Oh my… I asked Kathy Shaidle blogger extraordinare of relapsedcatholic.com two questions and she’s linked to me.
I am confused, saddened and angry by all of this. Bottom line – the people responsible should be in jail. And a policy should be in place to make sure nothing like this ever occurs again.
That raises two basic questions:
1. If people went straight to the police and not the Church – wouldn’t there never be a chance for coverup?
2. If the church simply deferred people to the police to report the crime – and it *is* a crime – wouldn’t there never be a chance for coverup?
This is a criminal matter. These are horrific crimes. Don’t those two questions cut to the core? They are bugging me. Maybe I am oversimplifing.
Update I’m definately oversimplfying. I apologize. Please read my comments for alice-d’s post.