There are scandals and then there are scandals. Most are ugly, absorbing, and quickly forgotten. A few change history. The current flood of revelations about Catholic priests sexually preying on minors and the failure of Catholic officials to expose these outrages is taking on the dimensions of a history-changing scandal. Seasoned observers of Catholicism are straining—and fa (...)
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The Church's Sex-Abuse Crisis
What's Old, What's New, What's Needed—and Why
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