Robin Williams - Priests to Sex is Kind of like Quasimodo to Chiropractor
According to Robin Williams in his interview for the movie License to Wed, men who are celibate and hear the sins of others are prone to abusing pubescent children. I’ll give Mr. Williams the benefit of the doubt that this is not a potential sexual projection but I am curious as to what, if any, thought went into his claim. Did he come to this conclusion through logically reasoning from certain facts to evident conclusions before embarking on his calumnious accusations against countless good men who have sacrificed so much in their lives for their commitment to serving God and others? What are we to think of the Catholic Church who would employ either sex abusers or deceitful men who violate their vows of celibacy?
When asked if he had any concerns about having his role as a Protestant minister with a 10-year-old sidekick, he responds.
That’s why he’s a Protestant. If you had a Catholic priest with a small boy, already they’d be going “What’s up?” “What’s the boy?” “For the weekends.” You know it’s been a difficult thing for the Catholic Church to deal with after all these years when they have the Divine Witness Protection Program. Find a priest. It’s like three-card priest. “Find the priest, find the pedophile, find the priest. Here we go. Where is he? Right there. Here’s the priest, here’s the pedophile. Whoops! Found him! Move him over to another parish. Okay. Find him!” That’s why a lot of parishes don’t have Little League programs anymore. That’s why they went with a Protestant right away.
It might be something you look at for the Catholic Church to think about – maybe losing the whole celibacy thing. It’s a difficult thing when you realize that first of all you have to give up sex and then they say, “Okay. We’re going to put you in a small box and every week people are going to come and go “Bless me father for I have sinned.” “What have you done my son?” “Last night I was with two Philippine twins and it was slip and slide.” “Oh really? Keep going.” And then they’re going to take you from that and then put you next to pubescent children. It’s like getting out of Jenny Craig and saying “Where you gonna work?” “Haagen Dazs.” In the big picture that’s why he’s a Protestant and has been married and has some perspective on sexuality. Because it must be very difficult being a priest and having to talk about sex — kind of like Quasimodo is a chiropractor. I guess it works.
Only Williams knows for sure why he would make such malicious accusations against men who respond to the call to be priests, but it’s the same kind of illogical ignorance that fuels hate and prejudice towards other groups of people who look or believe differently than themselves. Ignorance may be bliss for the perpetrator but it’s usually at the expense of the victims. May God bless all of our priests.
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Illogical ignorance?–how about totally insane! Fueling prejudice towards any group–is wrong–unless of course it’s against God’s church (sarcasm).
Before the Titanic sailed, the newspaper headlines said, “Titanic–unsinkable–not even God Himself could sink it.”
Robin Williams ought to be careful “bashing” the Holy Annointed ones of God–His Priests. God might just tie a millstone around his neck and sink him.
God bless our Holy Priests!
Comment by tara — June 20, 2007 @ 10:19 pm
Isn’t he utterly awful! i won’t be watching any films with him in , in future!
God bless
Comment by Mrs Jackie Parkes — June 21, 2007 @ 2:02 am
Well, it’s really hard to blame Mr. Williams for his opinions, as they’ve been formed by what information he could get about the Church through the Media. You can thank the paedophiles, some bishops, and the Media for Mr. Williams’ ignorance.
A pox upon the priests that abused minors, a pox upon the bishops that enabled them, and a pox upon the Media for sensationalizing the scandal.
Comment by St. Jimbob of the Apokalypse — June 21, 2007 @ 7:43 am
It is a total lack of ignorance that caused this unfortunate man to make those remarks. It is the basic ignorance that the media shows when they keep calling the sex abuse crisis pedophilia. The Crisis is one of homosexuality in which the Church carelessly let homosexual men become priests. Celibacy has been a blessing for the last 1,000 years when there was faith and Catholics understood the sacrificial nature of the priesthood.
Comment by Rafael — June 21, 2007 @ 4:45 pm
Why would anyone care what Robin Williams had to say about anything of any importance, least of all something of which he knows nothing? Whether it’s Williams, or Rose O’Donnell, or George Clooney, or any of the hordes of third-rate celebrities that get coverage by a fourth-rate press and media, it has no value beyond that, perhaps, of their immediate circle of cocktail party acquaintances. We need to wean ourselves off of this whole cult of the celebrity in this society. It’s debasing to all of us to pay them any heed. Mr. Williams, by the way, has some rather serious personal issues to deal with–such as his general inability to play any role except that of Robin Williams.
Comment by John Hetman — June 21, 2007 @ 6:49 pm
Robin Williams is doling out advice on sexual morality? This is the guy whose wife left him because he was having an affair with their nanny, who was taking care of their son. He married the nanny but now it is being reported that she has kicked him out and that he has just recently gotten out of rehab. http://www.celebitchy.com/2685/robinwilliamsisdatinghisownwife/
Comment by Dan — June 26, 2007 @ 6:08 pm
Robin Williams for hate speach against Catholic priests > William Donahue should sound the trumpet and put him on the black list.
all concerned Catholics should ban Robin Williams from their entertainmemt choices. Put him on the black list to spare our chldren. Thats the only thing his like of entertainers are concerned with is their popularity.
Comment by Marc — July 3, 2007 @ 5:43 pm