US News & World Report: Horrors From the Archbishop's Files
From US News & World Report 2005-10-24 (in its entirety, formatting authors):
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles released summaries of its confidential files, which document how local church leaders for decades ducked the responsibility of dealing with scores of priests accused of sexually molesting children. The files show that the nation's largest archdiocese responded to abuse accusations by moving suspected priests to new assignments or giving them counseling--not notifying police or parishioners.
The release of the summaries, which a church attorney said was done over objections from lawyers for some of the accused priests, is tied to negotiations to settle more than 560 sex-abuse lawsuits, which reportedly could cost the archdiocese more than $500 million.
BoingBoing has a zinger regarding a Catholic school's order for students to abandon their personal weblogs:
...(Because if there's one thing Catholic Church officials know about first-hand, it's the behavior patterns of sexual predators.)...
A future essay on this site will give a timeline and brief history of exactly how evil the Roman Catholic Church in America is.