Catholic Priests and Human Sexuality
8 April 2002
written by Rick Imamoto
Like a mighty river driven by the unbridled forces of nature, human sexuality has made its way through the cracks of the dam put up by the Catholic Church. The flow of human sexuality is obviously not meant to be suppressed or denied, as evidenced in recent widespread allegations against members of the Catholic priesthood in regards to child molestation.
So, why not allow the priests to marry and have sex?
After all, these priests are only human, just like the rest of us. Can we reasonably expect them to be superhuman, in asking them to deny and shut down the sex drive that nature designed all of us to have? These priests have tried in vain to supress their sexuality by the command of the Catholic Church, only to have their sexuality rise up behind closed doors, victimizing the young and the innocent.
When will the Church recognize that sexuality is a natural element of human life, an element that should not be suppressed or denied?
There are inherent drives within each and every one of us, hunger that drives us to eat food, thirst that drives us to drink liquids, as well as sexuality that drives us to find satisfaction. To deny anyone from partaking in food or liquids, would be deemed as cruel and unusual punishment, yet the Catholic Church has attempted to suppress a drive that is equivalent to both hunger and thirst.
All for the sake of a so-called morality that is not apparent to this mind.
The mighty river of human sexuality shall continue to flow in spite of any attempts to block or supress its flow. Damming up human sexuality will only serve to flood the Catholic Church in additional scandal and shame.