No words.

It was just as I had remembered it. It's an under-reported part of this whole thing, I suspect. I hope investigators are looking for such patterns.

I was going to post about how egregious that was and also evidence from other diocese of a conspiracy of silence, but with all the apologia here, I was too disgusted to put in that kind of effort.

But suffice it to say they essentially created a national network. Bishops knowingly traded bad priests with each other and even sent them to Catholic-run "treatment centers" that themselves became places where abusive priests could meet each other and operate out of.

"making clergy mandatory reporters won't solve the Catholic abuse crisis". Really shows how bad the problem is, and how religious privilege makes it harder to solve.

I wonder how deeply this culture goes within the Church. I have no idea. It's possible that similar situations existed in multiple dioceses and archdioceses. We may learn more as the investigations continue.

failure to report child sexual abuse, for whatever reason, emboldens potential predators and makes them feel like they can continue to molest others with impunity. That's a real danger in situations like this. I find it horribly shocking that any such situation could arise in a religious setting.

It truly makes no sense to me.

My mind cannot process how a religious belief can be put ahead of the protection of children.

But then maybe that's why I'm not religious.

are very dangerous for future victims. It trivializes something traumatic and life-changing. For me, such attitudes reflect a complete lack of concern for victims, in favor of the predators. I don't understand such attitudes, but I abhor them.

Apologia for child rape while somewhat shocking, is not as extreme.