is it true that roman catholic priests prefer boys instead of females?

why do people say that?
what is the story behind that?

It comes from the publicized scandals of priests molesting boys but none of those stories about priests molesting girls.

priests where touching young boys because "god told them to do it." and apparently they can still go to heaven after molesting boys but not after touching a woman?

Somebody had to say it!We were all thinking it!

in some cases this may be true, but not for all of the roman catholic priests
Catholic priests are not allowed to have any type of relationship with a woman, so men who prefer females could see this as difficult to do, but a man who prefers boys has no difference from this rule, so their are a few that are this way.
also remember that you only hear about this when the news reports another boy being molested by a Catholic priest, they don't report anything on the priests who prefer females, so the public viewpoint on it is that all Catholic priests are this way

When you're presented with the subtleties and (the) eternities of freedom...
Cleave unto light and intelligence.
Sacrifice unto God in righteousness.

Procrastination is the grave of opportunity.
Not being diligent is the grave of opportunity.

There are an infinite number of spiritual gifts.
Touch not the evil gift.

No. The majority of Catholic priests are self-less servants of God's people and many have risked their lives in dangerous areas of the world trying to bring health care and education to the world's poorest populations. They take vows of celibacy, which means that they refrain from having sex. It is a great sacrifice to deny oneself that kind of physical intimacy, and is meant to allow them to concentrate on ministering to God's people. Those priests who were like "wolves in sheep's clothing" were not really priests at all, but just disguising themselves as priests so that they could have access to young children. That is what pedophiles do. They are predators and deceivers.

Pedophiles always seek out professions & situations that will allow them access to young children. Pedophilia is a problem in every single profession that has close contact with children, including the clergy from every single denomination, teachers, coaches, counselors, etc. Pedophiles do not care if they molest boys or girls. Some have accused homosexuals of being pedophiles, but this has also been pr oven false.

The media likes to attack the Catholics b/c of a strong anti-Catholic bias, but the problem is evident in all religious personnel.

THe Catholic church made many mistakes, largely out of ignorance about what pedophilia actually is and has since taken steps to change their recruitment & investigation policies.

Too little too late? Sure. However, the media brandishing all Catholic priests as pedophiles is also very wrong. Fewer than 2% of Catholic priests were ever involved in these scandals. This is roughly the same percentage of pedophile members of other ministers, preachers, rabbis and clergy. But the media seldom publicizes them.

People say that because the mainstream media has focused on it. Check out any source of statistics; the percentage of priest abusers is identical to the general public. Naturally priests should be held to a higher standard, but so should protestant ministers, whose abuse rate is the same.