Well....
I don't know too much about 70's culture, but I guess a loooooooooooooooong time ago man-boy relationships weren't taboo. Read Plato's Republic. Then you can curse me when your done because it's boring as hell. But if I remember correctly he extoles the virtues of the man-boy stuff, though not rape, or rather forcibly rape given how rape is currently defined in most Penal Codes.
Anyway, no he didn't say what the headline claims he does, but what he was pretty tone deaf, dumb, and offensive. Not in the same vein as murder.........you'd be surprised what people think. I think serial killers and particularly brutual murders set people off more, but the one in our area from last year where one gang member blew away another, nope, not even close.
Even fellow crooks despise child molesters. Not an absolute evil...can't think of anyone you could convince that it wasn't.
Except maybe child molesters or NAMBLA.
Also on this topic, I think that we should give the Vatican a golf clap for
promptly reacting to the crisis with a policy to deal with priests that are accused of child abuse.
Now, the bishops are instructed to cooperate with the police with sex abuse cases when required by local laws and priests that are accused are
recommended to be given other duties. At least, you can't say that the Church is jumping to conclusions or overreacting.