Sun’s remedy for abuse doesn't go far enough

Finally, you took the Catholic Church to task about the sexual abuse and cover-ups of priests, bishops and cardinals (and possibly popes) with articles, a full Dan Rodricks column and an editorial all in one edition but there are some issues with these (“Baltimore’s archbishop says revelations of church sex abuse demand action. Here’s what that should mean,” Aug. 23). First, Mr. Rodricks rants about celibacy being a major cause of the sexual misconduct of priests whereas in the United States about 50 percent of men arrested for pedophilia are married, so having married priests is not going to solve the pedophilia horror.

The second issue is that none of this bashing noted the flawed history and theology of the Catholic Church and Christianity in general. If these are considered, Christianity collapses as a religion with no priests, preachers, evangelicals, bishops, cardinals or popes needed or wanted. Problem solved!

Finally, The Baltimore Sun’s writers, columnists and editors should have taken on all religions as they all suffer from sexual abuse scandals, cover-ups, flawed history and error-filled theology.