The coverup is what makes these crimes all the worse.
I’ve been learning in just my little 500-person town that I just moved to that there was a molestation scandal in the 70s and the guilty party was protected by the RCC and escaped justice.
It might well explain why some of the older people really, REALLY got upset when I used to do the chanting parts of the church liturgy because they considered it ‘too Catholic.’
It really is horrifying to contemplate.
Chanting is certainly a gateway drug to child molestation. [rolls eyes]