The state grand jury report on child sexual abuse by at least 50
priests over decades in the Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown is a
heartbreaking litany of crimes and cover-ups. Justice will not be
achieved in individual cases due to the statute of limitations and the
deaths of some of the perpetrators. While the number of offenders may be
small in proportion to the number of priests overall, the enormity of
the crime is staggering.
“This is not an indictment of the Catholic religion or the Catholic Church,” declares the introduction, noting that many grand jury members and investigators from the attorney general’s office are devout Catholics. “This is a finding of fact and an effort at transparency — not to slander a religion but to expose the truth about the men who hijacked it for their own grotesque desires.”
http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2016/03/04/Crimes-and-cover-ups-A-new-account-of-abuse-by-priests-opens-a-wound/stories/201603310009
“This is not an indictment of the Catholic religion or the Catholic Church,” declares the introduction, noting that many grand jury members and investigators from the attorney general’s office are devout Catholics. “This is a finding of fact and an effort at transparency — not to slander a religion but to expose the truth about the men who hijacked it for their own grotesque desires.”
http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2016/03/04/Crimes-and-cover-ups-A-new-account-of-abuse-by-priests-opens-a-wound/stories/201603310009
