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Originally Posted by Faustas
What do some of the Catholics of the forum think of this mess? Obviously, the sexual abuse is abominable, but how should the Church react?
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The only acceptable way of reacting would be to exclude from priesthood those involved, while the civil authorities should do their business in punishing them afterwards. On condition the allegations be proved as true.
But I am somehow sceptical about the real extent of the whole matter. It has become a fashionable stereotypical accusation against the Catholic Church in the last years, that many of its priests are paedophiles etc.