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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one can deny the Catholic Church has a problem in this regard, but there are so many good and kind priests and the Catholic Church is overall a force for good in the world.

[b]I truly wish church leadership would confront this horrific problem publicly and comprehensively and start handing over anyone in the church who is accused of these crimes to law enforcement. [/b]And if your child or loved one is hurt by a Catholic priest, call 911 and get the guy arrested immediately. Don’t leave it up to the Catholic Church to deal with the guy. [/quote]

But the church leadership is keeping it going by covering it up and moving the priests all over the country as soon as someone is onto them. Who do we think is going to be a lone voice that will be powerful enough to make a difference when it's coming all the way from the top?[/quote]

Is that what the report says? That currently priests are moved around when found to be pefophiles.

I thought the report was for 60's, 70's and 80's.[/quote]

The abuse is documented from 1940 to 2018.  Still going on  in 2018.  See article below:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/nearly-100-predator-priests-uncovered-in-pittsburghs-catholic-church-more-than-300-statewide/Content%3foid=10001261&media=AMP%2bHTML[/quote]

+1. The full report is here: https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/tribdem.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/64/86477024-9ffa-11e8-82d3-1795acf52e56/5b733183e8c7d.pdf.pdf

Discussion of past abuses vs. the present situation begins on page 297. That section is pretty short and worth a read.

“Thanks to the documents, though, our inside look revealed that there were still discrepancies between the church’s internal behavior and public positions. Known offenders were still secretly provided financial support. “Retired” child abusers were permitted to live in church- run facilities located near schools. Dioceses resisted calls to release abusers’ names, while heralding their compliance with new mandated reporter laws. And most striking to us were cases in which the dioceses obtained child abuse “clearances” for employees who had no criminal record – because the bishop had never reported prior incidents of abuse. So there would be the clearance, right in the same file documenting unreported abuse. That is not where we needed the dioceses to be.”

Only one current bishop testified for the grand jury, which is maddening, but it looks like things are finally getting better?

“The changes Persico announced included an expanded set of definitions of child abuse; new efforts to cross-check personnel with previously withheld diocesan records through the Diocesan Office for the Protection of Children and Youth; and the public identification of persons who have been credibly accused of actions ranging from furnishing pornography to direct, sexual assaults of minors. These are wise and welcome policies; we encourage other bishops to follow Erie’s example.”[/quote]

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