Really? The church -- and by that I mean the parish -- didn't ordain the priest and didn't select him to serve there; the bishop does that. Destroying the parish because they were unlucky enough to be saddled with a pervert pastor is a bit like shooting a sick person to kill the germs.
Do you favor shutting down and selling off public schools when a senior faculty member is discovered molesting students, or do you think we should remove (and prosecute, if possible) the guilty person and try to hire someone decent?
The people of this parish didn't molest anyone. They deserve our prayers, not our vows of revenge, financial or otherwise. Save that for the perp.
I had a molester in my parish. I knew he was a homo the second I met him. So did every man I knew in my church.
He was gone in three months.
The parish IS responsible.
The parents are responsible.
The bishop is responsible.
People have to step up and stop this crap. It has ruined the American Church.