silverfox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- ... and badly handled by their superiors. And that's the point, I agree that it's too easy to bash the church because of a few wrong 'uns, but the doctors and nurses mentioned above were dealt with swiftly when found out by their superiors. They were struck off, they're in jail, they ain't doing it again because their superiors knew it was wrong and acted properly, unlike the Catholic church. The medical profession acted in the correct manner, had they not the workers in that profession would have caused an uproar, Catholics seem to have a lackadaisical attitude to superiors in the church abusing children. If someone in one of the social/professional groups I belong to did something exceptionally wrong I would expect action to be taken against them. An organisation with such power and influence should lead by example, currently the example is that saying sorry for the the crimes committed is enough (confession?). You and I know that steps can be taken to ensure they does not happen again but for some reason the church are not taking proactive action, expressing sorrow after a report is published is a bit lame if you ask me. What does the pope have to say about such a serious issue? Does he even know about it? [edited once]