Jermo,
Thanks for bringing up the reputation of the Catholic church, this is another good point regarding this topic. Consider the following:
Shanley said he particularly objected to one tale that uses religious language to describe a sexual encounter between a woman and a teenage girl. While the teen narrator describes the episode as “a kind of heaven,” Shanley said it’s “abusive, exploitative and morally wrong.”
How is this not glorifying pedophelia? I think Shanleys description is fitting if the tale is true…and I have no reason to doubt it since the supporters of the VM showing do not deny this. Aside from the fact that pedophelia is clearly inappropriate regardless of the situation, with the recent problems the Catholic church has had with this lately I gotta ask: Why on earth would anyone even remotely associated with the Catholic church allow something with this kind of statement? To allow a production with something like this would add to the criticisms that the catholic church does not take pedophelia seriously. And if the Catholic church is serious about dealing with their problem in this area, would not the banning of the VM be at least a start?
I’m not buying the arguement that banning the VM is indicative of not addressing the problem – I think not banning it would show they aren’t addressing their problems.