Catholic Church sex abuse

In the news today: Maryland AG report into Archdiocese of Baltimore alleges 156 Catholic clergy members and others abused more than 600 children

The church guys haven't said much in response. No mention of this at America magazine. I guess it's just the unremarkable cost of doing business.

Lest you think such abuse news is rare, here's another example from a couple of months ago: A new report finds decades of alleged sexual abuse by priests in Catholic churches in Kansas

This is what I meant when I wrote earlier that Jesus would be appalled by the present day church. If you think this was all in the past and that Pope Francis has fixed everything, think again.

He refuses to consider letting married men (or women) be priests, though, as a 2017 report from RMIT University in Australia found, "the church’s requirement that priests be celibate was a major risk factor for abuse".

He refuses to mandate that priests must report sex abuse to civil authorities: Churches defend sex abuse reporting loophole ... The Catholic Church Ignores This Child Sexual Abuse Law

And he has refused to get rid of, or has given refuge to, some of the most questionable sex-abuse-related prelates, from Cardinal Bernard Law to Cardinal George Pell. Why? Cardinal Law and the U.S.-Rome Sex Abuse Divide.

When I was still going to church, I couldn't understand how Catholics put up with this. How do they send their kids to church and to Catholic schools and not worry?

The Pope is completely unaccountable .... he's the despotic leader of his own effing country ... and there's no one who can force him to make changes to protect children. The U.N. has tried and failed. No one can do it except Catholics themselves, when they finally stand up and say 'no more'. But they haven't, and I doubt they ever will.