Pedophilia or Euphebophilia?

Paraphrasing "Penn State professor Philip Jenkins (who is not a Catholic)," Father Dwight Longnecker says "justice and truth demand an objective analysis of the facts" — The Myth of Pedophile Priests. After reminding us that "[s]tatistically, of all the professions, Christian clergy are least likely to offend" and that "[a]mong clergy offenders Catholic priests are least likely to offend," Father makes these important distinctions:

• Pedophilia and Euphebophilia are different problems. The former is sexual attraction to pre-pubescent children. The latter is attraction to teenagers. Most cases branded 'pedophila' are actually 'euphebophila.'
  
• Most of the cases of euphebophilia are homosexual in nature, however the politically correct do not want this problem to be associated with homosexuality.

Having seminaries that felt no reason to expel homosexuals within an anti-Catholic society that makes "young adults" into "children" has turned out to be a recipe for disaster.

[link via A conservative blog for peace]