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AngryOldDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-28-06 08:11 PM
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130. A billion dollars...
...is nothing, really, not when you look at the depth and breadth of this scandal.

I would guess that much more than a billion has been spent by many archdioceses in terms of PR damage control, as well as buying the services of lobbyists at state legislatures to make sure their interests are still well protected. Many survivors of abuse have been shut out of any legal action because of archaic statute of limitation laws, and many archdioceses (including my own) have fought tooth and nail to ensure that clergy do not fall under ANY mandatory-reporter-of-abuse law. (It is galling that they hide behind the sacrament of confession for this, but that is another discussion for another thread.)

And yes, while some in the Church did rely on bad psychology when it came to sex offenders, many bishops blatantly ignored those priests who had a documented and lengthy history of inappropriate contact with minors, and just moved them from parish to parish when the complaints got too loud. Do the names Geoghan and Shanley come to mind? Bernard Law even transferred a known pedophile to the West Coast, without telling the West Coast bishop of this priest's history.

Bottom line: The Church knew it had a time bomb and sat on it for 20 years. There is NO excuse for that.
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