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By Diogenes (articles ) | July 07, 2004 8:30 AM

Accused of abusing more than 50 boys, Portland priest Father Maurice Grammond provides a window into the mind of the molester.

Grammond died in 2002. In a deposition taken before his death, Grammond said, "I'd say these children abused me. They'd dive in my lap to get sexual excitement."

He's a victim.

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  • Posted by: - Jul. 07, 2004 10:14 AM ET USA

    This is typical of 99% of those who molest children. Very, very few perps ever admit to wrongdoing. That's evil, not a psychological condition. They share that trait with Satan.

  • Posted by: shrink - Jul. 07, 2004 9:53 AM ET USA

    "I'd say these children abused me." And I'd say Fr. Grammond has a thought disorder. His sexual habits have evidently driven him to madness.

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