Pennsylvania grand jury report on Catholic priests' alleged sexual abuses.

Brown said

There is a rift being revealed in the church between the conservative side and pro pope “liberal” side. Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has made some stunning accusations about pope Francis. Arch Vigano is very conservative. He thinks the church has become over run with homosexuality and ties this to the sexual misconduct issues. I know i know...

The problem I have is that his accusations implicate himself. Why didn’t he step in when he knew about the issues with Cardinal McCarrick instead of waiting years to now reveal the scandal.

It’s a real mess for sure. As a catholic, it’s causing some anxiety within my family. I feel conflicted.

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This is exactly what I was talking about in the previous post. I'm very suspicious of the efforts to discredit the accusations along ideological lines. The fact is that 81% of the sexual abuse cases involve men (priests) and post pubescent boys between the ages of 12-17. There's a population of priests who do not and perhaps never intended to live their vows of celibacy. They have preyed upon young people who were entrusted to them and have preyed upon vulnerable seminarians. I've encountered them and I know others who have been solicited directly. They promote and protect their own. But of course we can't have this information verified and publicized because it's a bad look for the cause of normalizing certain progressive concerns within the Church. So rather than dealing with facts and getting to the bottom of the problem through authentic investigation, we will be sold an ideological narrative. What an insult to the victims. I'll be glad if Vigano's accusations are untrue. But there are many reasons to believe them to be credible and worthy of investigation, and I'm grateful the US Conference of Bishops has called for it. Let the sunlight in, watch the cockroaches scurry, then stomp them out. It's time.