How The Catholic Church Keeps Surviving Abuse Scandals

Aug 19 2018 by The Daily Beast

 
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The news of sex scandal in Pennsylvania is truly sickening. Thousands of victims, hundreds of predatory priests, and what can only be described as a systematic conspiracy to conceal the crimes of those accused. All of which raises the question: How can the Catholic Church survive such a scandal? In fact, in light of previous revelations about sex abuse, how has the Church survived so far?

To be sure, church attendance and vocations (the number of men...

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