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2) We will propose that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops recommend a special process for the dismissal from the clerical state of a priest who has become notorious and is guilty of the serial, predatory, sexual abuse of minors.

3) While recognizing that the Code of Canon law already contains a judicial process for the dismissal of priests guilty of sexually abusing minors, we will also propose a special process for cases which are not notorious but where the Diocesan Bishop considers the priest a threat for the protection of children and young people, in order to avoid grave scandal in the future and to safeguard the common good of the Church.

Jesus threw the money changers out of the Temple. What exactly are the Bishops waiting for?

Number two and number three leave me somewhat incredulous. In English, they read, yeah we'll do something with the serial child rapists but the part timers will be sent to the old priests home.

They don't go to the old Priests home, they go to jail.

St. Francis De Sales, on the Scandals of the Clergy

"Those who commit scandals are guilty of the spiritual equivalent of murder by destroying other people's faith in God by their terrible example. But I'm here among you to prevent something far worse for you. While those who give scandal are guilty of the spiritual equivalent of murder, those who take scandal--who allow scandals to destroy their faith--are guilty of spiritual suicide!"

Jesus threw the money changers out of the Temple.

Or even more to the point "if anyone causes one of these little ones who believes in Me to sin, I tell you truly that it would be better for him if he had a millstone tied about his neck and hurled into the sea."

I'm a diehard Calvinist, but I don't think it takes Christian rocket science to see that this passage certainly applies to the children who are destined to be saved... God sends angels to help those who will inherit salvation. There will be one hell of a payback (literally) to some of these molesters. "Whatever you do unto them, you do unto Me." I'd think that the Pope would not have just been within his rights, but absolutely obligated by Scripture, to equal any Southern Baptist preacher's fire and brimstone in this matter.