The most fundamental promise the bishops made -- to quickly remove accused priests -- has been broken.
There's no state in the union where the bishop has been as hard- nosed and vicious as in Colorado. None. I wouldn't even be able to name the second-worst.
These centers operate with no state oversight whatsoever. Church officials time and time again tell judges and prosecutors these facilities are secure, when they are not.
This is an ancient, rigid, secretive, top-down, all-male monarchy. It always has been. It always will be. The answer is not to reform them, but to go around them and to contain them.
Thousands of victims haven't reported and dozens of bishops aren't telling all they know. They have no incentive to.
Tremendous secrecy is still the norm. Any external peek into how it works is very rare and very valuable.
We suspect there are many more. We're convinced it's just a matter of time before it happens again.
We're grateful that kids will be safe for at least a few more weeks. We believe the burden is now on church officials ... to offer any information they might have on his crimes.
We're seeing more and more hardball tactics and low-ball offers and a retrenchment across the board.
When can we understand that a man can be a wonderful mentor and a great teacher and still be a child molester? If these guys had horns and tails, no child would want to be with them and no parents would trust them.
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