It certainly is in this neck of the woods. In the Diocese of Grand Rapids, the Bishop has gone to great lengths to root out any incidents and remove the Priest. There have been a number of them that allegedly had one incident of some form of sexual abuse of position many years ago, with no sign of anything since. They were all removed from Priestly duties. As they should have been. Several of the Parish communities have been saddened and actually asked for dispensation on the basis of the offending Priests life and service since. But the Bishop, properly in my view, would not relent.

Mick