Molestation stories in the L.A. Times

Have you seen the L.A. Times article (click on this post's title) today about an Orange County youth hockey coach pleading guilty to homosexually assaulting three boys, ages 11-13? Tomorrow he could get up to 18 years to life in prison.

Let's see the liberal news media blame this on celibacy. Somehow, I don't think the hockey center the coach worked for asked any of its employees to take vows of celibacy.

If you read the L.A. Times, you know that about twice or more every week they carry news stories about non-clergy -- usually government school employees -- being arrested, convicted or sentenced for committing sex crimes against children or teenagers.

Celibacy is not a contributing factor in any of those crimes.

Now, obviously, my pointing this out is NOT to minimize in any way the scope and the awfulness of the clergy molestation and cover-up scandals. It is just to say two things:

1. The news media and the public will not stop sex crimes against kids and youth by focusing, as they have, mainly on the Church. If they really want to protect kids, they need to concentrate on the government schools.

2. The news media and the public will not stop sex crimes against kids and youth by solely blaming priestly celibacy, as they often do.