Rest assured, He has..I am now married to the love of my life..It sounded bitter when I spoke it, but it is not. I just stated the facts. My reason for sharing this was that some think that a priest should get a free pass—he should not. He should be judged like the rest of us.
I am relieved to learn that your anger is not an festering injury in your heart; rather an outrage at all injustice such as you experienced.
You are right that church officials are not above moral or civil law and Catholics should support the church’s duty to investigate the claims of victims. It is a given that the investigative process will be painful and claimed to be unjust, by the accused. It seems few trust the integrity of the investigators. Conservative priests are just as open to temptation as are liberal priests. I hope the process used in the church to investigate claims against church officials is just to the accusers and the accused.
Are church officials turning all criminal cases, as they are reported, over to civil authorities for investigation now?