Many Bishops have acted in good faith. Our little rural parish had a priest who abused our sons. IMMEDIATELY upon hearing this testimony our Bishop drove straight here and questioned the priest. He was removed right then and there from any active roll as a priest. Not one day after that date was he allowed the roll of priest in our church.
While there are certainly Bishops and others who failed, there are many who haven’t. To charge the entire church with such behaviour is “overblown”.
I personnally know men who have been victims of such abuse. I would never deny such things have happened.
And, yes, Christ will be the judge.
tioga,
Did you follow up to see if that priest was in fact fired, or just moved to another parish or obscure monastery? The shuffling of priests remains one of the biggest problems.
...and BTW, I’m truly sorry to hear your story.
God Bless.