[american colleen]

Depends on what they were curing, I guess. However, if it was homosexual abuse, I would presume that it could be cured (or so they may have thought) by spiritual means -- reinforcing the gift of celibacy. And wasn't pedophelia thought to be curable as well?

Seems like you are asking more than was posed in the article.

[sinkspur]

Seems like you are asking more than was posed in the article.

The article poses that Groeschel advised bishops that certain men ought to be returned to the priesthood after having been accused of sexual abuse.

Why did he give them clearance, if they later abused again? It makes a difference whether this was pedophilia or homosexuality.