Tag: Prostitution
Religion: What’s sex got to do with it?
by David K. on Mar.29, 2009, under Research, Thought
With the recent sting around a catholic group and sex, I thought it might be worth a post. Robert Eric McFadden, who helped co-found the group Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, was arrested Wednesday in suburban Dublin, Ohio. Police believe McFadden was the man they have been looking for in connection with an online prostitution ring on craigslist.com, according to a report on the website of WCMH. Police cracked the ring when men involved in a website that posts reviews of prostitutes held a raffle for sex. Reviews online isn’t that bright.
The police noticed over time a man involved in prostitute discussion boards under the names of Sullivant Guy, Broad Street Guy and Toby, per the Columbus Dispatch. They now believe it is McFadden. Two others were also arrested in connection with the ring.
He has been charged with seven felonies, including pandering obscenities involving a minor, promoting prostitution and compelling prostitution, according to a Columbus Police Department spokesman.
Sex and Religion doesn’t stop there. More and more training and study is needed. Recently, The Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice and Healing released a study called: Sex and the Seminary: Preparing Ministers for Sexual Health and Justice. Are we living in a national state of emergency when it comes to the lack of connection between sexuality and religion?
In January 2008, NSRC partnered with the Center for Sexuality and Religion to create one of the first sexual literacy trainings ever for seminarians, administrators, staff & students in the U.S. labeled “21st Century Challenges to Religion and Sexuality”. The Center for Sexuality and Religion is currently focused on training seminarians nation wide around sexuality.
So education is apparently not just needed for priests, looks like everyday folk need some help. Since it appears that abstinence pledges are a little weak too. I guess in the end , sex and religion are two different things which are forever connected by dogma and the public’s fascination.
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