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Yea, they’ve done a really good job with Canon law, whatever that is, so far.

Child molestation is never to be dealt with internally by an institution. It is a criminal matter that is to be dealt with by the courts...always.

Failure to do so can and should be dealt with criminally.

26 posted on 08/17/2018 9:07:20 AM PDT by cyclotic ( WeÂ’re the first ones taxed, the last ones considered and the first ones punished)

"It is a criminal matter that is to be dealt with by the courts...always. Failure to do so can and should be dealt with criminally."

Bingo, 100% No tolerance policy is the only thing that will save the Church IMHO is a policy such as this being implemented. FWIW I have run in a ton of Evangelicals here in MI that gravitate to the mega-churches all what many would call Lapsed Catholics, and I have no empirical data but my hunch is this "issue" going back to when it surfaced with what happened in Boston, might have been a catalyst for them leaving. It is something that Rome really needs to consider....

35 posted on 08/17/2018 9:30:33 AM PDT by taildragger ("Do you hear the people Singing? Singing the Song of Angry Men!")

Both in Church and in criminal law.

73 posted on 08/17/2018 11:07:22 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)

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