Good post. These type rules also protect the good priests which are rarely heard from these days.
Cannot imagine how it would feel to be one of the good priests in today’s world. I was watching that old movie The Fighting Sullivans a few weeks ago. The church priest has a large important role in the story. Rock Solid role model and good citizen. Same in the Protestant church, but it made me wonder where guys like that went.
This horrible scandal has very badly.