heir crimes of child sexual abuse have been acknowledged, but the church has shielded them from the criminal justice system. Decades after their crimes were reported and largely ignored, more than 78 priests accused of child sex abuse are still collecting paychecks and pensions from Pennsylvania dioceses.
Each of those priests has been removed from ministry by Pennsylvania bishops, but the pope himself needs to sign off on all clerics being removed from the priesthood and the payroll.
https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2018/12/04/pa-priest-abuse-predator-priests-still-paid-catholic-church-dioceses-child-sexual-abuse-grand-jury/2143934002/
https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2018/12/04/pa-priest-abuse-predator-priests-still-paid-catholic-church-dioceses-child-sexual-abuse-grand-jury/2143934002/
