Sounds like a few Dioceses ran out of Altar Boys.
Sorry, grew up in Boston, so I’ve heard about many priests’ predilection towards pedophilia with little or no intervention on the part of the heads of the head of the Dioceses or his higher-ups at the Vatican. By no means am I saying that all priests in those areas were guilty, but it still burns my butt that Cardinal Law not only got away with the scandal while in Boston, but he got a promotion to Rome for his part.
I recall when the scandal started and Boston was a center of this.
As I recall, Cardinal Law was subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury investigating the abuse cases. But before he could testify, he was transferred to the Vatican.
The fact that the Catholic Church has not always been cooperative with law enforcement in these matters is troubling.
The Peter Principle works in the Church too.