Child sex abuse cost US Roman Catholic church $3 billion focus 04/06/2010

Child sex abuse cost US Roman Catholic church $3 billion

focus 04/06/2010 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. “We now face the largest institutional crisis in centuries, possibly in church history,” the US-based National Catholic Reporter wrote in an editorial demanding “direct answers” from the Holy Father.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100406com3.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Gibo, Manny and Noynoy FRONTLINE The dark side of genes focus Child sex abuse cost US Roman Catholic church $3 billion NO HOLDS BARRED It’s hit the fan AN OUTSIDERS VIEW When justice becomes a favor SILVER LINING April fools? LETTER A ‘win-win situation'