[bronx2]

The precedent has already been established . The govt did it to the sect of Mormons who practice plural marriage and before that to the Branch Davidians. They will do it again. The attempt is to exert the same influence on Catholic schools and they have done with public schools.

[the_conscience]

The precedent has already been established

Exactly. So you understand my fear that these scandals will lead us further down that slope. What's troubling is that you would think that this would energize Romanists to reform their Church but instead we read all kinds of deluded platitudes on how these priest scandals are somehow an attack on the Roman Church by those outside the Church, written with an ignoble ignorance to the actual problem.