In August of last year, Catholics in this country absorbed the shock of the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s grand jury report on clergy sexual abuse. The document was horrifying for the numbers it cited — hundreds of clergy perpetrators over six dioceses — and for its detailed descriptions of abusive acts.
It created the strong and repugnant impression that the ranks of the clergy were teeming with abusers, that the situation was constant for 70 years, and that bishops responded with cover-ups and little else.
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