South Texas Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. [18], No. [17], Ed. 1 Friday, September 17, 1982 Page: 1 of 12
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Child pornography
industry big in Texas
By Kerrie Clot
STC itaff writer
CORPUS CHRIST! — The pro-
blem of pornography is more serious
than most people think, but the produc-
tion of sexually explicit material —
which in 1978 was a $4.7 million in-
dustry in Texas alone — is only a symp-
tom of the real problem, said Deacon
Jim Ribbeck of the Texas Center for
Media Awareness.
“Hard core pornography is not the
problem,” said the deacon in an iruer-
vievv with the South Texas Catholic and
the Gulf Coast TV program. “Neither
is child pornography, incest or child
abuse. Those are merely the
symptoms."
Deacon Ribbeck was in Corpus
Christi Sept. 10-11 to speak on “Your
Child and Pornography” at the
teachers' institute and for CCD
teachers. He spoke on the subject Sept
12 in Laredo.
The real problem is a “desensitized
society and media, which allow if not
set the standards for, a pornography
market, he said The more steps the
mainstream media take to display sex-
ually explicit r .aerial, the more extreme
the pornography industry will have to go
to satisfy its market, the deacon added.
“The media has to address the
issue," he said. “It has a tremendous
responsibility to the community, and the
community has a responsibility in
return to demand that reality and uuth
be given to the community. If it is to
serve the community, the media must
build, not destroy, it."
Deacon Ribbeck, who has researched
the incidence of pornography since 1978
for three groups, including the Texas
House Select Committee on Child
Abuse, called Corpus Christi a “good,
tight community” controlling child por-
nography.
And in 1978 when he researched por-
nography here, he found that no child
pornography could be purchased over
the counter.
“There are a few adult book stores,
but nothing in proportion to other
cities,” he said.
When he arrived here last week, he
visited sexually explicit magazines for a
press conference.
“I asked a man in one store if they
had Hustler, and he said they don’t
carry it because too many children come
into the store,” Deacon Ribbeck said.
“1 thought that attitude being expressed
really speaks out about how the problem
is being controlled here and about the
climate of the city. ’’
But Texas on the whole is a very
favorable climate for pornograpy. The
two biggest areas in this country that
produce, film and photograph child por-
nography are Los Angeles and Houston,
Deacon Ribbeck said.
And the greatest volume of child por-
nography ever confiscated was in
Houston, where over eight tons of
material was recently seized.
“Unfortunately, the biggest por-
nography market in the world is the
United States, although much of the
material is produced tn Europe." he
said. “Especially child porn and in-
cestuous material.
A Supreme Court ruling has made it
illegal to possess child pornographic
material, however, children exploited
sexually are scarred for life, the deacon
said.
Psychological studies indicate that
children used for pornography, are
never able to develop lasting, loving
heterosexual relationships, he said.
(See PORN, pg 11)
Christ the Healer
Tilts eight-loot broMe statue of Thomas Drury blessed the 102-bed
“Christ the Healer” was uawilcd in addition and the bronse designed by
a ceremony Sept. 12 dedicating the Corpus Christi surgeon, Dr. Sherman
new three-floor Sarit* Kenedy East T. Coleman. (See story pg. 7. Staff
From the Bishop
Father Donohoe welcomed
By the Most Rev. Thomas J. Drury
The greatest joy that a bishop can experience is the
ordaining of a candidate for the holy priesthood. This
pleasure will be mine at 7:30 o’clock this evening when
the Reverend Patrick Kevin Donohoe kneels before me
in the sanctuary of our beautiful Cathedral. I have con-
tacted our priests, by mail, and encouraged them to br-
ing along their altar boys to vest in cassock and surplice
and to take part in this lovely ceremony.
Father Donohoe completed his four years of
theology at Holy Trinity Seminary in Dallas this past
May. He has been serving as a deacon and helper tc
the Cathedral staff. His parents are residents of Corpus
Christi. He has two sisters and three brothers.
When P< pe John Paul II visited Scotland the end of
May, he spoke directly to the priests gathered in the
Cathedral of Edinburg in these words:
“The priesthood is a gift to us. In us and through us,
it is also a gift to the Church, therefore, let us never
separate our priestly life and ministry from hi!! and
wholehearted communion with the Church This
Church expects that you and your brothers and srters,
the religious, will be the first to love her, to .iear her
voice and follow her inspiration. You arc at the service
of Christ the teacher, therefore, a very important part
of your ministry is to teach and preach the Christian
message. We must not tamper with God’s word, rattier
(See BISHOP, page 11)
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opens
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