Not a single bishop has acknowledged or apologized for his decision to put the image of the Church before the protection and care of sexual abuse victims of clergy.

Nor have any bishops had the decency or courage to call their fellow bishops to accountability.

The result? Many Catholics, including fellow clerics, friends who are practicing Catholics and friends who have left a Church they find disingenuous, dismiss the bishops as inauthentic and unworthy of their attention.
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There is more at work here than meets the eye.

http://www.themediareport.com/2012/06/23/philadelphia-catholic-trial-verdicts-msgr-lynn-rev-brennan/

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