On August 14th, 2018, the Pennsylvania grand jury issued a report detailing the cover-up of more than 300 predator priests involved in over 1,000 instances of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church of Pennsylvania, findings that were unfortunately far from unprecedented. Ever since the Boston Globe’s 2002 investigations uncovered a pathological trend of priests sexually abusing young boys within the Catholic Church, as well as its systematic cover up, people have demanded retribution for those who committed these heinous sins. In the aftermath of the 2002 findings, the Church quickly announced a “zero-tolerance” policy and promising to turn over names of all those accused. But since then, the Church has turned back on its word, striking a provision intended to remove priests convicted of abuse from the priesthood. With this history of complacency, the 2018 allegations should surprise few in a now almost-expected trend of abuse committed by those in the clergy.
http://www.brownpoliticalreview.org/2018/10/can-the-catholic-church-move-past-its-history-of-abuse-and-cover-ups/
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