PENNSYLVANIA
Lancaster Online
Thu Jan 23, 2014.
ELIZABETH EISENSTADT-EVANS Correspondent
A few weeks ago, while contemplating the Pennsylvania Superior Court’s judgment that led to the release, on bail, of Philadelphia archdiocesan official Monsignor William Lynn, I wrote about the often painful difference between secular law and biblical standards of justice.
Given the steady stream of stories still making headlines here and abroad, it sometimes seems as though the Roman Catholic Church continues to confront significant problems addressing sexual abuse by clergy.
Earlier this month, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and its archbishop, Charles Chaput, faced criticism for helping Lynn post his $250,000 bail.
In a public grilling, a U.N. human rights panel criticized the Vatican for not providing information on child welfare to the body for almost two decades, and asked for information about the committee recently set up by Pope Francis to come up with better methods of protecting children from sexual abuse.
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