[marshmallow]

People seem to forget that he didn't allow these men to return to positions in their parishes on a whim. He, as happened with many Bishops and heads of Personnel offices in Dioceses throughout the country, relied on the professional assessment of psychiatrists and therapists who were dealing with these men using the attitude of the day, that they could be 'cured' of their molesting ways. No one seems to be holding any of these professionals accountable for THEIR actions, yet everyone seems to be saying that the Cardinal and the other Bishops should have known better than to accept their decisions. Why do people hire professionals in the first place? Because they trust that they'll be given the information they need to make proper decisions.

No. Some demons don't come out except with prayer and fasting.

Law (and many others) made a big mistake in consulting secular headshrinks about a spiritual problem. A sin, in other words.

Modern pschoanalysis disagrees with Catholic teaching on just about every issue of significance. So why would the Church run to its practitioners seeking a solution for its problems?

Utter madness.

What do quacks full of psychobabble know of man's susceptibility to temptation, sin and Satan? Nothing. They think if you sit on a sofa for X number of sessions, listen attentively and get your ticket punched then you're cured and can be released never to sin again.

Baloney. Satan laughs at Ph.Ds and M.Ds. He has no fear of college transcripts. It's holy water and penance which terrify him.

[SuziQ]

Law (and many others) made a big mistake in consulting secular headshrinks about a spiritual problem. A sin, in other words.

Yes, it was a mistake, but hindsight is 20/20. Even the shrinks now admit that true pedophiles and child molesters cannot be 'rehabilitated'. But, at that time, every institution dealing with this problem, including the Catholic Church, all other churches in this country, and schools, turned to them because they were deemed professionals and experienced in dealing with the molesters.