Heaven help us
The stories have been coming out for years about sexual abuse among clergy, so I guess I wasn't as shocked when it became such a huge scandal. I just know it wasn't going on at my church (or any near me, as far as I could tell), although I suppose I should've been a bit more concerned. This article seems to get into the guts of why it took so long for it to become a scandal, including questions of tackling the Catholic hierarchy as well as the comfortability of tackling sexual issues. Being more open about such topics today has many repercussions. It's also odd to think that lawyers are coming out like "good guys" in this case.