Religion

has had priests who have sexually molested children. That is what we are learning from this new, forced transparency. Were it not for Attorneys General and other law enforcement people finally getting off the stick and demanding such information, it would still be hidden. It was all hidden for decades by the self-protecting church hierarchy.

I can see no good solution for this, except perhaps shutting the entire thing down until measures have been put in place that would immediately turn over any reports of such offences to local law enforcement.

There is no reason for bishops and archbishops to be confused about what they should do. There is no need to wait for instructions from the Vatican, which has its own history of hidden abuses around the world. In a fair world, this long standing and ever-present scandal should mean the end of the entire institution on a global basis.

Shut It Down!