Happened to my father at a Catholic hospital in Maryland. I fought voraciously to have the bad actors held accountable, to no avail (see holycrosshealth.com).

How often is this sort of thing happending below the radar here in the US today?

+ Right. And who were protecting these pederasts, if not other pederasts? Or, you are talking about very weak and immoral men. What EXACTLY does this prove? What EXACTLY are you attacking? Sexual abuse is 6X worse OUTSIDE of the Catholic Church with people in authority. That’s what the stats say. This is not a “Church” problem but a *societal* problem, or do you insist on denying the evidence and keep drinking your Koolaid? Look at the epidemic in child porn and human trafficking. Is that because of the Catholic Church, too? Just like every problem that a Leftist encounters in their own life is George Bush’s fault.

You don’t make any sense. You just have this irrational hate-on for the Catholic Church – probably because you don’t like her Teachings on one or more sexual areas. That’s usually the issue with your type.

>>This went on not for years but for decades. How many little kids have been screwed up for life by these b*astards?

+ Quite a few. So the answer is to blame the one institution that teaches sexual purity and hell fire for those who attack it, including its own ministers? Does that make any sense? I suppose that when the next Leftist politician calls for the lowering of the “age of consent” to 12, you will be up in arms, right? Riiiight.

Stop blaming the innocent. Stop slandering the Catholic Faith. And direct your indignation at those people who are free and loose in sexual morality. THAT is where the problem lies.

The only thing the Catholic Church can be blamed for is for not taking the homosexual perversion of its priesthood more seriously. I concede that, but things are happening to fix that….come hell or high water.

This went on not for years but for decades. How many little kids have been screwed up for life by these b*astards?

Also, if they were real Lefties, as you imply, they would have gone to the Anglican church.

As for your position on abortion and Gosnell, talk about being a little schizo. Dear, Gosnell is really no different than any other abortionist. They kill and dismember babies. Gosnell’s crime is that he got caught and did it outside of the womb. But for you and the rest of the self-delusional, as long as you don’t hear the screams or see the desperate bodily movements of the little babies, everything’s OK.

I am pro choice. Are you pro child abuse? Sheesh…

“The Cardinal was very clear throughout…that he and the governor have very different positions on abortion, and he has been forthright with the governor on the matter, in public and in private,” said Zwilling. “But he has not made any statement about the Governor’s faith or standing in the Church.”

Translation: abortion is optional teaching. One guy can oppose it and another guy can support it, but both are “good Catholics”. It’s all a matter of personal preference.

Welcome to the anti-evangelization.

Is there any recourse in Canon Law for the laity to initiate a process against this type of clergyman?

Every once in a while I have to take a break from the “religious crazy”. You can only hear the phrase “I can feel the change coming” so many times, ya know?