Child sex abuse cost US Roman Catholic church $3 billion
CHICAGO — The pedophile priest crisis has cost the US Roman Catholic church nearly $3 billion, but only a fraction of the perpetrators faced prison and little has been done to punish those who covered up the crimes. After years of painful revelations, massive payouts, soul searching and reforms, the child sex abuse scandal has spread across the globe and in recent weeks has struck the church at its very core. Pope Benedict XVI, long celebrated for speaking out against abuse, faces allegations that he helped to protect predator priests as archbishop of Munich and later as the Vatican’s chief morals enforcer. Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100406com3.html |
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