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He’s not my problem anymore, suckers

August 31, 2012 By Kathy Shaidle

He sure seems to know a lot about this dynamic, huh?

Father Benedict Groeschel, 79, told the National Catholic Register boys without father figures are often the ones who initiate sexual relationships with abusers.

“Suppose you have a man having a nervous breakdown, and a youngster comes after him. A lot of the cases, the youngster — 14, 16, 18 — is the seducer,” said Groeschel, the host of a weekly show called Sunday Night Prime.

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I actually don’t thing he’s mistaken.

Girls with the same “daddy issues” and/or abuse histories do the same thing. Duh.

It’s the “poor” Sandusky thing that gets me.

UPDATE: Just a reminder — a fine prose style is not a reliable indicator of personal holiness.

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