Two former principals and several former teachers from my highschool were pedo's. The really bad one was the local parish priest, who lived in his house next the church, next to the primary school. Not only did several families cover up for him, but the church knew and had moved him out there after dodgy stories started coming up at his previous parish.
If this were just anectdata then I wouldn't make a claim against the whole church, but the covering up of pedophilia was global and systematic. There can never be any excuse for this and I doubt that there will ever be an apology that will even begin to approach sincerity. I doubt there will be a bishop from the 20th century in Catholic heaven.
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Date: 21/7/11 03:18 (UTC)If this were just anectdata then I wouldn't make a claim against the whole church, but the covering up of pedophilia was global and systematic. There can never be any excuse for this and I doubt that there will ever be an apology that will even begin to approach sincerity. I doubt there will be a bishop from the 20th century in Catholic heaven.