Scandals in the Church

Most media coverage of the church in the last decade has focused on the issue of clerical pedophiles both in America and in Ireland. In the last year or so it has also included Germany and Austria. The scandal has escalated as evidence of cover-ups by the Church hierarchy extending to the highest levels. Responses have ranged from outright denial, protestations of ignorance of the facts, or blaming of lesser authorities. This seems to be the only instance where church authorities endorse the principle of subsidiarity.
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This said, I found an interesting item in the news last week which seemed to get little play in the media.