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I have mixed emotions on this. I'm not big on accepting an invitation then attacking your host. On the other hand the church allowed certain policies to continue that contributed to further abuse of countless individuals, mostly children.

No church is free from a certain criminal element within it's ranks, even leadership. It is how those churches address issues of this sort when they arise, that is the measure of their adherance to Christ's teachings. On this one, the Catholic leadership failed miserably.

I will stress, the vast majority of Catholics are as shocked and angry about what has taken place at some of their leader's hands, as anyone else.

Perhaps this message needed to be conveyed in public, even by this messenger. I am not a Catholic and am not privy to all the corrective measures that have been taken by the Vatican, but my overall impression is that it still hasn't acknowledged the full extent of it's complicity and appologized as profusely as it should. I would be willing to accept that more corrective measures may have been taken than I am aware of.

The bottom line is that far too many children, their parents and the members of Catholic churches have been betrayed by their leadership than should have. When judgement day comes, there's going to be a lot of splainin' to do.

Here's to hoping this these types of activities never again occur within any organized religious organization.

I'm not particularly interested in apologies, profuse or otherwise.

I'm interested in concrete actions to remove from office those priests and bishops who have misused or abused their positions of authority, and to ensure that their ilk are not accepted into the seminaries in the first place.