If you’re one of the four-or-so frequent readers of this here blog, chances are you also occasionally check out the New York Times op-ed page. You may even know the names: Thomas Friedman, Gail Collins, Nicholas Kristoff, &c. Well, I’ve decided to devote a daily feature to these folks, by daily pointing out one line that is either awesome, funny, insightful, intelligent, ridiculous, or utterly divorced from reality. I hope you enjoy.
And today\’s from Ross \”Do that thang\” Douthat, in today\’s column \”A Time for Contrition,\” in which he inexplicably partially blames psychiatry for the Catholic Church\’s sex abuse problem:
The permissive sexual culture that prevailed everywhere, seminaries included, during the silly season of the ’70s deserves a share of the blame, as does that era’s overemphasis on therapy. (Again and again, bishops relied on psychiatrists rather than common sense in deciding how to handle abusive clerics.)
Sure, he also blames the conservative instincts: institutional loyalty and obedience, and explains the source of that blame. But never actually makes the \”overemphasis on therapy\” explanation stick, or even begin to explain it.
Oh, and if you missed it because we don\’t do this on Sundays, you should definitely go back and read Frank Rich\’s excellent column from yesterday, \”The Rage Is Not About Health Care.\”
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