"A priest who is accused of any crime -- even child abuse -- is innocent until proven guilty, but on many occasions Church leaders had clear proof that priests were abusing children, and they hushed up the crime and moved the priest off to another parish. Such leaders must not be tolerated. They must be removed from office and from any power or control over what the Church does and says."
I'd go much further and insist that any leader who hushed up these abuses should be reported to the authorities, all evidence supplied, and then hopefully jailed for long periods. If a few Princes of the Church spend time sharing cells with large violent crims they may start to understand what they condoned for far too long.
and, Mangy Fur the Smart Alick Spacecat.
