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Where is the Catholic Outrage?

When gay people dared to get married, Catholics took to the streets.  They protested.  They showed their outrage.  Where are those Catholics now? INDIANAPOLIS - Church documents show the Archdiocese of Indianapolis knew about alleged sexual abuse by one of its priests while it was occurring but reassigned him to other churches and never notified police, The Indianapolis Star reported. ... Church documents show that two former Indianapolis archbishops -- the Most Rev. George J. Biskup and the Most Rev. Edward T. O'Meara -- were aware of the abuse allegations at the time, but didn't report them to police and continued to assign Monroe to new parish positions. Church officials also sought mental health care for Monroe through a clinic that treated troubled priests from across the United States...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on January 28, 2009 (boomark / email).