Father Gino Flaim, an Italian priest, has outraged and humiliated
Catholic Church officials by saying he understands why priests “succumb”
to urges to sexually abuse children, and by deeming homosexuality “a
sickness,”
A priest for nearly half a decade, 75-year-old Father Flaim suggested that children are sometimes to blame, as they tempt priests into sexual relationships: “I can understand pedophilia,” he told La7, an Italian television channel. “I’ve been in lots of schools and I know children. Unfortunately there are some children who look for affection because they don’t get it at home. And perhaps if they find a priest (in whom to confide)… he might succumb. And I understand this.”
https://www.queerty.com/priest-who-called-homosexuality-a-sickness-and-blamed-children-for-pedophilia-dismissed-from-church-20151007
A priest for nearly half a decade, 75-year-old Father Flaim suggested that children are sometimes to blame, as they tempt priests into sexual relationships: “I can understand pedophilia,” he told La7, an Italian television channel. “I’ve been in lots of schools and I know children. Unfortunately there are some children who look for affection because they don’t get it at home. And perhaps if they find a priest (in whom to confide)… he might succumb. And I understand this.”
https://www.queerty.com/priest-who-called-homosexuality-a-sickness-and-blamed-children-for-pedophilia-dismissed-from-church-20151007