In an over the top Op-Ed piece posted on Catholic-Online, Senator Rick Santorum lays the blame for the sexual abuse of children by priests on cultural liberalism.
Catholic Online It is startling that those in the media and academia appear most disturbed by this aberrant behavior, since they have zealously promoted moral relativism by sanctioning “private” moral matters such as alternative lifestyles. Priests, like all of us, are affected by culture. When the culture is sick, every element in it becomes infected. While it is no excuse for this scandal, it is no surprise that Boston, a seat of academic, political and cultural liberalism in America, lies at the center of the storm.
So, now liberals have been accused of promoting child rape as part of our social agenda? We not only coddle terrorists, we infect priests with the desire for child porn.
Update: Please note this OpEd piece is from 2002. Though still relevant today.
