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NSFW: Is there a connection between the preached attitude of sex and relationships within Christian communities; in regards to child abuse?
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October 18th, 2016
Quite clearly the Catholic Church has been given a very bad reputation due to its massive child abuse cover up scandals. Not just because of what happened, but also due to the disastrous and incompetent way it way handled.
But the Catholic Church is not the only Christian church or community with this problem. Apparently this sort of child abuse has been going on within the Church of Ireland (who are essentially Anglicans). You can read all about their most recent embarrassment in the link below.
My main question here however, is there a link with what Christian churches are teaching regarding sex and relationships; to what occurs regarding the child abuses cases.
Lets have a reality check here. The fact of the matter is Christian values have always promoted shame for having sex outside marriage, having same sex relationships, and sometimes even engaging in any sexual position that is not standard missionary position. Some Christian interpretations or attitudes even go as far as promoting the idea that sex is not supposed to be enjoyable. They see it as more of a duty to produce children and support the idea of the nuclear family (which isn’t always realistic).
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