I know few go past the headlines and this is Yahoo news, lol!
Here’s the real story which isn’t nearly as sensational, nor as much fun for those to say “why doesn’t the Church do something!”
quote from story:The list includes priests ordained between 1908 and 1988. Many have died, and the archdiocese said none is currently working in the ministry.
Most of the alleged abuse happened in the 1970s, ‘80s and early ‘90s, but there have been two credible allegations of sex abuse by active clergy since 2002, according to the archdiocese. It said authorities were alerted about both those cases.
Priests ordained in 1908? 2 allegations since 2002, there are 932 Archdiocese priests and 913 priests of religious orders,not counting 400 deacons, 1500 religious brothers and 3000 nuns.
That no one ordained after 1988 shows up says a tremendous amount about formation in the 1960’s through early 80’s in contrast to what went on after.
I just grabbed my 1981 Catholic Almanac— in 1980, the NY Archdiocese had 2700 priests resident (which includes a fair chunk of religious).
It would be interesting to know the date of the earliest reported offense and figure out how many priests went through the diocese over that time. I suspect that those that offend tended to show up in multiple dioceses so with some models of statistical analysis will have an exaggerated presence.
They protect those with current legal liability and release names of those it is too late for.
The Church is admitting to the ancient sins of the long dead leaders.
The current pedophiles in place go unidentified.
This is policy, it is happening across the country.