From article
“The Report summarizes the sexual abuse and physical torture perpetrated by all 158 priests and the Archdiocese’s response to that abuse,” the court filing said.
In a letter released Thursday evening, Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore apologized “to the victim-survivors who were harmed by a minister of the Church and who were harmed by those who failed to protect them, who failed to respond to them with care and compassion and who failed to hold abusers accountable for their sinful and criminal behavior.”
“Upon reading today’s motion, we feel renewed shame, deep remorse and heartfelt sympathy, most especially to those who suffered from the actions of representatives of the very Church entrusted with their spiritual and physical well-being,” Lori wrote.
David Lorenz, the Maryland leader of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, described the news of the report and numbers of victims as “absolutely horrendous.”
“Once again, the church has lied about the number of abusive priests,” Lorenz said in a statement. “Many parishes were dumping grounds for predators, some housed almost ten. It is very clear that nobody was safe. Sadly, it is no different than any diocese or secular report in the country.”
Those are just the victims they know about. Many victims don't come forward for varying reasons, and even if they do often no justice will come of it. No one knows the true number, but we can agree it's way more than they would ever admit.
Furthermore, like teachers, the child rapers are often just moved to a different hunting ground when exposed, only to hurt more kids. So those who turn that blind eye are also complicit in the crime. Cover by omission, like msm does every single day.
To represent God and do this to the most vulnerable among us is a special kind of evil. There needs to be a select set of punishments when crimes reach a certain level of sinister. Like how Russia handles pedos.