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Originally posted by Rudey
How were the cases handled?
A lot of people took issue to Catholic priests being moved around by Cardinals who hid what they did and still exposed these molestors to new victims, and later on, to the Vatican hiding these priests so they couldn't be charged.
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Agreed, completely - this point is extremely important, as to my mind that's the root of the scandel. When looking at the behavior of the leadership of the RCC, the errors become endemic (and considerably more serious). Any discussion of sexual abuse within the Church should focus on exactly this behavior - which was my point by comparing the two 'halves' of Christianity.
There is nothing implicitly 'Catholic' about the actual acts; however, the Vatican and some Cardinals acted with what can certainly be construed as negligence.
Also - there is really no analogous structure to the Vatican/Papacy in Protestantism as a whole.