Opinion: Time for a rethink by the Catholic Church on the sins of sex

AUSTRALIA
The Courier-Mail

MEG PERKINS THE COURIER-MAIL JUNE 03, 2015

KAREN Brooks recently asked why the Catholic community has been silent in the face of ongoing revelations of sexual abuse of children in the Catholic Church.

It seems the alleged cover-ups by bishops and archbishops, as detailed in the Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, have left many Catholics shocked.

Only 12 per cent of Catholics now attend Mass on Sundays, and, as we were taught that missing Mass is a mortal sin, this means that 88 per cent of Catholics have turned their backs on the faith.

The problem with sex, sin and crime in the Catholic Church is much greater than most people realise.

Orthodox teaching holds that all sex is sinful unless a man and a woman are married and intending to create a child.

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