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>>>The perverted homosexuals are attacking the church from the inside. They become priest. Then rape young boys. Then go to confression. Nothing can be reported to the police>>>

You know nothing about the Catholic faith if you can believe confession works that way. The priest is merely the representative of God, and he cannot forgive a serious sin UNLESS the penitent is truly sorry and promises never to do it again. God makes the decision, not the priest. And every Catholic knows that committing the same sin over and over again does NOT erase it from his soul. Again, God will know.

This has nothing to do with the Sacrament of Confession. As soon as there is some substantiation --- evidence --- of abuse, the bishop has the right, the duty, and the authority to instantly suspend the accused abuser's priestly faculties, and turn him over the the prosecutors.

That is exactly what happened 2 years ago in my Diocese (Knoxville) when the bishop immediately revoked a priest's faculties and called the cops.

What caused a whole lot of grief and complication was the common view in the 1970's and 80's that what the abuser needed was therapeutic intervention, rather than prosecution. Too often the abuser got some kind of in-patient counseling and psychotherapy, got certified as having his compulsions under control, and was put back into a pastoral role.

Most churches (not just Catholic) and most institutions (not just churches) took this therapeutic approach, and the result was catastrophic: the re-offense rate is close to 100%, but they didn't know it at the time.

Why was all the spotlight put on the Catholic Church and the Boy Scouts, of all people? Three reasons:

(1) The paradox of youth work. Any organization that deals ith youth, will attract people who are attracted to youth --- for the wrong reasons. Perverts are drawn to coaching, scouting and pastoring for the same reason bank robbers are drawn to banks. It's here they'll get the opportunity to score.

(2)Deep pockets: it was perceived that they (the Catholic Church and the BSA) had huge institutional assets which could be seized. (I'm not blaming the victims here, and they never see most of the money: it's a goldmine for lawyers)

(3) The pleasure of eviscerating the "straightest" institutions, the ones that publically and prominently opposed the homosexual agenda.

That's why the same people who go ballistic on the Church and the Scouts won't touch public schools, publicly-sponsored youth programs, and Hollywood.

“Truly sorry and promises never to do it again ...”

Well all one can do is confess and pray that the Lord keeps you from sinning. There is no such thing as a sinner promising to never do it again or being able to not sin again. That isn’t going to happen