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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This news is absolutely heartbreaking - on a number of levels. My heart breaks for the victims of sexual abuse who were shamed into silence and will live with these wounds forever. My heart also breaks for the clergy who dedicated their lives to God and helping others for the right reasons and their life's work is now forever tarnished. I grew up in a very Catholic family, attended Catholic schooling and was an altar server. I think of the priests who delivered my elderly and dying family members communion in their homes and offered comfort at every turn, those who organized disaster relief efforts and did other truly wonderful things. And that's not to say that other churches aren't doing these things as well, but witnessing them first hand all your life tends to make a lasting impression. I am disgusted by the abuse and recognize how easy it would be to manipulate the young when a priest is so highly revered.

The only way forward is for the Catholic Church to develop a corrective action plan that has a clear system for victims to report abuse and triggered actions that result. [b]Hire a third party entity to take the victim reports and investigate![/b] There needs to be sunlight and assurances of safety and I just don't think the Catholic Church should be handling these issues internally any longer. [/quote]

The third party entity is called the police since pedophilia is a crime. The Church obstructed police investigations and helped to hide/move suspects so that pedophile priests could escape prosecution. The fact that the Church hierarchy even thought they could handle these matters "internally" instead of turning it over to the police shows that as an organization, the Church genuinely believes it's above the law. If the Church wants to show that it's capable of change, they should probably start there- full transparency and cooperation with the local authorities. [/quote]

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