston and all its people as the source of corruption for Catholic priests. Two religions in the world today stand out as having widespread institutional problems. The first is Fundamental Islam. It refuses to repudiate terrorism. Indeed, it seems to advocate it all too often. The second religion is Catholicism. It chose a former Nazi as pope, helped Nazi war criminals escape prosecution via its Ratlines, and it encourages the recruitment of homosexual priests by refusing priests the right to marry. By contrast, in Judaism, Orthodox rabbis are basically required to get married, as this allows them to fulfill the simple commandment, Be Fruitful and Multiply. The Catholic priesthood will never solve the problem of pedophile priests until it reverses course on the marriage issue. Meanwhile, I am very leery about supporting any candidate who makes excuses for the Catholic Church on this issue.
     During this campaign I have hoped to be able to vote for Donald Trump, but he dropped out. Despite his lead in polls and on my Torah Codes study, I (like most Republicans) cannot get excited about Romney. I thought Rick Perry would be the answer to our needs until he endorsed giving illegal aliens tuition breaks in Texas, but not my own fully American son from Florida. I thought I might hold my nose over Gingrich's hypocracy and vote for him because he's best for American (and Israel) defense needs, but his support of and 1.6 million dollar profit from the Freddie Mack housing debacle was too much for me. That foolishness destroyed my home value. Santorum has handled himself well in the debates. Given the weak field, I can't rule out voting for him in the Florida primary, but if I do it will not be with joy.