"But is it nonsense? Again, we're dealing with thirty-year-old offenses"
That were taking place throughout the church on a world scale, in which covering up for and passing on abusive clergy was not just commonplace but was a standard reaction when the problem got out of hand
That may be circumstantial evidence, but it's enough to sway any jury
The St John of God Order, which you choose not to comment on (and who's to blame you) is an example where a serial abuser was not just passed on, but was allowed to set up a home for street children which he used as his own personal supply of victims.
Examlples like this make the Church just as guilty as the perpetrators - if not more so.
The perps could claim illness as an excuse for their behavior - the Church did what it did out of self-preservation
Jim Carroll