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MLMinET's avatar

This might have been a good beginning, but it stopped too soon. When an investigation is opened but no results ever reported, what good is this law? In fact it is more damaging than nothing at all because with nothing people have no expectations. With VELM people PRESUME at a minimum a complaint is looked into. When the faithful become aware an investigation has been begun, and then they never hear another word, they presume nothing has been, or will be, done, and in fact nothing has changed. The Boys Club is at it again, and it will be ever thus.

If a bishop engages in any kind of malfeasance or a liaison with another adult, say, there is no mechanism for the faithful to get relief, providing the facts are proven. Asking interested others to investigate is unfair to all involved and unlikely to result in a acceptance of a resolution as objectively fair.

The Catholic Church tends to treat too many situations as if under the seal of confession. It will never regain credibility this way.

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Stella's avatar

I always sense in any discussion about Priestly sexual abuse, that there is something not being said. There just always seems to be a lack of revulsion for what they do.

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