I think the wider society has changed pretty drastically with respect to attitudes on this, but RC church policies have changed more slowly. Also, you had a lot of people in the priesthood who had no business being priests (and religious sisters and brothers, for that matter) -- they didn't take their vows seriously enough. This has changed for the better rather quickly lately in my experience, at least here in the States.
You never know in these individual instances. Maybe Lahey thought that with his impulses being as they were, it was better to go the kiddy porn route than the kiddy-diddling route. A lesser evil.
You never know in these individual instances. Maybe Lahey thought that with his impulses being as they were, it was better to go the kiddy porn route than the kiddy-diddling route. A lesser evil.
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