Cardinal Says Pedophilia Not Crime

Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, Archbishop of Durban, South Africa has shown once again, people's love of religious authority outranks their own morality. After listening to this BBC Radio 5 program, I was shocked to hear Cardinal Napier say that Pedophiles should not and do not get punished for having sex with young children, suggesting that it should be treated as a mental condition, an illness.

The result of this would allow convicted pedophiles to simple be removed from children and nothing more. Why must there always be exceptions of the law to people who claim to have a godly position? Certainly I would put them in a more suspicious light.  Time after time, pedophiles, corrupt leaders, faith healers, con-men, and fraudsters walk away from conviction, prison, and repercussions because of the leadership positions they hold in religious organizations.

We tend to think lowly of those in the big banks, big pharma, or hypocritical politicians, so why should we give any exception to those who hold sway over others' hopes and dreams?