Institutional rot implies a previously unrotten state; what we are actually seeing though is the consequence of a poisonous idea held in place by hubris. The poisonous idea is abstinence. Over the course of weeks or months, the male body will eventually ejaculate without any physical stimulation; this is commonly called a wet dream. A vow of true abstinence is guaranteed to fail for a male, because his own body will eventually betray him. Sexuality cannot be contained; our species depends on it. For as long as Catholicism insists upon abstinence for its priests, there will be sexual problems such as child molestation. For the problem of child molestation by priests to ever truly be resolved, the Catholic Church would have to swallow their hubris and accept the fact that sexuality is part of human nature.
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Institutional rot implies a previously unrotten state; what we are actually seeing though is the consequence of a poisonous idea held in place by hubris. The poisonous idea is abstinence. Over the course of weeks or months, the male body will eventually ejaculate without any physical stimulation; this is commonly called a wet dream. A vow of true abstinence is guaranteed to fail for a male, because his own body will eventually betray him. Sexuality cannot be contained; our species depends on it. For as long as Catholicism insists upon abstinence for its priests, there will be sexual problems such as child molestation. For the problem of child molestation by priests to ever truly be resolved, the Catholic Church would have to swallow their hubris and accept the fact that sexuality is part of human nature.