The February 10th arrest of Msgr. William Lynn of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia highlights, once again, that the Catholic Church hierarchy in America and in Rome do not take seriously the need to protect children from sexual predators in the Roman Catholic clergy. Msgr. Lynn was charged with endangering the welfare of children resulting from a grand jury indictment that he covered up evidence of sexual abuse committed by priests he supervised and moved them to other parishes or schools where they could continue to sexually abuse children.
Despite the ongoing sexual abuse scandal that has rocked the Roman Catholic Church for years, leaders in the billion-strong denomination refuse to admit to systemic problems in dealing with sexual abuse among priests and have demonstrated an incredible lack of understanding of homosexuality, sexual abuse, and pedophilia. The result of their failures is a problem that just won't end.
It's a shame that children attending Catholic institutions have to endure such risk of abuse and that the work of thousands of faithful Catholics clergy gets tainted every time a new scandal is exposed. It's frustrating. It's downright maddening, and it's totally preventable. The truly sad part is that Catholic Church leaders still haven't learned their lesson. Until they do, the abuse will continue.
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