I know my archdiocese has been very aware of legalities even on the parish level over the past 10 years or so but we have a lawyer running things here.
It is now assumed that many of the New England witches suffered from Huntington's Chorea (a type of St. Vitus dance) brought to America from a specific region of England. The New England populace had no idea of what it was that had befallen those afflicted and it was quite frightened.
Although times have changed, and we know that in this case pederasts are the disease carriers, we still must be cautious in our allegations.