The word puer in latin means both "child" and "slave".
Pedophilia has ancient roots amongst members of the Church of Rome. The Council of Elvira in which the refusal to grant Holy Communion to "stupratores puerorum", took place in 305.
Rape has been considered an offense to God only, for at least 1700 years, as it violates the VI commandment.
"Any priest who asks for absolution for an unnatural sin with women, will have to pay 219 pounds and 15 coins. However, if the unnatural sin is with children or animals, he will pay only 131 pounds and 15 coins". (Taxa camerae Decree of 1517, attributed to Leone X)
In the U.S.A., more than ten thousand people have reported that in their childhood they had been sexually abused by priests, between 1950 and 2002.
The American dioceses involved in the scandal have paid over 2,5 billion dollars in damages, to avoid going to trial. (John Jay Report, 2004)