Catholic Priestly "Holy" Sex Scandals Are No Less Sinful Than Abortion

 

Selective justice? Well, that seems to be the issue with Roman Catholic sex scandals. I'm amazed at how George Pell would dare address the World Youth Day delegates that priestly sex scandals are supposed to be "less sinful" than abortion. This should be a very questionable claim when you consider that both of them are wrong. Abortion is murder and I don't deny it destroys life. Yet, how many lives have been destroyed by priests "saving souls" by raping altar boys and women? What's even worse is that some Roman Catholics still insist priests save souls even after one "holy" scandal after the other. 

Save lives, save souls, stop abortion? What about saving lives, saving souls, stopping abortion, and stopping those priestly scandals? It's really hypocrisy at its finest when a pastor catches a scandal, some Roman Catholics trumpet it out loud, and may even use it to evangelize people to their side. I don't deny the scandals of the Hyles-Anderson College has had a well-documented history of sex scandals. That's why after many years of supporting the late Jack Hyles - I said don't criticize the Vatican if you support his flock. The same goes for Jimmy Swaggart and Jim Bakker with their sex scandals. Why criticize Swaggart for his adultery while hiding the sins of Rome? Did the Roman Catholic priest by any chance blackmail them that they can't be saved if their sins were exposed?

Besides, may I need to mention that one of the leading sources of abortion is sexual abuse aside from irresponsible sex?  I remembered how it's common to opt for an abortion if you were a victim of rape. Getting pregnant with one's parish priest through rape is no different from getting pregnant from a regular rapist. I wonder is Pell actually trying to encourage priestly rape with what he said? Why can't both sins be equally heinous and damaging? It really proves how trying to establish your own righteousness is a result of being ignorant of the righteousness of God.

Worse, James 2:10-11 says that if you're guilty of one - you're guilty of all. A pedophile priest is going to the same road to Hell as an abortion doctor. Both of them have violated God's standard of life. Fortunately, God is still willing to offer forgiveness to both of them provided that they truly repent of their sins. A pedophile priest and an abortion doctor if ever they repent will abandon their sinful professions to start all over again (1st Corinthians 6:11).