[Alex Murphy]

"It's quite extraordinary. I don't think anything like this has happened before," Reese said. "It's showing that there are consequences now to mismanaging the sex abuse crisis."

So we have concurrence that it was mismanaged. And concurrence that there were no consequences placed on the bishops, archbishops, and cardinals before now.

[metmom]

What’s going on on this thread with the RC’s reactions is part of the problem within the Catholic church.

All the hand wringing on how the RCC is being *bashed* and those criticizing the situation have an agenda. Deflection all over the place and downplaying what this thread is all about.

How blinded can someone be to strain at a gnat (alleged Catholic *bashing) and swallow a camel (downplaying the abuse and mismanagement of it)?