I have always said that if you found a priest who was abusing your child, do not call the diocese, call the sherriff.
And don’t let the diocese talk you out of it.
Lock that pervert up, collar and all.
I’m with you on that. No matter what faith you are the minute it is found out your child has been molested call the police! Members of any clergy are not above the law, esp God’s law.
My father’s response would have been more, er, immediate. The “priest” would have had a visit, then trouble talking or eating for weeks.