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sadistic?
i can see how a priest seducing members of his congregation might be considered fringe, controversial, blasphemous...but sadistic?
to paraphrase inigo montoya...i do not think that word means what you think it means.
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sa·dism (sā'dĭz'əm, sād'ĭz'-) Pronunciation Key
n.
1. The deriving of sexual gratification or the tendency to derive sexual gratification from inflicting pain or emotional abuse on others.
2. The deriving of pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from cruelty.
3. Extreme cruelty.
[After Comte Donatien Alphonse François de Sade.]
sa'dist n., sa·dis'tic (sə-dĭs'tĭk) adj., sa·dis'ti·cal·ly adv.
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