Getting to the root of the problem

September 13, 2018
Richard Morasci
San Francisco

With the release of the grand jury report on child abuse by the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania, it seems to me that the church cannot police itself or take the responsibility for ridding itself of child abuse by priests and the covering up of such abuse by its bishops and cardinals. What is now needed if the church is to be saved in the U.S. is 49 other grand juries to examine the Catholic Church in the other 49 states. We now have to rely on the state to gather information and investigate incidences and the conspiracy to hide child abuse within the church. If child abuse was so widespread in Pennsylvania, I can imagine that this is true for the rest of the country. If guilty priests, bishops, and cardinals are not prosecuted and removed from office, the hierarchy remains corrupt. Pope Francis must not take the same actions that previous popes have taken, which don’t get to the root of the problem within the church. If this isn’t done, the reputation of the great majority of innocent clergy will forever be tarnished by the unpunished actions of the guilty parties. How else can the church re-establish trust with the Catholics of this country?
 

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