And yet people still remain 'faithful' to the church. They absolutely feel news like this is a form of discrimination from us atheists. I had a long time friend visit me a couple of years ago. She is a devout Catholic and her husband an atheist. We got to talking about a PBS "Frontline" report about Catholic priests going to gay bars in Rome and disrobing and dancing with other's in the bar. She told me they weren't priest but people dressed up like them to give the priests a bad name.

It says something about governments around the world that the Catholic Church has been allowed to get away with this sort of evil behaviour for centuries wherever it has pleased. An atomic bomb is overdue to being dropped on the Vatican.

Crime is criminal.

Child abuse, wherever it is found, is the most destructive of criminal behaviors.