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WHY THE WHE HOE AND FOX NEWS ARE FIGHTG OVER GAY PRI
As ual, hypocril straight, old whe men, guilty of nductg, aidg and abettg rampant pedophilia throughout the church, e the rultg sndal not to addrs their unrlyg rponsibily or the roots of the problem but to st blame on gay men ["For Gay Catholic Prits, New Scty, " Metro, June 24].
Scientific rearch fds that pedophilia is a disease separate om and no way related to homosexualy. Yet your article the pedophilia sndal to raise qutns about homosexual prits, as if the two were terchangeable, when the facts speak to the ntrary. Bickerton * A June 24 Metro article relat the fears of homosexuals who feel they are beg unfairly lked to the pedophilia sndal the Catholic Church.
In fact, the real sndal is that the prs has failed to aquately vtigate the lk between homosexualy and child sexual abe. The report, tled "Homosexualy and Child Sexual Abe, " brgs to light some signifint fdgs: * Pedophil are variably mal: A report by the Amerin Profsnal Society on the Abe of Children stat: "In both clil and non-clil sampl, the vast majory of offenrs are male. " * Homosexuals make up ls than 3 percent of the populatn, not "8 to 10 percent" as your article reported.