Point out what you like michaelr, but try reading Kat's post again. More slowly.

In the last hour, BBC TV has broadcast a catholic scandal of horrific proportions. I knew it was coming up and had assumed it was the case that gave rise to this thread. But no, it was a completely different scandal! As usual the arrogance of the seniors, most specifically a Bishop Brendan Comiskey (who is still in post), was breathtaking. And the shattered lives these criminals have left in their wake (at least three of which ended in suicide) was upsetting to behold.

I would urge anyone remotely interested in the catholic church to follow this link to the relevant page on the BBC website. (It's a site that leaves the WP site standing Dicho - and it's their own stuff, not agency copy.*G*)

For anyone who really doesn't want to follow the link, I will just say that the most damning indictment came from a Father Tom Daly who worked in the Vatican's Washington embassy until being shunted out because he wouldn't fall in with the church's cover-up policy. According to Daly the hierarchy was not merely arrogant but actively aggressive, directly and via attorneys, towards victims of abuse and their families.

A Church? It's a ring of paedophiles in extravagant frocks. Daly said that to his own knowledge the pope himself had been briefed on many allegations against clergy in the USA if not elsewhere. One of the victims in the Beeb report is suing the whole damn lot of them, including the pope. More strength to his elbow.