Melbourne archdiocese spokesman says priest was ‘absolutely not’
equating paedophilia with an extramarital affair in what was an
‘excellent’ homily. The Catholic church in Melbourne has defended comments by a parish priest that likened paedophile priests to biblical adulterers as an “excellent homily” and said only “lazy people” would interpret it as equating an extramarital affair with paedophilia.
The homily, delivered by Father Bill Edebohls at St Mary’s church East Malvern on Palm Sunday and reprinted in full in the newsletter of the adjacent Catholic primary school, as it is every week, replaced the adulterous woman shown mercy by Jesus in a gospel story with a priest accused of paedophilia.
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/apr/15/catholic-church-defends-priest-who-likened-paedophile-priests-to-adulterers
The homily, delivered by Father Bill Edebohls at St Mary’s church East Malvern on Palm Sunday and reprinted in full in the newsletter of the adjacent Catholic primary school, as it is every week, replaced the adulterous woman shown mercy by Jesus in a gospel story with a priest accused of paedophilia.
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/apr/15/catholic-church-defends-priest-who-likened-paedophile-priests-to-adulterers
