Showing results for: pedophilia (page 18)
Rites revenge
Cary Tennis
My mother hijacked my wedding, and my husband and I now want a "do-over" in Vegas with an Elvis impersonator. Is that so wrong?
Minor report
David Tuller
Sex between teenage boys and older men is not always coercive -- and it can be more ecstatic than traumatic.
CNN’s breakout comedy hit
Carina Chocano
Connie Chung's new talk show, a parade of pedophilia and murder fueled by inane kindergarten-teacher musings, is so flat-out weird it just might acquire a cult following.
The church’s impotent fathers
Eugene Cullen Kennedy
In Dallas, America's Catholic leaders were forced to crack down on abusive priests, but they were too afraid to explore the root cause of the problem: Human sexuality.
My sad gay church
Richard Rodriguez
Whatever decision the Catholic bishops make in Dallas this week, it's sure to lack a widespread or profound understanding of sexuality and the priesthood.
Celibacy, crossbows and dumpsters
Salon Staff
Readers write about the Catholic Church, Ted Nugent's environmentalism and the fine art of waste rescue.
The witch hunt against Archbishop Weakland
Bruce Shapiro, Margaret Spillane
Yes, the eminent cleric had a love affair with a younger man -- but who was the real victim?
The ultimate weapon
Chris Colin
Pederastic priests, molesting fathers -- charges of sexual abuse are everywhere these days. But a growing movement of aggrieved men claim the accusations have gotten out of hand.
Out, but outside
Joe Conason
Why top GOP operative Grover Norquist should make any member of the budding "gay right" movement think twice.
The arrogance of the Catholic Church
Robert Scheer
The pope's refusal to seriously address the current sex scandal -- and his attempt to blame homosexuals for the problem -- follows in a grand tradition of church coverups.
What’s so bad about good sex?
Amy Benfer
"Harmful to Minors" author Judith Levine talks about why American parents are afraid of their teenagers' sexuality, says kids know the difference between coercion and consent -- and blasts critics who say she advocates pedophilia.
Harry Shearer
Dimitra Kessenides
The comic genius of "This Is Spinal Tap" fame talks about corporate corruption, the art of the American apology and his new film, "Teddy Bears' Picnic."
The gay purge
Cheryl L. Reed
By scapegoating homosexual priests, the Catholic Church seeks to avoid a tougher look at its secret history of abuse.
Confessions of a former celibate
Eugene Kennedy
A former priest, now married, thinks celibacy should no longer be an absolute condition for the priesthood.
A pedophile’s accomplice?
Charles Taylor
Boston Catholics want Cardinal Bernard Law to resign because of his role in protecting a priest who molested boys. Why isn't he being charged for his role in covering up the crime?
Father Ron
Damien Cave
Pedophile or warm and giving priest? Both, says a young man with fond -- but tarnished -- memories of a good man.
“I don’t think I was cut out to be a director”
Jean Tang
Todd Solondz explains why moviemaking is a nightmare. Plus: The sex Americans are not allowed to see in his new film, "Storytelling."
Jock Sturges
Charles Taylor
The photographer of nude young women has been pilloried as a pornographer, but it's hard to think of a less voyeuristic photographer working.
Benefit mania!
Salon Staff
Readers respond to "Salt of the Earth," "Stop This Benefit" and "The Worst Benefit Concert Ever"
Desire unbound
Graham Joyce
The surrealists were funny, poetic and deeply transgressional all at the same time.
“L.I.E.”
Charles Taylor
It stands for Long Island Expressway, and it's a penetrating look at a 14-year-old boy's relationship with a pederast.
Pedophilia, Janet Jackson and bad apologies
Salon Staff
Readers respond to recent articles by Ian O'Doherty, Steve Burgess and Susan McCarthy.
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