Vatican Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone on celibacy, homosexuality, and pedophilia in the church's sexual-abuse crisis:

Many psychologists and psychiatrists have shown that there is no link between celibacy and pedophilia but many others have shown, I have recently been told, that there is a relationship between homosexuality and pedophilia. (April 2010)

Pope Benedict on homosexuality and pedophilia in the abuse crisis:

I am deeply ashamed, and we will do what is possible so this cannot happen again in the future. I do not wish to talk at this moment about homosexuality, but about pedophilia, which is another thing. (April 2008)

Grant Gallicho joined Commonweal as an intern and was an associate editor for the magazine until 2015. 

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