Father Benedict Groeschel calls Jerry Sandusky a “poor guy” and adds this (via Atrios):
“People have this picture in their minds of a person planning to – a psychopath. But that’s not the case. Suppose you have a man having a nervous breakdown, and a youngster comes after him. A lot of the cases, the youngster — 14, 16, 18 — is the seducer,” Groeschel is quoted as saying in the interview, which is no longer available on the paper’s website.
The interview, billed as a reflection on the 25 years since Groeschel founded the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal order, covered many topics, but has gained attention for Groeschel’s comments on child sex abuse.
“Well, it’s not so hard to see. A kid looking for a father and didn’t have his own — and they won’t be planning to get into heavy-duty sex, but almost romantic, embracing, kissing, perhaps sleeping, but not having intercourse or anything like that. I’s an understandable thing, and you know where you find it, among other clergy or important people; you look at teachers, attorneys, judges, social workers,” he said.
So I guess when a priest rapes, it’s not legitimate rape? Or is it non-forcible rape? Between the Republicans and Catholics lately, I just can’t keep my rape types straight. All I know is that when you ask old white guys about rape, you find that there’s very little of it, and most of it was solicited in some often imperceptable way.
BTW, this guy has a PhD in Psychology from Columbia.