You wrote:
“Why weren’t these criminals turned into the police?”
Enforcing civil laws is not the role of the Church. Even the civil authorities know this and that’s why not a single bishop has been charged with a crime in that regard in all of those cases. I know there were newspaper stories that said police were notified and chose to do nothing in some cases. Any victim can go to the police.
Thanks for being to the point.
The cover up is what makes this worse and it's bad enough to begin with. It really is a big difference between our churches. We call the authorities immediately.
Al Capone pretty much figured the same way...