Few? Ireland, Chile, Australia, Mexico... Tomasi said that since 2004, more than 3,400 credible cases of abuse had been referred to the Vatican, including 401 cases in 2013 alone. He said that over the last decade, 848 priests had been defrocked, or returned to the lay state by the pope. Another 2,572 were sentenced to a lifetime of penance and prayer or some other lesser sanction, which is often used when the accused priest is elderly or infirm.
"In 2013, officials from the
Vatican took questions from the U.N. about sexual abuse in the Church. But officials refused to provide data on how many cases of abuse the church dealt with, and the U.N. admonished the Vatican for its lack of transparency."
"In a letter sent on December 28th, 2016, Pope Francis wrote that bishops worldwide need to adopt a zero-tolerance policy toward child abusers within their institution. And in June 2016, he ruled that
bishops who fail to report sexual abuse by priests can be removed from office. However, Francis has also continued to uphold a law that
allows the church to withhold reports of abuse from authorities."
How did McCarrick become an archbishop? What of Bernard Law's full mass? Cardinal Wuerl is still working. "Meanwhile, officials in Pennsylvania said their investigation is not over. State Attorney General Josh Shapiro said his office's hotline and email accounts for abuse survivors have "lit up" with more than 150 calls since the grand jury report was published."
But is that really happening in every single case? I agree with the rest.
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