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Jim, how can you tell I'm condescending when I say I "tend to believe most of the allegations against priests"? I suppose it's an endless battle - how much investigation is enough? How much retribution is enough? How long after a crime is committed, is it worthwhile to pursue it? Everyone who breathes Irish air has ancillary responsibility for what happened - who do you blame, and how much do you make them pay?

You can pursue crimes forever and still not have justice satisfied. You can consume a nation with an ever-broadening witch hunt. But at what point does retribution begin to destroy the very thing it seeks to heal?

There is absolutely no doubt in my my mind that these were horrible crimes, and that they were widespread. But what can and should be done about them now?

-Joe-