[ealgeone]

That’s all nice and good, but when is Rome going to deal with the homosexual problem within its priesthood and seemingly corresponding sexual abuse problems it seems to continue to try and hide?

[Mrs. Don-o]

A lot of Catholics are asking that question. It's depressing that just one --- ONE! ---U.S. Catholic bishop ---an out-in-the-boondocks guy named Bishop Strickland in Tyler, TX --- spoke up at the USCCB and said the Church in the US needed independent expert laity-led bodies, including people with professional training and experience as investigators and prosecutors --- to deal with "allegations" implicating both priests and bishops.

The USCCB basically bristled at any suggestion of lay oversight over bishops.

Utterly disgusting, maddening, disheartening. This is a problem which is not going away.

This article's main point, though, was valid. It's not just church(es). It's every organization, private or public, professional, nonprofit, whatever --- that deals with minors. Nobody has yet dealt with Charol Shankshaft's research finding that 90% of the serious abuse (rape, not just "unwelcome hugs") happens in the public schools.