Catholic Cardinal: LGBTQ People Are to Blame for Sex Abuse Scandal

[MineralMan]

19. I'm not surprised by that, either.

If the full extent of the abuse and cover-up were known, I suspect that the entire church's hierarchy would have its blame revealed. For that reason, alone, the long, long scandal has to be covered up carefully.

And so it has been, until recently. Now, the state has become involved in many places, however. The bankruptcies and other attempts to shield the highest levels of the patriarchal hierarchy go on apace. That may well not be enough, though. The Roman Catholic Church does not have immunity against criminal acts in the United States, nor in many other western nations.

If things go as they should, investigations will reveal an expanding network of guilt that leads clear to the top of the RCC's organization. Knowledge of these heinous acts against children in every diocese is universal, I suspect. The result, if everything goes as it should, could lead to the end of the RCC as we now know it.

There is far more to be revealed than has yet been revealed, I'm certain.