I live in Milwaukee. I am sure I now know more of the details than you.
It could be argued that this is indeed NOT news. It is instead salacious DECADES OLD material combined with legal jockeying to bankrupt the archdiocese. We know that abuses took place, there has been no dispute regarding that. Now we are delving into HISTORICAL detail and the “victims” are trying to get money in held in a trust for cemetery maintenance. Gotta get every nickel from those Catholics.
Is this about consoling victims or a big jackpot? Is it about news or national enquirer voyeurism?
As the Catholic League has abundantly documented, many institutions have the same level of sexual abuse of children. The Catholic Church made itself more of a target by its mishandling of the perpetrators but it also is a continuing lightning rod for secular leftists with axes to grind.
How much coverage was there really about Michael Jackson and his pedophilia? How about what really happened at Penn State? It won’t be long before we see similar stories about the new homosexual Boy Scouts or should I say the media will be hiding stories stories about the new homosexual Boy Scouts.
All I know is what your Archdiocese told us this past Monday.
I think that what the whole deal demonstrates is that, from altar boy to the Pope, everyone is merely a human being with the same sinful tendencies of all other human beings. The reverence some see to think should be attributed to these mere humans is misplaced and causes expectations that are unreasonable of mere humans. We have plenty in the Holy Trinity to revere without elevating men beyond their capacity.
You could argue that it’s not news but you would be wrong.
If nothing else, the evidence is a searing indictment of now Cardinal Dolan.
If this organization was something other than the Catholic Church, Dolan would be headed towards jail.
Catholic bashing would be making up charges. This case is not based on made-up charges.
Either one is against child molestation or one thinks it is no big deal. I think it is a big deal and “newsworthy” no matter who the perp is.
When homosexuals molest young boys, I want them prosecuted.
When heterosexuals molest young girls, I want them prosecuted.
When an organization molests and covers it up, I want them prosecuted. When that is the only scenario where prosecution lags far behind the crime, it’s a big deal.
For the record, I am Jewish and when the Orthodox Jewish community commits similar acts and covers them up, I want them prosecuted in court. A few have been, recently, but most are not.