{"id":4300,"date":"2010-04-17T08:20:41","date_gmt":"2010-04-17T08:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/04\/blame-it-on-tv.html"},"modified":"2010-04-17T08:20:41","modified_gmt":"2010-04-17T08:20:41","slug":"blame-it-on-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/04\/blame-it-on-tv.html","title":{"rendered":"Blame it on TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThat’s what a bishop in Mexico is doing. He blames pornography, sex education and erotic TV progams for the sex abuse scandal.<\/p>\n

From SKY news:<\/a> <\/p>\n

\nA Roman Catholic bishop in Mexico has sparked outrage by suggesting eroticism on television and internet pornography were to blame for child sex abuse by priests.<\/p>\n

He also claimed sex education in schools was making it more difficult for priests to remain celibate.<\/p>\n

Bishop Felipe Arizmendi was speaking as the Pope prepared to visit Malta where he is expected to meet victims of abuse by Catholic priests.<\/p>\n

“With so much invasion of eroticism, sometimes it’s not easy to stay celibate or to respect children,” he told an annual meeting of bishops near Mexico City.<\/p>\n

“If on television and on the internet and in so many media outlets there is pornography, it is very difficult to stay pure and chaste.<\/p>\n

“Obviously when there is generalised sexual freedom it’s more likely there could be cases of paedophilia,” he added.<\/p>\n

His comments have been denounced by the Mexican Association for Sexual Health, a group of professional counsellors and educators.<\/p>\n

“Those of good conscience in the church should stop this absurdity and find good help,” the group said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“Blaming the problems that the Catholic Church has had with priests’ sexually abusing minors on sex education makes no sense,” it added. “It borders on the pathetic.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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