[sfousa]

" how all this could go on under the noses of the Old Guard. I just don't understand how they couldn't have completely stopped it in its tracks."

That's the big "mysterium iniquitatis."

[inquest]

I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with that term. (I kinda get the gist of it, but I didn't know if there was something more specific that it refers to)

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

"how could all this go under the noses..."

Believe it or not, there at least have been in the past people so out of touch with reality and a realistic understanding of the aggressive nature of homosexual subculture that they would doubt you were telling the truth if you described how bad the situation might be in a given institution. I know this to be a fact at least with respect to problems other than pedophile molestations. I personally described the nefarious anti-Catholic environment of a particular institution (about ten years ago) and the response from a ranking, senior member of the religious order was: "I doubt it's that bad." (exact words). Well, it was and is that bad.