CHICAGO (IL)
Southtown Star
By Phil Kadner pkadner@southtownstar.com January 21, 2014
I may be one of the few who was never surprised that the Chicago Archdiocese tried to bury allegations of sexual abuse by priests.
The archdiocese is a bureaucracy. Such organizations always try to avoid scandals.
There’s a belief that clergymen ought to be better than the rest of us. I can appreciate why people are disappointed, even angry, when that faith is destroyed.
But the clergy are subject to normal human frailties. That includes committing sex crimes and covering up such crimes.
At this point, there should be very little shock at revelations that sex crimes against children are often hidden, frequently mishandled and repeatedly result in cover-ups.
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