According to recent reports (http://www.catholicnews.com/data/briefs/cns/20071205.htm#head1), Cardinal Roger Mahoney, Archbishop of Los Angeles, was physically assaulted this summer by a man that was upset with the priest sexual assault crisis.
While, I do not condone violence or vigilante "justice", I am amazed that this has not happened earlier and more often. As long as Church leaders skirt responsibility for not adequately addressing concerns related to the few priests that are serial rapists, many people will continue to be very upset. All it takes is one upset crackpot to beat up a bishop. I think we can all agree that there is no shortage of crackpots in society. While I understand the mentality that there seems to be no other way to get Church leaders to understand the magnitude of their malfeasence related to mishandling priests that are rapists, beating up bishops is not going resolve the issue.
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