mytake, really we can’t. We can only realize that Jews are as human as anyone else and what happens in the outside world happens in our world as well. We are NOT immune. What happens in the Catholic Church has happened among us the same way. The same way the Church, lehavdil, protected their priests and the respect of their religion, so too did our Religious leaders protect their own and the respect of our Religion. There is no monopoly on sickness or evil. However, when it is well known that a certain group can get away with something without consequences or repercussions it becomes a free for all. It becomes a more of a temptation because there is nothing holding one back from giving in to the yetzer horah. They know they have protection, they know they can get away with it, so when the taivah strikes they can easiy wihtout inhabition give in to it. The first time they do, it might be difficult, but when they don’t get caught or they are protected, the second time is easier, and so on.
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