"Elliott’s talk spanned centuries, drawing on artifacts and texts ranging
from the Warren Cup (a putative 1st-century silver cup that depicts
males engaged in same-sex acts) to Dante’s Inferno to
illustrate the widespread presence of—and varying attitudes
toward—homosexual eroticism in the medieval Church, which included
depictions of sexual relations between older and younger men. Examining
the closed, and ostensibly celibate, world of medieval monasteries,
Elliott drew a comparison to contemporary prison culture. “In renouncing
women and all memory of them, monastic culture left a void. There was
no legitimate sexual outlet,” she posited. 'Boys, then, fell within the
realm of temptation.'”
Church Sex Scandals From Medieval to Modern Times
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